List of computer games and MUDs with a Tolkien theme (long)
Fredrik Ekman
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Explanations and credits may be found at the end of the file.
Commercial, licensed
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This section contains all the games that have been licensed from
Tolkien's publisher, HarperCollins.
The Hobbit
Produced by: Beam Software
Distributor: Addison-Wesley (USA) and Melbourne House (rest of the
world?)
Author: Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler
Year: 1982
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC, Oric-1, MSX, BBC, PC
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: "The Hobbit"
Comment: Classic adventure. I love this game! It had a large
vocabulary and good character interaction for its time. There was
also an extended version with music and enhanced graphics for the
C64. For the PC, only the extended version (without music) was
released. Was also part of Tolkien Trilogy. Sold with a pocket
edition of "The Hobbit".
Lord of the Rings: Game One
Produced by: Beam Software
Distributor: Melbourne House
ID: MH 331
Author: Philip Mitchell, et al.
Year: 1985
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC, BBC B
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Comment: This is one of the worst games I have ever played. Slow,
totally lacking respect for Tolkien's works and the "graphics" are
horrible. BBC version does not feature graphics. Play it once or
twice for a good laugh. Divided in two parts and one beginner's
game. Was also part of Tolkien Trilogy. Sold with a pocket edition
of "The Fellowship of the Ring".
The Fellowship of the Ring Software Adventure
Produced by: Beam Software
Distributor: Addison-Wesley
ID: ISBN 0-201-13640-6 (Apple ][), ISBN 0-201-13650-3 (PC), ISBN
0-201-13660-0 (C64)
Author: Philip Mitchell, et al.
Year: 1986
System: Apple ][, PC, C64
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Comment: This is actually the same game as Lord of the Rings: Game One
but I think that there are enough differences between the versions
to be cause enough to give this one an entry of its own. In
addition to the change of title, the documentation is slightly
enhanced and the packaging is totally different. There is no
beginner's game and the graphics are completely different,
although not necessarily better. This version was only distributed
in North America.
Shadows of Mordor
Produced by: Beam Software
Distributor: Addison-Wesley (USA) and Melbourne House (rest of the
world?)
Author: Philip Mitchell, et al.
Year: 1988
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC, PC
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: Book Four of "The Two Towers"
Comment: Sequel to Lord of the Rings: Game One. It appears to be
better than its predecessor in almost all aspects. Amstrad CPC
version does not feature graphics and ZX Spectrum version has all
graphics in a slideshow separate from the main program. Was also
part of Tolkien Trilogy.
Crack of Doom
Produced by: Beam Software
Distributor: Addison-Wesley
Author: Philip Mitchell, et al.
Year: 1989
System: PC
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: Book Six of "The Return of the King"
Comment: The last part of the trilogy in this incarnation.
War in Middle Earth
Produced by: Synergistic Software
Distributor: Melbourne House
Author: Ron Harris, Alan B. Clark, et al.
Year: 1988
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, PC, Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST
Type: Strategy
Covers: "The Lord of the Rings"
Comment: Strange mix of RPG and strategy. Quite good but too simple.
The graphics are OK on the Amiga, even if they certainly do not
capture MY picture of Middle Earth. Early versions seem to have
been extremely bug-infested. A new VGA version for PC has recently
been released.
Middle-Earth Play-By-Mail
Distributor: Game Systems Inc. (USA) and GAD Games (UK)
Year: Started 1990
Type: Play by mail (strategy)
Covers: "The Lord of the Rings"
Comment: This differs from the rest of the games in this list since
the players do not actually sit by the computer when playing.
Instead, each player fills in a form which is sent to the
distributor once every two to three weeks. These forms are then
processed by a central computer and the result is sent back to the
player. There are 25 players in each game.
*Riders of Rohan
Distributor: Mirrorsoft
Year: 1992
System: PC
Type: Strategy
Covers: The beginning of "The Two Towers"
Comment: Rumoredly good but simple.
