# Help me waste even more of my time with a free RPG **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 9, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127 "2010-07-09T18:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/21 "2010-08-02T20:00:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If you’re up for a classic, there’s a free web-based version of [Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar](http://www.phipsisoftware.com/ultima4.html)which is (almost) completely accurate to the 1985 original. Chit I remember that game. I’m still trying to find a web based version of MULE and Car Wars The c64 emulators always make my computers sick. ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/22 "2010-08-07T01:40:25Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Actually, let me add that Guild Wars, LOTRO, and DDO are all non-subscription now. You do have to buy the game itself, though, and at least for LOTRO and DDO, there are pay-to-play items, classes and races. Don’t know what Guild Wars’ model is now, since it’s been at least 3 years since I played it. LOTRO is not free-to-play yet. The F2P release is scheduled for the fall. At the moment, a subscription is still required to play. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/23 "2010-08-07T01:51:16Z")
> [@Severian](#): > > > [@jayjay](#): > > > > Actually, let me add that Guild Wars, LOTRO, and DDO are all non-subscription now. You do have to buy the game itself, though, and at least for LOTRO and DDO, there are pay-to-play items, classes and races. Don’t know what Guild Wars’ model is now, since it’s been at least 3 years since I played it. > > LOTRO is not free-to-play yet. The F2P release is scheduled for the fall. At the moment, a subscription is still required to play. Sorry about that…when I posted it I’d heard it was going free-to-play and hadn’t heard a future date, and assumed that it was already on that model. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/24 "2010-08-08T03:38:02Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > I’m still trying to find a web based version of MULE and Car Wars The c64 emulators always make my computers sick. If you google auto duel, you can find a version that doesn’t require an emulator. I downloaded it a few years ago. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/25 "2010-08-08T06:52:05Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > If you google auto duel, you can find a version that doesn’t require an emulator. I downloaded it a few years ago. > > Joe Or, fly to Japan and duel me in person. The choice is yours! ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/26 "2010-08-12T02:29:39Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > > [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > > > I’m still trying to find a web based version of MULE and Car Wars The c64 emulators always make my computers sick. > > If you google auto duel, you can find a version that doesn’t require an emulator. I downloaded it a few years ago. > > Joe I can’t find it, you got a link? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/27 "2010-08-12T02:55:21Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > > [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > > > If you google auto duel, you can find a version that doesn’t require an emulator. I downloaded it a few years ago. > > > > Joe > > I can’t find it, you got a link? NVM I found it. A million thanks. Any clue where i might find MULE? I want to teach my kid to play mule. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/28 "2010-08-12T11:40:03Z")
M.U.L.E online: [http://www.planetmule.com/](http://www.planetmule.com/) (Not an exact clone - energy spoils at a 1-for-3 rate, as opposed to the old 1-for-4 rate for example) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/29 "2010-08-13T20:20:05Z")
AWESOME Thanks!!! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127/30 "2010-08-13T20:41:12Z")
Kongregate has an [Adventure and RPG category](http://www.kongregate.com/adventure-rpg-games). Many of them are terrible, of course, but a lot of them are at least moderately entertaining, and a few border on brilliance. (I’m particularly fond of the Sonny games, but they’re not fantasy dungeon crawls–you know all those post-apocalyptic zombies you’ve blasted? How would you like to be in their shoes?) It’s worth checking out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-waste-even-more-of-my-time-with-a-free-rpg/546127.md?page=1)