Portal:Community

"You are in the outer chamber of the hall of the Guild of Free Adventurers. Many men and women are guzzling beer and there is loud singing and laughter..." —Eamon Master

A lively gathering of friends. (Feast scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1075)

Eamon is a community-driven game, one that throughout its history has depended on creators sharing their work to grow, and on players sharing with friends to spread; it thrives on interaction. While the community is smaller than in years past, it still has active and committed adherents who keep the torches burning in the Main Hall.

This page links useful online resources both in the Eamon community and in the broader worlds of Apple II computing, computer-based text adventures, and interactive fiction.

Eamon resources

The Eamon Adventurer's Guild Online (eamonag.org), last updated in 2017, was for many years the Internet's principal center of Eamon community activity. EAG features include:

• The Eamon Museum, which offers an extensive library of disk images, newsletters, maps, links, and other resources.
• The EAG Online blog, with news and announcements plus comments from visitors.
• The EAG Facebook page.

Sites where Eamon development is active and ongoing include:

• Eamon Remastered (eamon-remastered.com), a web-based version of Eamon playable through a browser.
• Eamon CS (github.com/firstmethod/Eamon-CS), a C#-based version of the game.

It's also worth checking out The Unofficial Home Page of Eamon Games (lysator.liu.se/eamon), if only for historical interest: it's the original Eamon fan website and despite not having been updated since 1999 still has some useful content.

Other resources

• A.P.P.L.E. (callapple.org), an all-volunteer user group dedicated to Apple / Macintosh computers.
• The CRPG Addict (crpgaddict.blogspot.com), a blog about computer role-playing games.
• The Digital Antiquarian (filfre.net), a blog dedicated to the history of computer entertainment.
• IFWiki (ifwiki.org), a collaborative online encyclopedia of interactive fiction.
• The Interactive Fiction Archive (ifarchive.org), dedicated to preserving and sharing information about interactive fiction.
• The Interactive Fiction Community Forum (intfiction.org), a set of message boards for members of the IF community.
• The Interactive Fiction Database (ifdb.tads.org), a directory of IF works with reviews and other helpful resources.
• Interactive Fiction Reviews (ifreviews.org)
• Juiced.GS (juiced.gs), a quarterly magazine for Apple II users.
• KansasFest (kansasfest.org), the world's only annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer.
• Mac GUI Vault (macgui.com/vault), a great source of vintage Apple II and Mac games, downloads, manuals, and other resources.
• Renga in Blue (bluerenga.blog), a blog by interactive fiction enthusiast Jason Dyer about his experiences playing adventure games, including Eamon
• Tolkien Gateway (tolkiengateway.net), a wiki featuring articles on all Tolkien-themed Eamon adventures and their authors