Subj : Play Rogue in my lame server
To   : Arelor
From : ryan
Date : Thu Mar 18 2021 10:32 am

 Ar> Phantasia is suposed to have real multiplayer, but I once tried it and
 Ar> it is not stellar. Also not on your list.

Ah, interesting. I'll give it a look.

 Ar> Mangband has real multiplayer I think. If you die you can have other
 Ar> player get to your mauled corpse and resurrect you, I think.

Didn't realize that! Considering I already have it installed, lol, I should
dig in more here. That said, I have it installed so each player runs in an
independent sandbox to avoid collision. But maybe I should research this more
for this game.

 Ar> Some of these games had actual security issues. From the top of my head,
 Ar> I remember seeing some security notices in DCSS's changelogs regarding
 Ar> vulnerabilities. So beware.

Yeah, my fear is that someone can access the underlying filesystem somehow,
or break out of the game and into a shell. It's a real concern. But I can't
audit these games myself so am trying to think of a better security scheme.
Maybe I should host them in a docker or something.

I also just installed Curse Of War, which actually does allow custom game
configuration (i.e., you can set computer aggressiveness and things like
that) as well as a multiplayer incarnation. That said, the multiplayer thing
requires setting up a listener on the fly and then having a specific number
of clients connect on the port. So, not super easy, and doubtful anyone would
use it. But man it's a pretty cool game.

Got any other recommendations to add to the list for my bbs?

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