3Kingdoms
| 3Kingdoms | |
|---|---|
| File:3Kingdoms (emblem).png | |
| Developer | Project community |
| Engine | LDMud |
| Release | 1992 |
| Genres | Cross-genre, MUD |
| Mode | Multiplayer |
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3Kingdoms, abbreviated 3K, is a MUD, a text-based online role-playing game, founded in 1992.[1]
Game characteristics
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The MUD has a cross-genre setting; the eponymous three kingdoms are Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Chaos, the latter following an anything-goes satirical theme.[2][3][4] These settings connect through the MUD's central city of Pinnacle.[2][3]
A main point of player character differentiation is in the choice of "guild", which is an option resembling a character class, but which, on 3K, can only be chosen once the character has advanced through its first few levels.[2][3][5] The exception is the Adventurer guild, which new characters belong to by default.[6] The selection of guilds reflects the cross-genre setting, ranging from fantasy commonplaces such as knights, priests (formerly called clerics), mages, and necromancers to Jedi, cyborgs, Fremen and changelings (formerly called the animal guild).[2][3][4][6]
3K's Web site features ongoing news about the MUD; at one time this news feed was called the 3K New York Times.[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]The MUD has received positive critical response for its friendliness to and accommodation of new players,[2][3] and has been noted as "well-loved and full of life".[5]
Technical infrastructure
[edit | edit source]3K is an LPMud running on the LDMud game driver with an unnamed custom mudlib.[1][2][7]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Official forums
- Community wiki Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