The Lord of the Rings, Volume One
Produced by: Interplay
Distributor: Electronic Arts
ID: Y63500
Author: Troy Miles, et al.
Year: 1990
System: Amiga, PC, SNES
Type: RPG
Covers: "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Comment: Exists both as disk and CD-ROM version. The CD-ROM has
additional animations and is probably only available for PC. See
below for other comments.
*The Lord of the Rings, Volume Two: The Two Towers
Produced by: Interplay
Distributor: Electronic Arts
Year: 1992
System: Amiga, PC
Type: RPG
Covers: "The Two Towers"
Comment: I think this game and the former are, in spite of a lot of
bugs, very good and are the only games to come even close to the
feeling of Tolkien's books. They add a lot that was not there from
the beginning, though.
Commercial, unlicensed
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These games are (or have been) commercial, but they were not licensed.
They could thus (with exception of the parodies) be considered to
violate copyright. To my knowledge, legal action has not been taken
against any of them.
*Lord of the Rings
Year: 1981
System: TRS-80, Video Genie
Type: Text adventure
Comment: This game is so far as I have been able to figure out the
very first computer game based on the works of Tolkien.
*Cracks of Doom
Distributor: Supersoft
Year: 1982?
System: PET
*Moria
Produced by: Severn Software
Distributor: Lothlorien?
Year: 1983?
System: ZX Spectrum, C64
Type: Illustrated text adventure
*Lord of the Rings
Year: 1983?
System: Microbee
Type: Text adventure
*Gothmog's Lair
Distributor: Progressive Peripherals & Software
Year: 1984?
System: C64
Type: Text adventure
Comment: I do not even know for sure if this really is a Tolkien game.
Only that the name thus suggests.
Bored of the Rings
Produced by: DELTA 4 Software
Distributor: CRL Group PLC
Author: Fergus McNeill
Year: 1985
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: Parody of "The Lord of the Rings"
Distribution: Spectrum version is now apparently PD. FTP from
ftp.nvg.unit.no:
/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/adventure/bored-rings.zip. The file
contains images for a ZX Spectrum emulator.
Comment: Was made with The Quill. Had very poor graphics, and the
parser was not much better. Quite fun, though. Divided in three
parts.
The Boggit
Produced by: DELTA 4 Software
Distributor: CRL Group PLC
Author: Judith Child and Fergus McNeill
Year: 1986
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: Parody of "The Hobbit"
Distribution: Spectrum version is now apparently PD. FTP from
ftp.nvg.unit.no: /pub/sinclair/snaps/games/adventure/boggit.zip,
.../boggit-2.zip and .../boggit-3.zip. The files contain images
for a ZX Spectrum emulator.
Comment: Parody of Melbourne House's adaption of "The Hobbit". Quite
fun. Was made with The Quill. Divided in three parts.
PD/Shareware
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This is the section for all the games that are distributed on a
non commercial basis. I am actually slightly surprised that I have
not found more games for this section. There must be lots of them out
there.
LORD
Produced by: Helsinki University of Technology
Author: Olli J. Paavola
Year: 1981
System: DEC-2060
Type: Text adventure
Covers: "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"
Distribution: PD (I think)
Comment: Very large.
The Tolkien Affair
System: Tandy Model 100
Type: RPG (of sorts)
Distribution: PD, FTP from ftp.eos.ncsu.edu:
/pub/tandy100/games/dragon.ba
Comment: Amusingly stupid game about stealing the Arkenstone from
Smaug.
Bilbo
Version: 2.1
Author: Nils Eng
Year: 1989
System: PC
Type: Text adventure with some graphics
Covers: "The Lord of the Rings"
Distribution: PD, FTP from ftp.gmd.de: /if-archive/games/pc/bilbo.zip
Comment: Based on the "alternate reality" that Bilbo, rather than
Frodo, was chosen to take the Ring to Mordor. Not very good but
quite different. Written in Swedish.
