What is a MUD and how do I connect to this one?

Welcome to aGe oF iNsaNitY! If you are new to mudding in general the following links should help you adjust to a gaming world which existed since the internet started. Long before graphical interfaces, muds were a way of life for many of the first internet users.

More reading:

To connect to this mud, use a telnet client (within your windows or linux command prompt):

telnet ageofinsanity.org 4000

(the protocol is “telnet” and the server is “ageofinsanity.org” and the port number is “4000”)

But there are better mud clients available: