Title: The Two Towers - A Review
Authors Bonnie Smyth & Ben Smyth
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Description: A review of The Two Towers, a popular on-line role-playing game located
at <http://www.angband.com>
THE TWO TOWERS
by Bonnie Smyth & Ben Smyth
For those of you, who love an adventure...this is the place for you. This is a role-playing
game located on the Internet at <http://www.angband.com>, and is based on the
J.R.R. Tolkien books : The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. And there are people in about
51 different countries currently playing this game.
The world is known as "Arda" and has Mountains, Forests, Swamps, Orc Camps,
Wargs, Trolls, Bridges to cross, It's an adventurers dream come true.
You first start by selecting a race. Hobbit, Sindar, Silvan, Dwarf, Dunedian or Dunlending.
Then you pick a profession. Thief, Warrior, Wizard, Sheriff, Assassin or Ranger.
Depending on which you choose, you have different skill to acquire. Assassins can
backstab...Warriors can repair their weapons...Wizards study spells and search for
scrolls...Rangers can charm animals...Sheriffs can arrest killers...and Thieves steal.
The weapons are endless, to name just a few...there are Rune covered Axes, Flails,
Daggers, Knives, Gleaming Rune Blades, Menacing Spiked Maces and Artifacts.
Every so often you have to go on a quest, in search of Gollum, to answer some riddles.
Or to find an Artifact, and give it to a king. Maybe meet the Lady of the woods herself
"Galadriel."
The fun is in finding things and figuring out how one thing fits in with another.
For example: searching a room...and finding a secret way into a room behind a wall...then
finding something else...and so on and so forth...I really shouldn't reveal any secrets.
If you tell another player any quest information...your character will be NUKED!
There are laws in Arda which one must follow.
There are many towns, Hobbiton, Bywater, Bree, Edoras, Rivendell and others. Each
town has a shop to sell things you have acquired for gold. A healer if you weren't
so lucky as to kill something...or someone. They have Taverns and Inns, in which
you can buy your friends a drink. A trainer for either studying, or sparring so you
may go to the next level. There are currently 19 levels...and growing!
This is a fantasy come to life. And also very addicting! So...Happy Adventuring....And
never Trust a Fat Thief!
First published in the March/April 1997 issue of Seeds & Stems, bi-monthly publication
of the Maryland Apple Corps, PO Box 668, Riderwood, MD 21139-0668. Please credit
the Maryland Apple Corps. when reprinting this article, and please forward a copy
of your newsletter (including this article) to us. - Thank you. Mical Wilmoth, editor.
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