Threshold RPG Extremely detailed, fantasy role playing game. An economy driven by player businesses, religions surrounding many different deities, and a justice system including criminal and civil factions are just some of the roleplay opportunities available on this MUD. http://www.threshold-rpg.com/

Vergotha Provides information on game play, downloads, message forum and mailing list. http://vergotha.com

Mystical MUD Incredible selection of races and classes, with dual and triple classes available. Claims to have over 8,500 rooms coded. Limited PK, sophisticated clan structure and remorting available. http://www.mysticalmud.com/

NetherWorld Roleplaying MUD that's been around since 1993. An entire MUD world consisting of over 10,000 rooms. Lots of perks and limited PK. http://www.lexiconn.com/users/mud/

Mercator Circle mud based on a Fantasy theme offering pastimes such as fishing. Features information on background, areas and connection details. http://mercator.mudhaven.com

RAF Rathian Roleplaying realm designed for the RAF Forum found in the chat rooms of AOL. http://www.angelfire.com/games/rathian/rathianhome/index2.html

Phoenix Mud Quite a unique fantasy-based mud, a very friendly world with some neat custom features. http://phoenix.betterbox.net/

Illusions of the Mind Provides information on history, races, tools and societies. http://tibernas.ak.net/illusions/

Vagabond's Quest Text based game which offers both dungeon exploration and arena combat in a fantasy setting. An excellent site for beginners. http://www.netdragons.com/

Rancor Includes many original areas, and original code. Restricted PK, EQ saved, and clans offered. http://rancor.betterbox.net/

Southlands Elven themed. Features artwork, history, information, guilds, and resources. http://www.elwar.com/southlands/

Lunar Eclipse A Rom 2.4b-based MUD, the theme for this MUD is anything goes, with just about every theme imagineable and all the high fantasy races. Site contains details on the races, professions, skills, players pages, and clan profiles. http://lunar.betterbox.net/

Fatal Dimensions A European-based MUD offering a nice mix of stock and original areas, cool coding, and lots of nifty features. It has been online since August of 1996. http://www.fataldimensions.org

Ages of Darkness Based on the widely-known Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth series. All areas are original, restricted PK, and clan system. "Newbie" friendly and challenging for the advanced mudder. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/9080/mud.html

The Demons Gate A pure fantasy role-playing environment (though role-playing isn't required). Features include a complex combat system with new detailed critical hits, detailed npcs, quests, guilds and clubs. The mud is divided into a number of variously themed domains. The player must balance killing with questing to be successful. http://www.demonsgate.org

MoonGate Online Contains information for beginners, player reviews, an FAQ, and direct telnet links. http://www.moongate.net

The Dragon's Den One of the oldest continuously operating MUDs around. LP-style MUD, running under MudOS and their own Dragon Mudlib. http://dden.discordia.org/

AlexMUD The ongoing story of the Kingdom of Ardenia and its fight to survive in the face of enemies on all sides. Fantasy-based MUD with a revamped combat system and a unique skill/spell system. http://www.stacken.kth.se/~alexmud/

Utopia MUD A MUD with real-time chat, puzzles, quests, and a huge virtual world to explore. http://www.utopia.mudservices.com/

Abysmal Realms Fantasy adventure game with fully customizable characters. Website contains information about areas, clans, classes, immortals and races. http://realms.reichel.net/