<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Your first game?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I’ve recently had some pretty major health scares, and it got me reminiscing about things, MUing included. It’s been a pretty big part of my life since college, and I was thinking about the first games I played on.</p>
<p dir="auto">I started playing at two at the same time, both World of Darkness games: Twist of Fate and Cajun Nights.</p>
<p dir="auto">I didn’t last long on Cajun Nights. Not sure why, it was a long time ago! But I played on Twist of Fate for the duration of its existence. It was never the biggest game, but we had a blast. They even used web supplements for things like Highlander-style immortals. I stuck mostly to playing mortals and vampires.</p>
<p dir="auto">They were the first game I ever staffed on as well. When they shut down, they were going to transition to a Victorian era game, but that never quite panned out, sadly.</p>
<p dir="auto">From there I quickly branched out to some Star Trek and superhero games (Supers MUX and MetaMUX primarily).</p>
<p dir="auto">I’d love to hear stories about other people’s first games. What were they? What did you play?</p>
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]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/29186</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/29186</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[hellfrog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:57:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:15:52 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I’m another who cut their teeth on Harper’s Tale (and eventually wound up with waaaaay too many alts while I was there. Had to get one of every dragon color, after all!).</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/29184</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/29184</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Solastalgic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:15:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:41:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I was on the L&amp;L Crossroads, briefly. It was not friendly to someone in an ‘off’ timezone - I only lasted a few months.</p>
<p dir="auto">My first MU* was a place called Spheres, and I logged in for the first time on the 4th of January 1999. I memorised the date because I knew this would be the start of something big in my life, but I definitely wasn’t prepared for just where the journey has taken me.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/29162</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/29162</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evilgrayson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:41:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:19:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">My first MOO was Harper’s Tale in… 99 I think. I was on a lot of PBEMs and chatrooms before that, starting when I was about 12.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/29161</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/29161</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sao]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:19:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Mon, 22 Dec 2025 04:23:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hogwarts Express.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/29155</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/29155</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Istus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 04:23:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Mon, 22 Dec 2025 03:35:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I love finding interesting threads in the moths between poking my head in.</p>
<p dir="auto">My first game was Chiascuruo? I’m aware that’s not how you spell it, but gun to my head I could not spell the name. Which is probably the ONLY thing I remember about it. Oh, and it was a fantasy game. So, two things I remember about it.</p>
<p dir="auto">That’s it. I think I played some random common dude?</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/29153</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/29153</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Testament]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 03:35:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:02:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/51">@Solstice</a> said in <a href="/post/28029">Your first game?</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">In hindsight, I was really waaaaay too young to be on the wild west internet of 1996</p>
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<p dir="auto">oof, saaaame.</p>
<p dir="auto">I am not quite sure I remember which one was first, but it was either The Lion King MU* or Heroes and Villains.</p>
<p dir="auto">hilariously I tried to apply to Project Infinity for literal years and one of the appstaff replied to one application something like “I just want to say, your writing has improved so much” and I was too embarrassed to admit that it was because I had been like 13 when I first started trying, lol</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28217</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28217</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wizz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:02:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:58:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I have no idea, I was like 9. Probably Dark Metal or CrackMUX or some superhero place I don’t remember the name of.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28201</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28201</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prototart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:58:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Thu, 09 Oct 2025 19:32:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">My first sniff of text-based RP was back in 1996 when I nosed around chat rooms on mIRC. Stuff like Transformers, anime misc. … a real hodge-podge that makes me cringe and smile. Formed some great bonds with folks, some of whom have passed away over the years.</p>
<p dir="auto">First PennMUSH was in 2000/01 on Wing Commander: Red Horizon, followed by some Final Fantasy MU*s …  again, lots of fond, warm memories but I wish I could cleanse my character lineup from those days with fire.</p>
<p dir="auto">I won’t spam beyond this… if any of this rings a bell to anyone, feel free to drop a DM.</p>
<p dir="auto">Seeing that it’s been nearly 30 years since I started this hobby, it’s time for me to take my back pill. c.c</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28193</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28193</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[allthecookies]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 19:32:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:42:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">My first RP focused MU* was FurrySpace MUCK before it got renamed to Stellar Convergence and before I really knew what furries were. I was certainly way too young to be there. Fortunately I don’t recall meeting any creepers or anything.</p>
<p dir="auto">And then 10-15 years later made a character on Fear and Loathing, which was when I discovered this community I guess.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28183</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28183</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sammich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:42:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:47:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/4">@Pavel</a></p>
