TomeNET

TomeNET takes the traditional roguelike formula of Angband and sends it online, allowing players to explore a persistent multiplayer world together. The game retains the familiar ingredients of dungeon exploration, character development, equipment management, monsters, and potentially catastrophic encounters, but adds the social possibilities of a massively multiplayer environment. Characters can cooperate, trade, communicate, and venture into dangerous areas where a little assistance is generally preferable to becoming monster food alone. Its interface remains firmly rooted in classic roguelike traditions, so newcomers may initially wonder whether they have accidentally opened a very sophisticated spreadsheet. Stick with it, though, and TomeNET reveals a remarkably deep RPG built around exploration, experimentation, and the enduring appeal of watching a carefully developed character survive just one more dungeon.