Text Based Roleplaying Games
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What is HTML Chat?
For those of us who play online games like Guild Wars, World of Warcraft, or Everquest, a distinction between the online games we play and the other kinds of online roleplaying games must be made. One very popular (and long-standing) form of online rpg is text based and occurs primarily in chat rooms hosted on web sites. These chat rooms differ from IRC and messenger chat rooms because they are found only on internet pages.
There are numerous genres of roleplay available on these sites. Really, the options for roleplay are limited only by the level of imagination and writing ability you possess.
Science Fiction Roleplay
One of the genres of roleplay you can find in html-based chat rooms is science fiction. These rooms cater to roleplay based off of Star Trek, Stargate, or any other space pirate type theme. There are a few Star Wars rooms, and even some rooms who have designed their own brand of home brew science fiction.
Vampire Roleplay
Vampire chat rooms are primarily based off of books. Some rooms take their concepts from Vampire: The Masquerade, while the single most popular roleplay system is one adapted from the works of Laurell K. Hamilton's books. Until the popularity of Miss Hamilton's books rose to prominence, the favored system for online vampire roleplay consisted of adaptations from the vampire novels by Anne Rice.
Fantasy roleplay
Beyond the genres mentioned above lies an enormous realm of roleplay fun and games under a huge umbrella of topics. A roleplayer in the fantasy genre could be nearly anything not defined above. You could, in a fantasy roleplaying room see elves, unicorns, fairies, demons, immortals.. the possibilities are nearly endless.
BDSM Roleplay
While there are generic chat rooms for those who follow the BDSM lifestyle to enter and socialize, there are as well roleplay rooms where heavy BDSM themes are present. These rooms typically engage in roleplay involving the exploration of psychological and mental bondage, scenes are acted out between individuals in a 'dungeon play' style environment.
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I love the picture at the top! It's great
This is interesting. My oldest daughter is into the role playing (Fantasy). She is an awsome artist and she creates a character (usually females) then she draws them to match their powers. She has created some really awsome stuff! While most are beautiful, they are very wicked and you definitely wouldn't want to encounter one in a dark alley! lol. I am sure when she gets a computer she would be interested to know about this! Thanks for the info!
Hello! Myself and friends have a text based medieval genre orignal theme MUSH if anyone is interested. A client such as SimpleMu or Zmud is highly recommended. On the webpage is a list of clients, some are free some have some cost.
Anwethia is a new addition to the world of online text based RP games. We welcome new playersOne thousand years ago, the medieval world of Anwethia was almost destroyed by the misuse of powerful elemental magics. The wisest of these mages came together to save this world and they formed what would be known as the Guardians. Under their guardianship, gateways to other worlds were discovered. From the guardians, the best called Ley Riders were chosen to guard these gateways. The continent of Nosizwe comprises of many lands and peoples, like the Polar Regions, the Plains, Garragg, Liosliath and a frozen city in the Wastes. Keranna, once the dominant power, is weakened which left a void. A void that the others are jostling to fill. The Plains tribes war with Garragg at its northern borders. Liosliath in southeast Nosizwe has freed itself from its conquerors and seeking to rebuild itself. Its port city of Carriag is just re-establishing itself as a trading crossroads. Anwethia. On top of politics, rogue mages, piracy and natural disasters add their destabilizing presence. Welcome to Anwethia. Where we ROLE Play and not ROLL Play. No sheet, no skills/stats. Creativity, the inspiration to craft stories that will grow as Anwethia grows. A world crafted where everyone's stories matters and will contribute to how it develops. A world with a dedicated global staff. A world offering new players the opportunity to play high-ranking feature level characters. We are looking for motivated players for the following : - Nobles - Magistrates - Merchants - Craftspeople - High-ranking feature level characters Connect - mush.anwethia.net 2860
I just heard about a new HTML text chat roleplaying site opening up called Addiktionchat.. has anyone heard of it?
So I just started promoting really heavily my own brand new roleplay chat site, run and owned by yours truly!
By the way, all the proceeds from the site go to a charitable cause you've seen me write about before - getting a gentleman with Muscular Dystrophy the proper equipment so he can get out of his house!
There is quite a few places where you can Role-Play freely. The one that I use most often is Nihilcon , as it has a facebook like set-up with character profiles and adding friends and other little doo-dahs that make online roleplay easier. Thanks
Uninvited Writer says:
2 years ago
That's interesting, I didn't know there were roleplaying games through chat. I'll have to check out some of your links.