Tolkien's Middle Earth
Author: Massimo Campostrini <ca...@sunthpi3.difi.unipi.it>
Year: 1992
System: X-Windows
Type: Module for multiplayer strategy game Xconq 5.5
Distribution: PD, FTP from ftp.uu.net:
/pub/games/xconq/contrib/tolkien.shar.Z
Comment: This game is also distributed with Xconq 5.5. New version
will be out for Xconq 7 and will cover current shortcomings in the
representation of Tolkien's world. The author asks that you please
contact him if you would like to help designing 16x16 bitmap
graphics for the forces of the game.
Hobbit - The True Story
Produced by: Milbus Software
Author: Fredrik Ramsberg <d91f...@und.ida.liu.se> and Johan Berntsson
Year: 1993
System: PC
Type: Text adventure
Covers: Parody of "The Hobbit"
Distribution: Shareware (USD 10), FTP from ftp.gmd.de:
/if-archive/games/pc/hobbit.zip
Comment: Possibly the first adventure ever written with BAT files(!).
It is a very good but extremely short parody of the Melbourne
House game.
Eamon
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Eamon is a sort of standard platform for many different text
adventures with a strong RPG element. One player character can be used
in many adventures and some objects and abilities can be moved from
one adventure to any of the others. Eamon was written by Donald Brown.
Because of the element of inter-game moveability, the player of these
games never actually takes the role of any of Tolkien's characters,
but rather plays "himself". Therefore, these games have no "Covers"
entry. Instead, there is a short description in the comment.
The Mines of Moria
ID: Eamon 108
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1985
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD, FTP from cassandra.ucr.edu:
/pub/apple2/incoming/PublicDomain/eamon/eamon108.dsk.gz. The file
is a disk image for an Apple ][ emulator.
Comment: The Mines of Moria is the first in a long series of games
by Sam Ruby, all based on Tolkien's works and all that I have
played of a rather poor quality. This one involves going through
Moria to get some secret information through to the good forces in
the south.
The Forest of Fear
ID: Eamon 109
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1985
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD, FTP from cassandra.ucr.edu:
/pub/apple2/incoming/PublicDomain/eamon/eamon109.dsk.gz. The file
is a disk image for an Apple ][ emulator.
Comment: Free Mirkwood from the evil power in Dol Guldur.
Thror's Ring
ID: Eamon 114
Author: Tom Zuchowski <T.ZUC...@genie.geis.com>
Year: 1986
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD, FTP from apple2.archive.umich.edu:
/apple2/8bit/game/eamon.best.bsq
Comment: A quest to find and reclaim Thror's ring from the depths of
Moria. This is the second best Eamon adventure according to a vote
by the members of the Eamon Adventurer's Guild. If you happen to
like the Eamon concept, Thror's Ring is excellent.
The Ring of Doom
ID: Eamon 115
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1986
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD, FTP from cassandra.ucr.edu:
/pub/apple2/incoming/PublicDomain/eamon/eamon115.dsk.gz. The file
is a disk image for an Apple ][ emulator.
Comment: Guess what? YOU have to take the ring to Mount Doom in order
to destroy it.
The Iron Prison
ID: Eamon 116
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1986
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD, FTP from cassandra.ucr.edu:
/pub/apple2/incoming/PublicDomain/eamon/eamon116.dsk.gz. The file
is a disk image for an Apple ][ emulator.
Comment: Find and bring back the Silmarils from Angband. While doing
that, you will get the chance to kill Gothmog, Ancalagon,
Ungoliant, Sauron and Morgoth himself, among many others. This
must be the all-time low by Sam Ruby.
