Descent

I haven't had luck trying to view Herocentral.net, but there was (and still is) an online Mush where you can play Champions with a mush client. http://www.championsmush.com/wiki/Main_Page has details on the address and theme. Unlike Play by Post, it can all be played in real time if you all can set a time to log on and play.

Re: What do you really think of Champions Online?

I played for a few hours in total. The char gen was very fun, and the game play was alright, but from what I heard, you only get a small handful of abilities, and that's it. Gameplay-wise, I felt like all I was doing was hitting 1-1-1-2-1-1-1-2 on the keyboard, with perhaps a third or fourth button.

After being told that was pretty much how the game plays through the higher levels, I cancelled my account about a week into playing. Maybe I was misinformed, but it just didn't sound engaging enough. I was hoping for more flexibility or variety I guess. I was somehow hoping for some magical marriage of pen and paper with MMO graphics and interactivity. If they were to add the Mission Architect feature from CoH, I would probably give it a try again. I'd love to somehow play pen and paper style with a game master, within the MMO. Why hasn't that happened yet?