Thunderwood

Thunderwood is a fantasy role-playing game that originated on the web forum Something Awful, before spreading to other platforms. The original game was a text-based, collaborative project created by a user known as "ACND" on the Something Awful forum in 2001.

The game's setting is a fantasy world that players can explore, trade, and engage in combat with mythical creatures. Its unique blend of sandbox gameplay, collaborative storytelling, and emergent gameplay mechanics captivated players and encouraged them to contribute their own stories and adventures to the game.

As the game's popularity grew, it attracted the attention of other players and content creators. They began to forge and trade items, form guilds, and engage in group quests. The game also attracted the interest of writers and creators from outside the Something Awful community who began to write their own stories and materials set in the Thunderwood universe.

The game's anonymity and open-source nature allowed players to shape the world and create their own characters, creatures, and stories. This player-driven aspect of the game encouraged creative expression and collaboration.

Thunderwood's game world is a living, breathing entity, shaped by the collective efforts of its players. Through role-playing, collective storytelling, and player-driven content, the game has managed to build a vast, intricate universe with a dedicated fan base.

Today, the Thunderwood universe has expanded beyond its original text-based form, with tabletop adaptations, fiction, and community-created content allowing new players to join the world while adhering to the original community's creative vision and sense of humor.