*The Valley of Death
ID: Eamon 122
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1987
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD
*The Hunt for the Ring
ID: Eamon 127
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1987
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD
*Quest of Erebor
ID: Eamon 128
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1987
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD
*Return to Moria
ID: Eamon 129
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1987
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD
*Haradwaith
ID: Eamon 130
Author: Sam Ruby
Year: 1987
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD
*The Bridge of Catzad-Dum
ID: Eamon 159
Author: Nathan Segerlind
Year: 1988
System: Apple ][
Distribution: PD
MUD
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MUD means Multi User Dungeon and can be described as a text adventure
for several players. This section is probably relatively complete with
regard to the MUDs on the Internet, but there may well be others on
phone-in Bulletin Board Systems and such.
Aurora
Year: Not yet officially opened at the time of writing
IP address: 156.35.41.20 3000
Name address: trono.etsiig.uniovi.es 3000
Type: LP MUD
Comment: A MUD in the building stages with a Middle Earth area among a
few others. It is currently only open for playertesting.
Deeper Trouble
Version: 3.2@265
Author: Claus Skanning Jensen <cl...@iesd.auc.dk> and Michael T.
Schmidt <go...@iesd.auc.dk>
Year: Started September 1990, still running
System: Sun 4-25
IP address: 130.225.48.46 4242
Name address: mud.iesd.auc.dk 4242
Type: LP MUD
Comment: Deeper Trouble has the major theme J.R.R. Tolkien, which
means that the world should be consistent with the works of
Tolkien (more or less). Races and properties of races are as in
Tolkien's books, but the names of places and persons are not. It
should thus perhaps rather be in the "Others" section, but is put
here nevertheless in order to have all the MUDs in one section.
Elendor
Year: Opened 1991, still running
IP address: 134.114.64.6 1892
Name address: ghost.cse.nau.edu 1892
Type: MUSH
Comment: Very large and covering most of what is described in "LotR"
and "The Hobbit" and more. Completely dedicated to Tolkien.
*Genesis
Year: Still running
Version: 3.0
IP address: 129.16.226.142 3011 or 129.16.79.12 2000
Name address: hamal2.cs.chalmers.se 3011 or milou.cd.chalmers.se
2000
Type: LP MUD
Comment: Among other domains, three are based on Tolkien; Gondor,
Shire and Rhovanion. A very good MUD.
Lord of the Rings MUSH
Year: Opened 1993, closed 1994
IP address: 140.142.113.52 4201
Type: MUSH
Comment: This MUSH was completely dedicated to Tolkien. There are
plans to start two new MUSHes based on this one; one with the same
theme but better coded and one based on the fourth age (probably
to be called Lord of the Rings MUSH II).
*Middle-Earth
Year: Closed 1992
Type: LP MUD
Comment: This game was running in the UK. Nothing is actually known
about it and it may not even have been a Tolkien MUD, even though
the name seems to imply that it was. More info, anyone?
MUME: Multi Users in Middle Earth
Version: V
Year: Opened 1992, still running
IP address: 128.178.77.5 4242
Name address: lbdsun4.epfl.ch 4242
Type: DikuMUD
Comment: Completely dedicated to Tolkien. It takes a lot of
inspiration from ICE's Middle Earth Roleplaying game. Only a few
areas are open, but those that are open are very detailed. This
MUD is down weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm GMT.
Nanny
Year: Tolkien area opened 1991, still running
IP address: 130.236.254.159 2000
Name address: mud.lysator.liu.se 2000
Type: LP MUD
Comment: Includes two Tolkien areas; one first and one third age. The
third age area also includes the quest Find the Ring and Seek its
Destruction. Unlike the other MUDs in this section, this one does
not have any official policy of having a Tolkien area. Those two
that still exist are efforts by individual creators and are only a
very minor part of the total MUD.
*Nemesis
Year: Tolkien area probably opened 1993, MUD closed 1994
Type: LP MUD
Comment: This MUD used to run in Munich and had a Mordor area. It was
closed due to too much traffic. There are plans to reopen it on
some other site, but no date is yet decided.
Unreleased
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These are, obviously, the games that have been planned, started on or
even completed but never released. For obvious reasons very little is
known about them.
