A mud is a world designed inside a computer where a person can socialize, accomplish goals, solve puzzles, add new areas to the world, and generally have a lot of fun. MUCK, MUSH, MUX, DGD, YAMA, MUSE, MUG, Ogham and MOOS are variants of muds. Muds usually have a central theme, listed here are muds that are designed around dragon themes.

For more information about muds read through the MUD FAQs and General Information document collection.

How to connect to a mud.

To connect to a mud the preferred method is to use a mud client. You can also use a program called telnet to connect to muds, however, when using telnet you can experience problems with text being out of alignment.

Macintosh - http://www.macorchard.com/mud.html
Other systems - http://tf.tcp.com/~hawkeye/tf/
Windows - http://winfiles.cnet.com/apps/98/mud.html



Different types of muds use different commands, most have the following basic commands in common. Commands are case sensitive.

HELP

List of useful commands.

QUIT

Leave the mud.

WHO

List of everyone on the mud.

look

See where you are and where you can go.

north, south, east, west

Walk in a specific direction. Allows you to go to another area or room in the mud.

say <what you which to say>

Talk to the others in the room.