Do you miss the simpler times of gaming like Zork or Dragon Quest? Me too. I recently came across a game called The Adventurer's Guild, which takes place inside Discord via a custom bot. It's a text based RPG with images, based on a system similar to a d20 system like Dungeons and Dragons. Every skill, weapon, piece of equipment, and consumable is an NFT in this game, each being craftable or able to be acquired from enemy drops. Enemies also have a chance to drop GUILD, a token on the WAX network. The benefit of using the WAX network is the fact that it has very low fees and is extremely fast. I talked a little about the WAX wallet in a previous post, it is very easy to set up.
GUILD tokens can be staked in liquidity pools on the Alcor DEX, a decentralized exchange on the WAX network. They can also be used to purchase consumables as of now, in limited supplies on the NeftyBlocks marketplace or AtomicHub. WAX tokens can also be spent for NFT items, weapons, consumables and skills.
TAG as it is known, is still in BETA, but the devs have promised a "content explosion" in the very near future. The current level cap is 15. Every level, you gain 5 stat points that can be attributed to Power, Intelligence, Luck, or one of several other stats. Combat is turn based and if a reward other than xp is gained, it is immediately sent to your wallet.
Setting up to play the game can be a bit tricky, and it's by no means free, but that said, it's VERY reasonably priced for the amount of entertainment potential this game has. Definitely don't quote me on this but I think the Honeycomb burn NFT runs around $.50 - $1 and the BETA pass is also only a about a dollar, paid in Wax tokens (as stated in my earlier post, you're also going to want to have some wax staked in your wallet so that you have computing resources to use for the wallet transactions you make for gaining items and using the marketplaces). This access to Honeycomb extends across all Discord servers, in case you find another that uses it. After you've set up your wax wallet and logged all of the appropriate information, you will need to follow the instructions on Discord to gain access to the Honeycomb bot, which permissionlessly links your WAX wallet to your Discord account by getting you to prove to it that you own the WAX wallet you're trying to link to. It also can do proof of ownership roles, which is why beta pass holders automatically get given the "Beta Access" role. You will need to purchase one NFT and essentially burn it, sending it to the Honeycomb bot address. This will enable the game to deposit your NFT's and GUILD tokens to your WAX wallet. Then you will need to purchase a Beta Pass on NeftyBlocks or AtomicHub. After you have fully followed all of the instructions, you will be given access to the beta. I have personally made out like a bandit so far as the game is growing quickly and the market can heat up considering some of the items are limited.
Here is a link to the NeftyBlocks page with the Honeycomb access NFT: https://neftyblocks.com/c/sixpm/drops/24151
Here is a link to the NeftyBlocks page for the Beta Pass NFT: https://neftyblocks.com/c/tag/marketplace?sort=price&order=asc&collection_name=tag&match=beta%20pass
You can run 10 quests each day (eventually increasing up to 13 once you hit the level cap), and there are special events that give limited time items. The most recent was a Valentines day event, it was quite fun and lucrative. You can also do random monster encounters, which can be done an unlimited amount of times per day. Some monsters can drop crafting materials and some can drop skill scrolls. These drops can be worth quite a lot. Also, each monster has a chance to drop a small amount of GUILD.
I think my favorite part of this game is that it can be picked up or put down at any time, at no penalty. It is very fun and the developers are extremely responsive and engaged on Discord. They often have the answers to any questions before we even ask.
As far as tokenomics go, one of the mods / devs on Discord had this to say:
"~78800 GUILD has been spent since we started doing guild drops:
--2% of that (1577 GUILD) was allocated to tokenomics,
--1% gets burned (788 GUILD
--1% (788 GUILD) + the 2500 GUILD bonus is distributed to people eligible for rewards.
In the new system, 5% of GUILD spent will get set aside for tokenomics. If you split that 5%:
1% Estate Owners
0.75% LP Rewards
0.75% Player Guilds
0.5% Development fund
-the other 95% goes to the game rewards pool."
@stuckatsixpm
Here is the current whitepaper: https://wp.theadventurersguild.io/
Get started here: https://theadventurersguild.io/
I have had an absolute riot with this little gem so far. Get in while it's still early, this one is already getting hot. Catch me on there and I may have a free weapon or skill NFT for you if you mention my blog! Open beta mainnet access is coming sometime around the end of Q1 2022, so keep an eye out.
As always, stay safe, be patient, and don't just HODL, stake it too! (In the GUILD/WAX liquidity pools, before the rewards are increased!)
