Dark Pawns
Dark Pawns is a fantasy MUD first opened in 1994, preserved and running again.
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Game Details
Last Updated10/24/26
Game StatusBeta
Game Size0-500
RP StatusNot Enforced
CodebaseCircleMUD
Player Count10-20
LocationUSA
ThemeFantasy
Game TypeMUD
LanguageEnglish
Player KillingAllowed
Online Since
10/23/26
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Connectivity
Connection Tested10/24/26 01:36 am GMT
Last Successful Connection10/24/26 01:36 am GMT
Player History · Last 90 Days
Each point summarizes observations within the labeled day. All periods use UTC. Averages and ranges use recorded samples only.
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Dark Pawns is a fantasy MUD that first opened in September 1994, built on CircleMUD 3.0 in the DikuMUD lineage. It ran, it closed, and the world survived. This project is its resurrection: the original zones, mobs, and quirks preserved as they were, with the server faithfully rewritten in Go and checked behavior-by-behavior against the original C code.
It is a classic hack and slash world: explore, fight, gear up, and level, alone or with whoever else wanders in. Play instantly in your browser at darkpawns.org, or connect with any MUD client (Mudlet, Tintin++, your terminal) at darkpawns.org port 7777, TLS on 7778.
Dark Pawns is free, open source, and self-hostable: one command installs your own instance. Builders get modern tooling, including a web-based online creation editor for crafting new areas in the original world format.
Game Reviews
This game has no reviews.MSSP Data - Crawled on 10/24/26 - What is MSSP?
| MSSP Variable | MSSP Data |
|---|---|
| ANSI | yes |
| AREAS | 68 |
| CLASSES | 12 |
| CODEBASE | CircleMUD 3.0 (Go port) |
| CREATED | 1994 |
| FAMILY | DikuMUD |
| GAMEPLAY | Hack and Slash |
| GENRE | Fantasy |
| GMCP | yes |
| HELPFILES | 712 |
| HOSTNAME | darkpawns.org |
| LANGUAGE | English |
| LEVELS | 40 |
| LOCATION | US |
| MCCP | yes |
| MOBILES | 1115 |
| MSDP | no |
| MSP | no |
| MXP | no |
| NAME | Dark Pawns |
| OBJECTS | 1453 |
| PAY FOR PERKS | no |
| PAY TO PLAY | no |
| PLAYERS | 5 |
| PORT | 7777 |
| RACES | 7 |
| ROOMS | 8218 |
| STATUS | Live |
| TLS | 7778 |
| UPTIME | 2 hours |
| UTF-8 | no |
| WEBSITE | darkpawns.org |
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