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'''''Murkon's Refuge''''' is a ''[[Wizardry]]'' clone played on the [[Internet]] via a [[web browser]]. It was written by Samuel Stoddard and is hosted on the [[RinkWorks]] web site.

==History==
<i>This is a brief synopsis of the '''Making of Murkon's Refuge''' page on RinkWorks.</i>

''Murkon's Refuge'' originally dates back to the [[1980s]]. In his school years, Stoddard was a devoted fan of computer [[role-playing game|RPG]]s, and he wrote his first RPG, ''Swords and Sorcery'', in [[BASIC programming language|BASIC]] on an [[Apple IIe]].

Later, in college, Stoddard decided to write a better RPG. In [[1993]], he wrote the first version of ''Murkon's Refuge'' in [[C programming language|C]] on a [[UNIX]] computer. This ''Murkon's Refuge'' ran locally on the user's computer and used [[ASCII art]] to display the graphics in the game.

In [[2000]], Stoddard began rewriting ''Murkon's Refuge'' in [[C Plus Plus|C++]] as a client-server game, and it was published on RinkWorks in [[2002]].

==Story==
<i>This is a brief synopsis of the '''Murkon's Refuge Story''' page on RinkWorks.</i>

For many years, the kingdoms of Peregham and Stiltshire were at war. King Lehowy of Peregham ordered his First Mage Anwyk Arisses to make him a magical diadem to win the war. Anwyk succeeded, but the diadem was stolen by First Mage Murkon of Stiltshire and his three comrades.

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==Sequels==
[[As of 2005]], ''Murkon's Refuge'' is the only game of its kind. Stoddard has promised a new game using the same engine, but this will not be a direct sequel, but instead set in a different story. Stoddard has not made any announcements when this game is to appear.

[[Category:Online games]]