[OT] Roguelikes?

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Angband and its many many variants are my cup of tea.

You should be able to find a variant you like, and if you are a Tolkien fan then you should appreciate it all the more.

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I haven't tried Zangband, but have found vanilla Angband and NPPAngband to be quite enjoyable. ToME has massive variety (you can choose a Death Mold as a character race, among other things), and a world map you can wander around on, but it didn't feel very balanced.

I think I tried Adom once, but didn't like the way shopkeeper transactions worked - seemed too tedious. Maybe Angband and co. have spoiled me, but I like having a letter-indexed menu when I'm shopping. Also, IIRC, the developer was not interested in releasing the sources. Being a software developer myself, I understand the desire to keep control of creative direction... but look at Angband - it has outlived many of its offspring and even assimilated some of their features over time.