Tempora Heroica

Tempora Heroica is a free-to-play, text-based online roleplaying game, commonly known as a MUD or a virtual community. The game is similar to Zork, but with many people simultaneously playing the game and interacting with one another.

Tempora Heroica has a quirky, small-town atmosphere filled with colorful players and Non-player characters. The MUD is best known for its descriptive fantasy world, and for having a system of magic derived from the Ars Magica roleplaying game.

History
The MUD began in 1993 as Archipelago at the University of Essex and is derived from the CircleMUD code. In 1996 it moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following year the MUD was changed its name to Tempora Heroica. The MUD's code base is still refered to as Archipelago or Arch Code. In 1999, Tempora Heroica moved to its present home at ibiblio.