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The Dungeon is back as The Mystic Dungeon BBS!

Back in the Elder Days of the '80s, I ran a tiny BBS run from an Atari 800, then from an Atari ST, called The Dungeon. We did some play-by-post RPGs, had a few doorgames, a few message boards.

The new Mystic Dungeon is running MysticBBS on a VPS, it's over the Internet not a single phone line, but it'll do the same things!

Connect with: telnet mysticdungeon.club 1666
(soon I'll have a proper domain, and SSL cert so you can ssh host 2666)

Set your terminal for black background, 80x25, and UTF-8 (I dunno what it'll do to DOS CP437, but everything's Unicode now).

If your Mac doesn't ship with a telnet anymore, you can grab the previous OS's one from a backup, or

sudo port install inetutils

and then use gtelnet.

Doorgame

Of course visit the Doors to try the Mystic Dungeon doorgame!

• Town
  • Innkeeper for resting
  • Merchant for buying equipment and standard consumables
  • Alchemist for buying potions
  • Banker for saving money between deaths
  • Guards for directions
  • Prince for handing out quests
• Dungeon: Stairs are to the southeast of town, just follow the trail.
  • 8 Levels
  • 24 Monster Species
  • Chests
  • Traps
• Combat
  • Fight
  • Run away
• Magic
  • Arcane & Divine spells up to level 3 so far!

Latest News:

• 2019-03-07
  • Guards give useful directions.
  • Questgivers (like the Prince) give out quests!
• 2019-03-05
  • 'spellbook' lists all available spells.
  • 'cast SPELL' casts a spell! Spells level 1-3 are implemented.
• 2019-03-04
  • 'who' lists players by experience.
  • Alchemists sell several kinds of potions.
  • POISONED and PARALYZED conditions.
  • 'help monsters'
• 2019-03-02
  • Bashed open some Floor 1 doors for easier exploration.
  • Consumables can be used! Rations and lights.
  • Line of sight improved.
  • Map can be displayed (only while still on that floor).
• 2019-02-26
  • Hidden chests, traps, and monsters! Shopping for lockpicks!
• 2019-02-25
  • Run away command!
• 2019-02-23
  • Public release of The Mystic Dungeon BBS
• 2019-02-22
  • Merchant, equip, drop items.
• 2019-02-21
  • Innkeeper and Banker.
• 2019-02-20
  • Exploration and combat functional.
• 2019-02-15
  • Began project!