The regular way

We have designed a specific client to give you the best possible MUDding experience with Frandum. Simply click on the image above to launch it. Please read the following pages in order to learn how to download and use the client:

• Client - Introduction
• Client - Principles
• Client - Basic windows
• Client - Advanced (optional)

The game will ask you for your name and password, then you will be able to choose your race and gender before starting to play.

The easy way (see below in case of trouble)

If you have troubles with installing / running our client, want to play MUDs in the simplest form or want to connect more discreetly to the game (who said "safe for work"?), you can use the good old way:

telnet frandum.fr 2001

The game will ask you a few questions regarding your character:

• Its name, which is yours to choose as long as it remains rather original (the not original names you will see in older players are inheritance of the past)
• A password used to identify yourself, which, of course, should not be easy to guess
• Your character's gender and race, which should be chosen beforehand (other customizations will be performed later in the game)
• The game will then send you to the tutorial which will help you understanding the game and lead you to the mystery you will have to unveil...

Using and configuring other clients

Your Internet browser may not allow you directly connecting via telnet. As well, some telnet programs may have strange behaviors. For instance, Windows telnets sometimes never send any echo of what you type back to you, or they may have a hard time sending special characters like accentuated letters. Thus, if you have troubles with our custom client and do not want or can't connect through a regular telnet, we recommand that you use one of the following programs:

• Putty
• Zmud (commercial MUD client) at: http://www.zuggsoft.com/zmud/zmudinfo.htm
• Tiny Fugue (almost all OS) at: http://tinyfugue.sourceforge.net/.

Besides, a good mud client will help you in many ways, even though a basic telnet program will always be enough to play and enjoy Frandum.