Frequently-Asked Questions

Are kids welcome?

Not really.

SmartMonsters writes for "smart grownups". Dungeon emphasizes some dicey adult themes, including theft, pillage, murder, and wanton destruction of property. It was originally written by and for college students; we think that's about the right minimum age. We encourage parents to exercise caution.

Please note that SmartMonsters does not attempt to verify player ages, nor do we explicitly forbid younger players. We do encourage parents to be mindful. Please write to support if you have questions.

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"In 1455, Gutenberg invented the printing press -- but not the book as we know it. Books printed before 1501 are called incunabula; the word is derived from the Latin for swaddling clothes and is used to indicate that these books are the work of a technology still in its infancy. It took fifty years of experimentation and more to establish such conventions as legible typefaces and proof sheet corrections; page numbering and paragraphing; and title pages, prefaces, and chapter divisions, which together made the published book a coherent means of communication. The garish videogames and tangled Web sites of the current digital environment are part of a similar period of technical evolution, part of a similar struggle for the conventions of coherent communication.

Now, in the incunabular days of the narrative computer, we can see how twentieth-century novels, films and plays have been steadily pushing against the boundaries of linear storytelling."
— Janet H. Murray, Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (info)