# Looking for a (non-massive) multiplayer game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-massive-multiplayer-game/262859 "2004-09-02T23:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-massive-multiplayer-game/262859/1 "2004-09-02T23:19:01Z")
I’m off at college, so contact with my girlfriend has been reduced to IMs and phone calls. We thought it’d be nice to get a game we could play together online, so we checked out [The Underdogs](http://www.the-underdogs.org) to see if we could find anything that piqued our interest. Maybe we weren’t looking hard enough, but nothing presented itself. The only requirements are that it allow TCP/IP connections and run on a three-year-old Thinkpad. Ideally, something with cooperative play and a storyline would be nice, but it’s not strictly necessary. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-massive-multiplayer-game/262859/2 "2004-09-02T23:53:44Z")
System Shock 2! But then, I tell that to everybody who asks about co-op PC games though I have yet to finish a campaign with anybody. ☹ There’s a Half-Life mod called “Sven Coop” that allows for cooperative play through the single-player game. It also comes with a batch of maps specifically for that mod that rely on multiple players to push switches and such. It’s free if you already own HL, which is really cheap now. ---
**Author:** ![cromulent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@cromulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cromulent)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-massive-multiplayer-game/262859/3 "2004-09-03T04:55:38Z")
How about Neverwinter Nights? It’s a roleplaying game, with elves, dwarves, dragons and alll that. You can play the official game and expansions together, and there are plenty of player-created mods you can play too. The only problem is that you might need to purchase two games for two computers, and that could get a little pricey. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-massive-multiplayer-game/262859/4 "2004-09-03T12:02:33Z")
Well, in the year 2000 I used to play Diablo2 with a long distance female friend of mine. It didn’t work out romance wise (back then I was too shy to make a move and eventually she went for a guy from Texas on our second real life meeting), but since you already got the girl, it might be a neat game to play together. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-non-massive-multiplayer-game/262859/5 "2004-09-03T14:19:48Z")
I recommend [Yahoo! Games](http://games.yahoo.com). They aren’t RPGs, but there’s a lot of choices, from card games to pictionary to scrabble to battleship. All free, and will work on just about any old computer. When my online friends and I want to kick back for a bit, we head over there. I also second **Optihut** with Diablo2, and throw in Starcraft. If you’re looking to role-play, why not role-play through IMs? It’ll be a more intimate setting, and the stories will, of course, be more tailored to your personal tastes.