*The Lord of the Rings, Journey to Rivendell
Produced by: Parker Brothers
Year: 1983
System: Atari 2600, Atari VCS, Atari 400
Type: Graphic adventure
Covers: Book One of "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Comment: This game was probably completely finished, but never
released. A probable reasons why it was never released is
copyright problems.
*Sagan om ringen
Year: 1984
System: C64
Type: Text adventure
Comment: Third prize winner in "Swedish Adventure Game Championship"
that was held by a Swedish computer magazine. The game was
completely finished, but written solely for the purpose of the
competition and never meant to be released. Written in Swedish.
*The Tebbit
Year: 1986?
Type: Adventure
Comment: Another Hobbit parody. The release was cancelled due to poor
sales of another game, Denis Through the Drinking Glass, by the
same author.
*Where Hobbits Dare
Produced by: Beam Software
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Comment: This was a planned sequel to The Hobbit. I am _almost_ sure
it was never released. Then again, I used to be almost sure that
Crack of Doom was never released either.
*?
Year: 1993
Comment: Lots of blanks to fill in. This is a game that some
Englishman was working on by the end of -93. If you read this,
please contact me. I want more info!
*The Lord of the Rings, Volume Three
Produced by: Interplay
System: PC
Type: RPG
Covers: "The Return of the King"
Comment: The third part of the abovementioned games is reported to be
in the development stages. There will possibly be no disk version,
but CD-ROM only. NOTE: This info is getting old. It could be that
the game is being beta-tested by now.
'El Senor de los Anillos', parte 1, La Communidad del Anillo (Libro 1)
Author: Dimas Caparros Gomez <di...@mazanet.es>
System: Amiga
Type: Illustrated text adventure
Covers: Book One of "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Comment: This game has previously been listed as Shareware, but will
now be released as a commercial game as soon as the author has
replaced all graphics and music. Written in Spanish. English PD
version may be forthcoming.
Others
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This section includes such games that do not quite belong to the list
since they use many elements (especially names) from Tolkien's world
but do not really try to follow Tolkien's history. There are, of
course, hundreds of games that fall into this category. These are only
my subjective selection and are object to argumentations.
Moria/Morgul/Angband
Author: Robert Alan Koeneke, James E. Wilson, et al.
Year: 1983
System: VAX, UNIX, PC, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh
Name address: bbs.runet.edu (log on as "bbs")
Type: ASCII-based RPG (Moria for Amiga has some simple graphics)
Covers: Morgul is the only one actually placed into Tolkien's
chronology, soon before the assault on Gondor
Distribution: PD, FTP from ftp.cis.ksu.edu: /pub/Games/Moria/ and
/pub/Games/Angband/
Comment: These three _very_ classical RPGs are here considered as the
same game. Moria is the original while Angband is the best.
Angband is also the one with the strongest Tolkien connection
although all three are really more influenced by D&D than by
Tolkien.
*Shadowfax
Produced by: Postern
Author: Mike Singleton
Year: 1983?
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, BBC
Type: Arcade action
Distribution: Commercial
Comment: You are Gandalf. Ride Shadowfax into battle and zap the Black
Riders, which come riding towards you in a never diminishing
stream. Quite ridiculous, almost, but still kind of fun.
*Gandalf
System: C64
Type: Arcade action
Distribution: Commercial
Comment: The game consists of a wizard (presumably Gandalf) running
along the battlements of a castle zapping dinosaurs(!) and the
occasional ostrich(?!). The correct title could possibly be
Gandalf Sorcerer or Gandalf the Grey. Does anyone know more?
Dungeons of the Necromancer's Domain
Version: 2.0:0
Produced by: R.O.Software
Year: 1984
System: PC
Type: ASCII-based RPG
Distribution: Shareware ($25), the PC-SIG PD library
Comment: Includes several quests with Tolkien-inspired names, in
addition to being set in a generally Tolkien-inspired world.
quiz
Version: 5.1
Produced by: The Regents of the University of California
System: UNIX
Type: Trivia game
Distribution: Freeware, FTP from gatekeeper.dec.com:
/pub/BSD/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/games/quiz/
Comment: I believe that this game is distributed with Berkeley UNIX.
