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| Welcome || Welcome! || _ ___ _o |
| Announcements || || | | |...| |.| |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || Nightfall is one of the oldest MUDs still alive, running continously since 1993, || | | |.o.| |.| |
| Web Client || while first opening to the public in 1990. MUDs are text-based multiplayer || '-' '---' '-' |
| Clients || online games - to check out the enormous landscape Nightfall has to offer, || \|
| Quickstart || connect to nightfall.org at port 4242 using your favourite telnet client, have a || |
| Wait, What? || look at our description of various clients or use the web client. || |o
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| Races || If you want to get a feel without connecting now, The Guide might be an || |
| Guilds || interesting read, and of course you are welcome to check out our notes on the || |
| Map || different races, guilds and history past and present. || |
| Lore || || |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || For the impatient, the map of Nightfall is especially worth seeing. There is a || |
| Who's online? || short quickstart manual available, as well as a rather extensive introduction to || |o
| Finger || Nightfall and MUDs in general. || |
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| The Guide || On the technical side, Nightfall uses LDMudꜛ as a "gamedriver", which then || \|
| Player Help || dynamically compiles LPC code. LPCꜛ is an object-oriented variant of C which || |
| The Sky || makes it very easy to create large worlds with complex interactions. Upon || |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ || reaching level 21 as a player, you are welcome to join the wizards of Nightfall || |
| Imprint || in extending this very world. || |
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