Epic RPG, Online and Off, A History And The Mummy

The epic RPG has morphed considerably since its inception. What we know now as the RPG began as a table game played with funky dice and a diagram. This table game of sword and magic also became the computer game Dungeons when monitor screens were still green. The model of the table-top RPG expanded into one with battlefields played out as reenactments of actual battles and later original skirmishes, complete with arsenals and authentically painted miniatures. Perhaps this was the original RPG because can't you see 18th or even 16th century courtiers playing something like this in their parlors?

Next came Live Action Role Playing games (LARPs) which were something like improvisational theatre played in real time. I can see those 19th century romantic poets amusing themselves like that. An epic RPG like a LARP usually entails the characters dressing in costumes and using props.

From the card table and the green screen to deep virtual milieus the modern gamer's desire for realistic adventure can be sated without ever getting out of his or her chair.

The Mummy, an epic RPG based on the film of the same name, is no different. No historical or mythical characters have inspired to glee and madness more than sorcerers and Pharaohs. The gamer will delight to the accuracy of the 1930s Egypt setting taking its inspiration from the halcyon days of Egyptology. Some of the authenticity of the environments is due to the amazing attributes and capabilities of Unity, the vehicle responsible for the game's 3D capabilities. Expansive environments full of tests, trials, fight-for-your-life melees invite your navigation. As your jaw drops in awe of your surroundings, look out because your daydream will quickly be disturbed by some denizen of desert death.

Create characters according to your personal desire and dexterity, whether Raider or Cultist, Brawler, Scholar, Priest or Enforcer. One-on-one, marauding in bands, or full-on melees with any amalgamation of power - fire or magic, can be had in this epic RPG. Weaponry for every style are included in this game, from guns to knives and sword or relics, potions and scrolls. All it takes is whatever YOU invite to the table, your own personal style of rivalry, whether alone or on a team.