---
title: "AD: [circle] Dark Pawns"
description: "A 2002 advertisement by Zach describes Dark Pawns as entering its eighth year of continuous operation with more than 8,000 rooms."
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dateLabel: "December 14, 2002"
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canonical: "https://darkpawns.org/archive/usenet-2002-12-14-eighth-year/"
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## In this conversation

| Name | Role | Posts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| zach | unknown | 1 |

*Transcript note: recovered from UsenetArchives. Email addresses and personal contact URLs are redacted; spelling, punctuation and the remaining text are preserved.*

### zach — Dec 14, 2002 10:30 UTC

<pre class="usenet-transcript">Dark Pawns, now in its eighth year of continuous operation, strives to
bring you a quality fantasy RPG experience. We feature a robust,
stable codebase with quality staff and players. Our focus is on
mudding and game playing as a community, with an emphasis on gameplay
in the long term.

Features:

Clans/Clan Halls
8,000+ Rooms
Remort system
Dedicated, helpful player base

Come by and play Dark Pawns for a couple of hours, and you&#x27;ll find
that you&#x27;ve found yourself your new favorite game.

TELNET: darkpawns.com 4300
WEBSITE: http://darkpawns.com
PLAYER PAGE: http://minus1.org/dark</pre>