Nineteenth-century History

The West: An online game (Update)

In my previous post about the online role playing game called “The West,” I stated that I hadn’t found an English version of it, but thanks to one of my readers, Jeff Smith, I now have a link to an English version for you.

And here it is: http://www.the-west.net.

2 Comments
  1. June 8, 2009 11:55 pm 

    I thought about starting up the game but I knew I did not have the time to commit. If you do start playing let us know how it goes.

  2. June 9, 2009 1:15 pm 

    I just signed up for it. So far, it’s been rather uneventful as my character is just working all the time to gain money and prestige. But I will make posts here as I progress and if anything interesting happens.

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