Confused by Linux (Mint) installation

[Tropxe]

I just downloaded the recommended files for this OS, then installed the game through the terminal as I've done for several other packages so far. However, ToME didn't show up anywhere in the applications list. It did show up in the Software Manager, but as a seemingly different game; one with the following description:

"Tome, short for Troubles of Middle Earth, is a single-player, text-based,
dungeon simulation derived from the game angband, which in turn is derived
from the older game Moria, which was in turn based on Rogue. It is often
described as a "roguelike" game because the look and feel of the game is
still quite similar to Rogue.

In tome, the player may choose from a number of races and classes when
creating a character, and then "run" that character over a period of days,
weeks, even months, attempting to win the game by defeating Morgoth, who
lurks somewhere in the depths of the dungeon."

If I tried to run it through the terminal, 7 empty terminal windows suddenly opened and nothing else.

[omero]

It seems that you got a very old package of ToME.
I'd suggest you check out here http://te4.org/download and download the one of the linux32 or linux64 packages (full/no-music),
unzip that into your home directory, change to that directory and run the t-engine executable.

That's what I did and it works even on my "slightly unconventional" linux system
Cheers!

[greycat]

"Tome, short for Troubles of Middle Earth, is a single-player, text-based,
dungeon simulation derived from the game angband,

If I tried to run it through the terminal, 7 empty terminal windows suddenly opened and nothing else.

You've got ToME 2, which is a completely different game from ToME 4.