OtherSpace Factoids
Information worth knowing about OtherSpace: The Interactive SF Saga:<ul>- Original-theme space fantasy MUSH
- Telnet: jointhesaga.com 1790
- Website:
- It's not based on anyone else's books, but is the only MU* known to have spawned its own books (four, at last count) for sale both in trade paperback through iUniverse.com and Amazon.com and in PDF format at
- Created by Wes Platt (also known in some circles as Brody)
- Started in 1998
- Follows a series of story arcs, fourteen of them so far
- Mentioned in the March 2003 issue of
Computer Games Magazine
- Uses HSpace Trueline, the latest incarnation of Gepht's spaceflight system
- Uses Marson's virtual objects system
- Provides an immersive chargen system
- FUDGE tabletop RPG system used for taskrolls and conflict resolution in-game
- Every month, players get recognized as RP Notables by the peers, earning both praise and experience points to apply to skills
- After the arcs, OtherSpace Roleplaying Awards are handed out to players
- Heavy on RP, but also provides OOC channels (these can be muted while IC, if you like)
- +luckrolls can be used to escape death
- Death is permanent
- Growing playerbase, with participants from the United States and around the world, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy, Panama, Brazil and Japan
- Hosted by RPG Works,
- Applications considered within 48 hours
- Offers a useful Survivor's Guide and vast catalog of sample roleplaying logs at
- Players are invited to join our mailing list by sending e-mail to [/list]