Here are all my posts regarding The Chronicles of Spellborn. TCOS was a Dutch MMORPG in development during the '00s. It was released at the end of 2008 and developer was shuttered a few months later. The game itself hopped from one publisher to the other but eventually was taken down in 2010. In 2019, a group of enthusiasts got the game working again for free at spellborn.org.
I started working on the game as a temporary editor, but stuck around long enough to become lead content. The posts here might give a bit more insight into what happened behind the scenes during development.
De kronieken van The Chronicles of Spellborn
We gaan terug naar het jaar 2006. Het internet was in een nieuwe fase beland. De fase waarin Hyves groot was in Nederland en gamers los gingen in World of …
Read MoreThe manual of the Chronicles of Spellborn
Here's a nice blast from the past. While cleaning up some folders, I stumbled upon the old manual of The Chronicles of Spellborn. This did cost me a lot of …
Read MoreThe rebirth of the Chronicles of Spellborn
The last week or so has been... strange. It started with a friend of mine linking me to a Reddit-post claiming The Chronicles of Spellborn to be up and running …
Read MoreSpellborn: Merald Heragon - Master Wrathguard
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Isarah Nenuse – Master Void Seer
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Nolden Krainstyn – Master Trickster
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Shift – Master Skinshifter
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Gerreth Bournbray – Master Runemage
At one point during development of The Chronicles of Spellborn, we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of …
Read MoreSpellborn: Nhiana Flammeon – Master Deathhand
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Alkard Pettera – Master Bloodwarrior
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Kimian the Quartehr – Master Ancestral Mage
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Seregrin Carnyxian – Master Adept
At one point during TCOS development we created the Discipline Masters, a set of the Enclave's greatest heroes and prime examples of what to expect from the …
Read MoreSpellborn: Beakless
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
Read MoreSpellborn: Cauldronborn
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
Read MoreSpellborn shuts down in the US
I'm in doubt whether I should be surprised about The Chronicles of Spellborn being shut down over at Playdom (who bought Acclaim Games) or I should be …
Read MoreSpellborn: Lerrick's Journal
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
Read MoreSpellborn: Lost Spirit
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
Read MoreSpellborn: Down the Mountain
Back when I was content lead at Spellborn Works, I created multiple mood pieces to reflect upon the universe of The Chronicles of Spellborn. These texts were …
Read MoreSpellborn enters the Deadspell Storm
If you didn’t catch the news elsewhere already: Spellborn Works went bankrupt. In short this means all of us who worked on the game are now without a job. But …
Read MoreSpellborn fan-made video
It seems a YouTube-member and TCOS-player by the name of lumay2u was pretty happy with the looks of The Chronicles of Spellborn and created a video to …
Read MoreSpellborn ratings
Our little game The Chronicles of Spellborn seems to be approved by the press in general. The ratings hover between 7s and 8s, and I have yet to hear anyone …
Read More"Runemages are not overpowered!"
And so the balance dance begins!
Read MoreSpellborn at Eurogamer MMO
Eurogamer MMO recently jumped into the Deadspell Storm and wrote a hands-on about our MMORPG The Chronicles of Spellborn. The game's dispensed with …
Read MoreKotaku writes about Spellborn
Seems Kotaku has an article detailing Mike Fahey’s experience with our ‘muhmorpuhger’ The Chronicles of Spellborn at the Leipzig Games Convention. Very nice …
Read MoreTCOS developer walkthrough
This is one of Gametrailer.com’s videos for The Chronicles of Spellborn. It’s a rather strange sensation to see something you have worked on for over a year …
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