It tests the player's knowledge on different subjects. One of the
data files that is distributed with the game contains some nations
and capitals in Middle Earth.
*Werners Quest
Author: Jan Aberg
Year: 1985?
System: ZX Spectrum, C64
Type: Text adventure
Distribution: Commercial
Comment: This is a parody of several text adventures, among them
Melbourne House's The Hobbit. At least two sequels were released,
but I do not know if they had any connection with Tolkien.
Anduril
Author: Markus Dheus
Year: 1986
System: Atari ST
Type: Arcade action
Distribution: PD, FTP from atari.archive.umich.edu:
/atari/Games/andurlin.arc
Comment: Your quest is to find the pieces of a broken sword in a cave
system. Sounds pretty tolkienesque, eh? Sure, at least until you
realize that your hero is flying around with a pair of fairy
wings.
Gilgalad
Author: Markus Dheus
Year: 1986
System: Atari ST
Type: Action Graphic adventure
Distribution: PD, FTP from atari.archive.umich.edu:
/atari/Games/gilgalad.lzh
Comment: Guide your heroine on her quest to defeat a dark king who has
overtaken the kingdom. The question is; what does Gil-Galad have
to do with this?
Explanations
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This is a brave attempt to list all games that have a direct
relationship with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of
the Rings". The games are divided into seven different categories;
Commercial licensed, Commercial unlicensed, PD/Shareware, Eamon, MUD,
Unreleased and Others.
Every game is listed in a separate paragraph. The first line always
states the title of the game. An asterisk (*) before the title
indicates that some important information is missing. Following
lines include different kinds of information, as described:
Version: The current version of the game, if several exist.
Produced by: The company that designed and programmed the game.
Distributor: The company that distributed the game. If it is not known
what role a particular company had, it is put here.
ID: Usually the distributor's product number, but sometimes ISBN or
other code. In the case of the Eamon games, it denotes the Eamon
Adventurer's Guild's game number.
Author: Programmer, designer or project leader for the game.
Year: The year the game was first released. If several versions exist,
the year refers to the first.
System: The computer system(s) for which the game has been released.
ZX Spectrum was called Timex Sinclair 1000 in the US.
IP address: The IP address for the site of an on-line game.
Name address: The name address for the site of an on-line game.
Type: The type of the game. Text adventure means just that while
illustrated text adventure is a text adventure with pictures for
all or several locations. RPG (role-playing game) is a game in the
tradition of Rogue, either graphic or ASCII-based and usually
showing a view from above the player.
Covers: The book(s) or part thereof that the game covers.
Distribution: Distribution form for freely available games (PD or
Shareware) and wherefrom to acquire it. Also used to denote
commercial games in the Others section.
Comment: General description and comments on the game. Warning! These
are my very personal comments. You may want to disagree.
A missing line indicates either that the information is unknown or
unapplicable.
I would be overjoyed to get any kind of feedback on this monster.
Especially, error corrections and additions for the *-marked entries
are welcome. I can be reached at email ek...@lysator.liu.se.
