![]() ![]() Although the content is geared toward tween girls, anyone age 6 to adult could enjoy tromping around Jorvic. A peaceful stop along the Bobcat Trail.Īvailable for Mac and PC download, Star Stable originally launched in 2011 in Sweden and now boasts over 2 million users worldwide. Luckily, there’s a handy map that highlights areas of interest to whatever quest has been undertaken so players aren’t wandering around aimlessly. Younger players might need a parent to read some of the dialogue aloud to clearly understand their assignments. Their dialogue consists of text bubbles accompanied by emotional grunts and coos. He must be stopped!Īs you travel here and there, you’ll meet an assortment of colorful characters, but the NPCs don’t really talk. Kembell who wants to turn Moorland Stables into condos. Meanwhile, there’s an over-arching storyline of the evil land development company run by Mr. You can earn (or purchase) Star Coins, the official tender of Star Stable, and go shopping at Jorvik City Plaza. After finding some tools for a busy blacksmith, he rewarded my daughter’s avatar with some fancy new horse shoes. Of course, there are hundreds of shops and side quests that unlock items for you and your horse. Let’s shop for some accessories! Sorry, no horses allowed in the mall. Want to muck stalls and clean up digital horse poo? You can totally do that. Go on a quiet trail ride, participate in races, meet up with friends, or groom your faithful steed. Once you customize your human character’s face and hair and choose a name and color for your horse, you’re ready to explore. You want to play as a boy? Sorry, not an option. Time to grab a virtual shovel.įeaturing lush mountainsides and shimmering waters, Star Stable is a breezy, beautifully rendered MMORPG set on the island of Jorvic, where all player characters are thin, doe-eyed girls. Think World of Warcraft, but replace War with Horse. Simply put, it’s a young horse lover’s online paradise. ![]() Her bedroom is basically a pagan shrine to the horse gods, filled with every shape and size of plastic equine imaginable.Īnd now that my daughter has occasional “screen time” access to my laptop, it was only a matter of time that she would stumble upon Star Stable. Her backpack and lunch box are covered with horses. She watches the same horse movies over and over again. She owns a library’s worth of horse books. She geeks out on horses with the fevered obsession of any Trekkie or Browncoat out there. From that day on, her life’s passion has been horses. It all started at a friend’s pony-themed birthday party five years ago. Case in point: my daughter is a horse geek. You can be a geek about anything and everything these days. One of the many lovely vistas of Star Stable’s Jorvik Island. ![]()
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