It comes as no surprise to all the fans of the game, but Tabula Rasa was given the 2007 "Best Online RPG" award by Play Magazine. Here's what they had to say.

From the early battlefields of the Divide to the Foreas Plateau, Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa presents a compelling moral/political sci-fi yarn sprinkled with just enough clever hybrid gameplay to escape the clutches of the MMO cookie cutter. TR's instances are well written, its world designs are thoughtful, and the cloning concept provides for highly rewarding class experimentation.

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