Dark Pawns: Unbound

Dark Pawns first opened in 1994. Dark Pawns: Unbound is a new edition from Slayer, who brought the game back in 2019: the same hand-built world and the same unforgiving combat, with new systems on top. The pieces are moving on their own.

YOU PLAY A FAMILY, NOT A CHARACTER

One login, one family name, three characters. The game is built for a crew of three run by one player. Your family shares a bank and a name the world knows you by.

A WORLD THAT TALKS BACK

Bonnie Hale runs the tea cart at the Temple of the Cross. Talk to her in plain sentences. She remembers what you tell her, sizes up your crew, and hands out work that fits your level. Rueben walks new families through a training school before the world gets its teeth into them.

WHAT'S IN IT

- More than 50 zones to walk: walled cities, frozen tundra, black desert and open ocean. Kir Drax'in, Haven, Alaozar, Xixieqi, Kir-Oshi, Amber and the Courts of Chaos.

- The Iron Wyrm, a train you call to ride between the cities.

- Remorts, including two ninja paths: Jonin and Onmitsu.

- Lua-scripted mobs and quests.

- Dark, violent and not gentle. Mobs hit hard and nobody solos the big ones.

EASY TO GET INTO

Play in your browser at play.noblecache.com/play, or download the free MUSHclient package, which logs in your whole family at once and gives each character its own window. The website has a guide for people new to MUDs, a world map with walking routes, 357 help files, and the Kill List: 260 creatures worth hunting and what they carry.

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