phantasia

multiplayer terminal fantasy RPG game

TLDR

Start a game

$ phantasia

Start in setup/wizard mode

$ phantasia -s

phantasia is a multi-player fantasy RPG game from the bsdgames collection. Players create characters, fight monsters, gain experience and gold, and compete with other players on the same system for ranking.The game features character progression, equipment, magic, and encounters with both monsters and other players.

PARAMETERS

-s

Setup/wizard mode.

-m

Manage the game (admin).

-a

All players listing.

-p

Purge old characters.

PREVIEW

 Phantasia -- Level 3
 HP: 45/60  Str: 12
 Gold: 350  Gems: 2
 You encounter a Troll!
 (f)ight or (r)un?

CAVEATS

Part of the bsdgames package. Multi-player features require shared file access on the same system.

HISTORY

phantasia was written by Edward Straker and has been part of BSD games distributions since the 1980s. It is one of the earliest multiplayer RPGs on Unix.