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New Players read this:

To get started playing the game, make sure you have read and comprehended the Adventurer's Guide before you go any further. It will greatly increase your knowledge of the basics of Materia Magica, and make the game a lot more fun. Ignorance may be bliss in some situations, but in the world of Alyria, the more you know about your surroundings, the better off you are.

If you're using a client that supports MSP and/or MXP (such as MUSHClient or CMUD), Materia Magica offers in-game sound effects - hear a fireball roar, or a shield deflect an attack. To hear sounds, you will need to download and uncompress the following "sound packs", which contain the sounds that the game will reference during play. More information on sound effects, including how to download and install them, can be found in the Game Clients section of this website.

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If you are ready to play right now and want to use the Flash Client or the Moongate Client, click here to proceed with the Flash Client, or click here to proceed with the Moongate Client.

The hostname is materiamagica.com, and the IP address for that is 66.219.44.166. You'll probably need to enter one or the other, not both. The port number for Materia Magica is 4000, although we also accept ports 23, 6666, 8000, and 9000.

For the rest of you, you should now have enough information to play Materia Magica. Happy adventuring!

For the "I'm not a nub":

Do you have a client to play the game? If you're not sure what a client is - it's a program that runs on your computer that allows you to connect to the game server over the Internet. Materia Magica is proud to provide the Moongate Client, a Java-based, cross-platform applet that can be run from any browser that supports Java 1.5 or greater. The Moongate Client is designed specifically for Materia Magica and has lots of great features. There's also a Flash client available if you'd like that. However, if you have a particular MUD client you enjoy using more, feel free! There's a list of recommended clients for your particular operating system or platform on the Game Clients page.