Nov 9, 2006 6:31 PM

Murloc RPG

If you can’t make it until Burning Crusade comes out in January (For reals this time!), then you might want to kill some time with the only RPG of which I’m personally aware in which you play a murloc. Grrlaaallggulllargglaggl! Murloc RPG [Crazy Monkey Games]

If you can't make it until Burning Crusade comes out in January (For reals this time!), then you might want to kill some time with the only RPG of which I'm personally aware in which you play a murloc. Grrlaaallggulllargglaggl!

Murloc RPG [Crazy Monkey Games]

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