ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Yeah, I used to prefer humans in part for their storyline quality (not everything needs to be a zombie half-orc or whatever) and their quick level gain. But nowadays that actually starts penalizing you particularly as the game wears on. My experience has been that once you hit midgame it's far more ...

My first Roguelike was, well, Rogue. What a great game. Never beat it (nobody told me about the monster protection scroll trick until years later), but did beat Moria and Angband. Both were very challenging. There was something about Moria that demanded the use of Troll player characters for me..it'...

Yeah, I don't pay any attention to turn count (I haven't won yet either, although I've at least managed some successful lvl50ers). I've never been able to shake my desire (I think imprinted from rogue/moria) to try to clean out levels as much as possible, rather than raid vaults and then sprint for ...

I'm chiming in for Melkor as well. Recent convert (har har)! I always used to do Tulkas regardless of race/class because he's so easy to keep happy, and everyone likes STR/CON bonuses, even mages. Earth has some good spells too, if you get Pray up there. However now I believe there's nothing in the ...