The game
It was an online roleplaying game created by Daniel Brockhaus at the end of the 1990s and the original server was live for a number of years. In this time it accumulated a relatively small but cohesive, social following. Players came and went, some staying for a large part of the server’s lifetime. Admin, too, cycled in and out of authority. When the moment came for the server to cease operation, players were initially dismayed. Brockhaus obliged the community’s demand and offered to sell the code and rights to run a server. Soon, several fan-made-and-run servers were online and the community split but continued.
The demise of the game came about seemingly due to financial pressures. Brockhaus et al had been supporting, developing and maintaining the game and its hardware out of his own pocket and their time. Mercenaries of Astonia’s reign came to an end so as to make way for the next evolution, simply titled Astonia.
Resources
Below are assorted resources relevant to the original Mercenaries of Astonia. If you feel something is inaccurate or missing, please use the Write in contact form.
- Players and the community
- Screenshots both notable and assorted
- Maps
- Game information and content
- Server and client source files