Archipelago MUSH



Where everyone is a feature character

Every person who ever lived on Earth, from every period in history, is mysteriously reborn on a myriad of islands set in a vast ocean. Is this the afterlife? Who is responsible? Will human civilization rebuild itself again?

Archipelago is an online roleplaying MUSH and storytelling environment based on the themes of Philip José Farmer's Riverworld series, but set in an original world. Players can take on the role of nearly any historical figure and face the challenges of exploring a new world and re-establishing civilization.

During play periods, the game is reachable by telnet at archipelago.pennmush.org 2000

Things to do:

Roleplay a historical figure.
Build a town, a culture, a religion, a civilization from the ground up! Players can work together to redevelop lost technologies to further their group's goals.
Create your own stories, and help others create theirs. Archipelago uses player-driven roleplaying and radically decentralized storytelling - any player can become an island's storyteller and develop plots for characters who arrive at the island.
Share your stories with the world. An ongoing pulp serial, "Tales of Archipelago", edited by the administration, features the characters and events of the MUSH.

Archipelago operates in 8 week cycles:

During the 2-week "prologue" period, new players and storytellers are actively sought and players organize their own roleplaying.
During the 4-week "story" period, storytellers actively incorporate player roleplaying into a variety of plots and story arcs.
During the 2-week "epilogue" period, the MUSH is closed, and the editorial staff compile the results of the cycle into an ongoing web serial, while the players and storytellers take a well-deserved break and plan what they'll do in the next cycle.

The current period is: Epilogue (MUSH is closed to play)

Getting Started | Tales of Archipelago | Mailing Lists | Player Tools | Links

Where everyone is a feature character