/Fredrik Ekman
Credits
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My thanks to the following persons for valuable help:
Matt Ackeret <unk...@apple.com>
Arwen of Elendor MUSH
Robert Bartz <rba...@nyx10.cs.du.edu>
Johnny Billquist <b...@Minsk.DoCS.UU.SE>
Mary Butler
Massimo Campostrini <ca...@sunthpi3.difi.unipi.it>
Pier Donini <don...@ellco.epfl.ch>
John Elliott <ell...@teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk>
Mattias Engdegard <f91...@nada.kth.se>
Eowyn of Lord of the Rings MUSH
Josh P Gallagher <J.P.Ga...@durham.ac.uk>
Dimas Caparros Gomez <di...@mazanet.es>
Wayne Hammond Jr <Wayne.G...@williams.edu>
Brian Hanechak <hane...@k12.ucs.umass.edu>
Claus Skanning Jensen <cl...@iesd.auc.dk>
Jan Kapala <KAP...@ichn.ch.pwr.wroc.pl>
Alex Lee <a...@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
Paul Lyon <p...@jeeves.la.utexas.edu>
Nancy Martsch
Hans Persson <uni...@lysator.liu.se>
Michael F Reid <M.R...@phys.canterbury.ac.nz>
Robert Sandberg <e2r...@etek.chalmers.se>
Christopher J. Rasmus
based on Tolkien's work:
MEFAMUSH! Stands for Middle Earth Fifth Age MUSH (Multi-User Shared
Hallucination-*shrug*.)
It's dedicated to Tolkien (like Elendor, from where it gets some, perhaps
most of its players) and is set in the Fifth Age. Naturally it's futuristic,
so we have things like Robohobbits, CyberOrcs, etc. It's NOT ShadowRunnish,
CyberPunkish, etc., but simply a mixture of Midieval 3rd Age Middle-Earth
with various science-fiction elements (i.e. laser guns, hover cars, etc.)
It's not really open yet, but it's getting there...we 'opened' for work
August 1st, 1994 and plan to 'officially' open for 'play' Sometime in
October. Things are going slow...but it should prove to be an interesting
place to roleplay.
System based primarily on ICE's Rolemaster RPG with plentiful stats, skills,
detailed combat, etc.
Thanks for your time,
Chris
Jesus is Lord and He's coming back SOON!
p.s. it's located at:
envirolink.org 6969
heh...almost forgot. *grin*
Szymon Sokol
: And don't forget the latest (I think) addition to the world of MUSH'es
: based on Tolkien's work:
: MEFAMUSH! Stands for Middle Earth Fifth Age MUSH (Multi-User Shared
: Hallucination-*shrug*.)
: It's dedicated to Tolkien (like Elendor, from where it gets some, perhaps
: most of its players) and is set in the Fifth Age. Naturally it's futuristic,
: so we have things like Robohobbits, CyberOrcs, etc. It's NOT ShadowRunnish,
: CyberPunkish, etc., but simply a mixture of Midieval 3rd Age Middle-Earth
: with various science-fiction elements (i.e. laser guns, hover cars, etc.)
I see...
A SPECIAL ROBIN REPORT FOR BREE NEWS:
* Valinorean space shuttle "Earendil" just completed its mission by placing the
"Silmaril" satellite on an ardastationary orbit. The satellite is supposed
to play a major role in Aman-ME communication.
* Prof. Kurunir, head of the Orthanc Advanced Research Center at Isengard,
found guilty of treason, spying, conspiracy and environment pollution. ENTS
(Environment-Nature-Trees Society) pickets Orthanc. Prof. Kurunir's assistant,
G. Wormtongue, accused of sexual harassment by Princess Eowyn of Rohan.
* White Council summoned to discuss the recent ride of "stealth" Nazgul
over Anorien. The Nazgul supposedly were carrying H-Rings, but Mordor refuses
to comment on it. General Beregond Bergilson claims that the new "Gwaihir"
supersonic fighters should prevent such incidents in future.
* V-Prez Faramir going to visit Umbar to negotiate with the pirate leaders.
Gondorian fleet is only 2 leagues from the rebellious port.
* Tension increases between Mirkwood and Erebor. Dwarves accuse Thranduil of
unfair trade practices and consider indroducing mithril export restrictions.
* Violent crime and acts of terrorism increase rapidly in Dunland. Orcish
influence suspected.
* Mushroom farmers in the East Farthing criticize Governor Brandybuck.
* "The Red Book" by Bilbo and Frodo Bagginses and Samwise Gamgee tops the
bestseller lists.
* * *
"Strange as news from Bree...."
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