Ashbound

Ashbound is a free-to-play, text-based dark fantasy MMORPG for web browsers and Android, currently in Open Beta. Players use text, images, and menus to explore regional activities, take on combat encounters, develop their characters, and work toward progression through skills, equipment, gathering, and crafting.

How it plays

Players interact through text, images, and menus to explore regional activities, take on combat encounters, and develop their characters. Skills and equipment provide progression goals, while gathering and crafting give players ways to turn materials into useful items.

Progression, crafting, and trade

A player might work toward a particular piece of equipment, decide whether to use or sell gathered materials, or contribute to a group goal. The player marketplace supports buying and selling goods, giving players another way to use what they gather and craft.

• Character progression. Develop skills and shape your character through equipment and gameplay.
• Crafting and trade. Gather resources, craft useful items, and buy or sell goods through the player marketplace.

Group play

Guilds provide shared projects and ways to coordinate with other players. Players can also form raid parties and contribute to shared world activities.

• Guild goals. Coordinate with other players and contribute to shared guild projects.
• Party raids and public threats. Form raid parties and contribute to shared world activities.
• Exploration and combat. Explore regions and take on enemy encounters through text and menu actions.