Das Tal‘s alpha test begins on July 16th, and Fairytale Distillery want to give a bunch of lucky people a chance to play their “MOBA Meets Sandbox MMO” game.

Here’s the official description of the game, in case you’re curious:

Das Tal is the world’s first Sandbox Survival Arena — bringing together MOBA tactics and Sandbox MMO strategy. It makes MMOs fun again for PvP fans. No more grind. No more pay-to-win. No more tab-targeting. The game is designed to be compatible with the busy life of an adult gamer. Das Tal rests on the three defining pillars; Meaningful Conflict, Skill-Based Combat, and Constantly Changing Worlds.

It will throw you into a dark fantasy prison valley. You start each game with nothing but your wits and your PvP skills. Over the course of weeks and months you will explore this world, grow stronger and learn to survive.

Hundreds of players will join you in the valley. Amongst them you will find friends and allies to form a clan. Start building your own settlement and empire whilst competing with rival clans.

In a completely player-driven economy, your influence and income will grow through diplomacy and warfare. You will strive to break free of your chains, defeat your captors and emerge victorious from your exile.

Fairytale Distillery were also kind enough to provide us with some up-to-date screenshots of Das Tal in action:

If you want to give Das Tal a try during its alpha test, it just so happens that I’ve got 250 alpha keys to give away. If you’d like one, there are a few ways you can go about getting one:

• Leave a comment here explaining what you find interesting about Das Tal
• Send me a funny Ultima meme on Twitter
• Leave a review — positive or negative, though hopefully you like us — for Spam Spam Spam Humbug on either Stitcher or iTunes (you may need to contact the Codex directly as well; reviews left on regional iTunes storefronts won’t show up for people outside that region)
• or leave a comment here outlining your absolute favourite Ultima moment

Obviously, if I’m going to send you a key, I’ll need to know your email address, so if you comment or correspond with the Codex please do use a real email address that you can be reached at. For Twitter, as long as you follow @UltimaCodex, I’ll be able to send you a key via DM.

Keys will go out on July 15th…just in time for the alpha test.

Oh, and you can also check out some information about the new tutorial area that is being developed for the alpha test over at the game’s website.