Realms of Chainmail
Chainmail, your favorite turn-based mass combat strategy game, is now online… in three-dimensions. Based on the cult classic “Blackmoor” expansion by Dave Arneson, this game features the best in solo and online campaigning!
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About the Realms
Released in 1983 as “Chainmail MUD”, this longstanding online totem has been the center of internet culture, debate, and speculation for years. Rebranding itself as “Realms of Chainmail” this month with its new 3-D update, new players are flocking to this unique experience in droves. Join them now with Realms of Chainmail, and experience a new, family friendly adventure.
Across the multiple Realms which have been created over the years, our players have discovered and built for themselves wide-reaching factions, awesome creatures beyond recognition, and almost two decades of pure fun. Join Arvandor to roleplay in elven high society, and take that character to Olympus to engage in player-versus-player skirmishes! Want your old Chainmail army back? Join the eternal Blood War of the fiendish realms, or try your hand in conquering your own block of Acheron, with all-new rules for mass combat across impossible battlefields.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a real game you’re producing?
Of course not! This is an artistic project set in a world where “D&D” and tabletop gaming as we know it took a fundamentally different path. Inspired by works like “Log Horizon” and “Overlord”, this MMO-world is ripe for pulpy action nonsense.
Whats the structure of this campaign?
I plan to host a series of shorter campaigns bringing players up to speed with the differences between editions. Currently, three parts are planned, each following the rising tension of a grand storyline involving gods, monsters, and forgotten Realms.
Will you write a fourth item here to fill in space?
Maybe!
How does this all work?
The rules presented are built around the 3.5e edition of D&D, the core rules of which are freely available under the d20 System Reference Document and the Open Gaming License 1.0. That is to say, it’s all above board!