Shattered Kingdoms

This is a handy list of links that may help you out as you begin playing on Shattered Kingdoms. It may help you out after you've been playing SK for a while, too!

BASIC EXPLANATIONS AND HELP

• What is the Shattered Kingdoms game? - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/
• An overview of the game - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/overview
• A complete help text reference, as shown inside the game - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/help
• Frequently Asked Questions, once you've started playing - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/faq

STARTING TO PLAY

• Explanation of how to connect to the game - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/connect
• A method of connecting to the game (requires Flash) - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/fmud
• A list of some of the most common commands used while playing - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/commands

HELP WITH PICKING A NAME

• A simple name generator (requires Flash) - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/mudname.php
• A detailed name generator, contributed by shpadoinkle - http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/

HELP WITH DESCRIPTIONS

• Extensive text covering character appearance, contributed by Burke - http://www.dhorizon.org/characterBuilder/ (offline, try here)
• An online description writing interface, contributed and designed by Myfanwy - http://www.jimkelly.fsnet.co.uk/SK/html ... ditor.html (offline)

ROLEPLAYING

• Very detailed articles under the "RP101" heading, contributed by gnalish - http://www.topmudsites.com/articles.shtml

HELP WITH SPELLING AND GRAMMAR

• Just type "define:" before a word you'd like a definition for - http://www.google.com
• http://www.dictionary.com/
• http://www.webster.com/ or also as http://www.m-w.com
• http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html

HELP WITH METRIC VS IMPERIAL MEASUREMENTS

Convert feet to meters, pounds to kilograms and so on - http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversion/

HELP WITH UNFAMILIAR SLANG USED IN THE FORUMS

Continually updated definitions of such pop-cultural ephemera as "1337," "QQ," "p-w-n," "ROFLMAO," and "I'm Rick James!" - http://www.urbandictionary.com

GAME MAPS

• For those who prefer only a very high level continental map - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/map
• Detailed wilderness map, as shown in the game, replicated via Google Maps - zoom in/out and even retrieve sextant co-ordinates - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/worldmap
• Simple maps of starting cities to help you get started with the basics - http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/citymaps

GENERAL INTEREST TOPICS ABOUT MUDDING

• An essay on the types of mudders (i.e. people who play M.U.D. games) - http://www.brandeis.edu/pubs/jove/HTML/v1/bartle.html
• What kind of mudder are you? a.k.a. "The Bartle Test" - http://www.gamerdna.com/bartle.php
• A collection of essays by Richard Bartle, the world's foremost expert in MUDs - http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/
• Some comedic confessions of a game admin - http://lorry.org/arch-wizard/confessions.html

PASSWORD SECURITY
(Since password security means protecting your characters from being stolen or deleted)

• http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Passwor ... n-Remember

<Updated May 2015>