Hogwarts MOO Origins

Hogwarts MOO was created in September of 1999 by Gideon Goldman. Many thanks go to him for putting the idea into motion and continuing to maintain it with the help of volunteers for many years.

About Hogwarts MOO

HogwartsMOO is one of the first online Harry Potter themed roleplay games. It is considered alternate universe, as none of the main characters from the books will ever show up, nor will the storylines contained in those books ever appear on-game.

The game is set in the past, currently launching into the 1930’s. There is ample opportunity for roleplay in any of a number of Wizarding areas, including, but not limited to Hogwarts, Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, and players are welcome to play any number of wizarding roles, student and adult alike.

We have a fully developed grid with useful commands for logging, pose retrieval, detailed character information and many, many other features contained in-game. We do not, however, have any coded spells or equipment, nor ’skill levels’ or stats, prefering instead for players to use their imaginations and roleplay appropriately and responsibly.

Some key events on our game have never happened, altering the history of the game itself. For instance, the fight between Grindelwald and Dumbledore has never and never will happen, meaning that the Harry Potter universe as we know it in the books fails to exist on our game, hence the alternate universe. We have also made the executive decision to alter real world history to avoid roleplay of the Holocaust and World War II. If this concerns you, you are free to contact an in-game administrator. We apologise if this offends you, but after talking to a large number of players it was decided that this would be the wisest decision for the game.