some free games I like

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Dwarf Fortress: Hardest game I ever played. You can run a fortress of dwarves and you can also play in RPG mode. The game only has ASCII graphics so that the developer can work on content. It is INSANELY difficult. You will get crushed constantly. He just released a new version. It has been in development for 7 years. The game has a large number of plug ins by fans.

The New York Times did a long article on the developer. He makes money from donations from fans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/the-brilliance-of-dwarf-fortress.html?pagewanted=all

www.bay12games.com

WARNING: Before even attempting to play this game. go to the forums. Go to the Help forums. There are stickies at the top. Go to the one that has a set of youtube videos. The game is unplayable unless you watch these. Go to the sticky thread about plugins and get the 'lazy newb pack'. The game is unplayable without this.

There is also a wiki somewhere with details. It has a VERY high learning curve. You will have no idea whatsoever what to do at first.

Amaranthine: Browser based timer game. You collect resources and work with clan members to build houses, weapons, potions, gain levels, fight monsters. Fun and leisurely games. You can let it run while you do other things. Security Checks are every 30 minutes and you can move them to an hour if you spend $3/hour.

www.mcctservice.com:1180/Amaranthine

[Eerongal he/him]

DF is awesome. haven't played it in a while though.

Also, the second link doesnt appear to pull up, just 404's

[Emeralis00 she/her]

Recently got into DF. I recommend the quickstart guide that is on the wiki. It covers most of the basic stuff and the rest is learn as necessary.

Do you play any mods?