<p dir="auto">Lords and Ladies, magic and magical beings. I cannot remember the overarching plot as it was forever ago, but magic was in high theme and it was high fantasy.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28181</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28181</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[RightMeow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:47:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:38:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/63">@RightMeow</a> said in <a href="/post/28179">Your first game?</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Castle D’Image</p>
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<p dir="auto">I <em>vaguely</em> recall poking my head in on this game at some point, but I can’t remember an iota of what it was about. D’you have much recollection?</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28180</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28180</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pavel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:38:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:30:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I played Crossroads too, not my first game though. I played CDI (Castle D’Image - I think) too</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28179</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28179</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[RightMeow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:30:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:01:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">My first mud was ancient anguish.  My first muck/mush was Metro 1.0. I was a baby back then but had dipped my toes into vampire before with IRC rp rooms like #VampireNights. Back when I was a real baby and lying about my age.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28153</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28153</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sillylily]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:01:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:09:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/10">@bear_necessities</a> Me toooo, for playing there.</p>
<p dir="auto">It was not my first game, tho.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28125</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28125</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dvoraen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:09:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:05:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/10">@bear_necessities</a> Crispin, the very young Lord of Copper Run who inherited because his dad got executed.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28124</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ominous]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:05:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:22:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/524">@Ominous</a> It was both one of the weirdest and coolest ‘game’ moments I’ve ever had. I never LARPed before, so to see everyone in their garb and acting like their characters the whole time was so strange, but I got to meet some pretty awesome people. I’ve lost touch with the core group now mostly, but we stayed friends a long while!</p>
<p dir="auto">Who did you play? I can’t remember my character’s name, I think it was Tourmaline. I had another alt too but fucked if I know what their name was.</p>
<p dir="auto">ETA: Actually I looked through my email and apparently I was Madelynn.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28118</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28118</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[bear_necessities]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:22:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:23:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I do miss game meet ups in person!  I’ve met some of my best and oldest rl friends that way, and we needed the in person meet ups because we annoyed each other on the games themselves until we met in person!</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28114</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mietze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:23:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:18:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/10">@bear_necessities</a> I never got to the Vegas meet up.  It looked fun, but I was a poor student at the time.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28112</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28112</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ominous]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:18:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:16:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/98">@labsunlimited</a> said in <a href="/post/28109">Your first game?</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">It was humiliating to be fifteen on a WOD game.</p>
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<p dir="auto">It <em>was</em>. This is why I was 19 for like four years. You know, thinking back, it’s interesting no one ever questioned that the age never changed.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28110</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[somasatori]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:16:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:09:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Oh and first WOD was one NOLA game, Bourbon and Blood. I tried it because Katrina just hit and I was fifteen. It was humiliating to be fifteen on a WOD game.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28109</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28109</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[labsunlimited]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:09:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:46:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/14">@Snackness</a> said in <a href="/post/27985">Your first game?</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">An RL friend got me into Harper’s Tale (Pern MOO) when we were in high school. I have long since lost touch with that friend, but I’m still MUing!</p>
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<p dir="auto"><img src="https://media.tenor.com/qy_WcGdRzfgAAAAC/xluna-high-five.gif" alt="two men are dancing on a beach and one of them is wearing a pink shirt and blue shorts" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">It was my sister who got me into it when we were in jr. high or high school. I didn’t tend to play very many games at a time, so HT was my mainstay for a long time although I dabbled in others.</p>
<p dir="auto">Years later when <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://brandmu.day/uid/12">@Tat</a> and I met on our X-Men game and staffed together we discovered that we had actually played together on HT which was fun.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28086</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28086</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:46:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:24:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">My first MUSH was the old Tales of Ta’veren Wheel of Time place. I’d dipped into some MUDs before that but they weren’t really RP places. My mind was blown by the pose command.</p>
]]></description><link>https://brandmu.day/post/28085</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://brandmu.day/post/28085</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Third Eye]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:24:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Your first game? on Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:27:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">My first text game was hellMOO.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/a8co69.jpg" alt="penguin looking traumatized" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">I will be taking no further questions.</p>
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