Have you ever written fiction on your own, just for fun? Have you ever imagined characters, but didn't know what story to write them in? Have you ever been part of a roleplaying game and thought it would nice to do it online, at your own speed?
Interactive fiction roleplaying provides all these things: it is a blend of live "table-top" roleplaying and novel writing. Interactive Fiction roleplaying is roleplaying without a fancy, complicated gaming system. There are no point totals, character classes, or dice. There is not even a GM in the sense of tabletop roleplaying. Everyone contributes to the development of the story.
For those of you for whom all that meant nothing, interactive fiction is simply a chance to escape into a world and a personality different from your own. It is a chance to live adventure in exotic worlds and to be someone you could never be in this world. This is done through interactive story writing with other roleplayers. It is, in effect, a cross between a game of pretend and authoring an escape novel.
This is the game of DRAGONLANDS. The world is fantasy of an unusual variety. Our central characters are sentient, benign Dragons and their loyal Human bondmates. For more information, please refer to the World Guide. In fact *please* read the World Guide. It will answer a lot of your questions, and help you decide whether DL is a game world well suited to you. It will also help direct you in the creation of your first DL character, should you decide you'd like to join. Additional questions can be directed to your World Administrators.
Your World Administrators are a collection of DL administrators who may be reached at dlands@hotmail.com. Feel free to email them with any question, no matter how large or small. Be sure to email them if you'd like to join, submit your character to them for approval and assignment, and direct any game-spanning concerns to them. The overall World Administrator is Arlene Jacobs.
The World Administrator, as it refers to interactive fiction roleplaying, is a strange cross between table-top Game Master, on line reference library, web page maintainer, and souce of ideas. The following sections provide a description of interactive fiction roleplaying and the specific guidelines of playing in DragonLands.
