Angband

    Angband... what is it? Well, if you've read the book The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien, Angband was the inescapable dungeon in which Morgoth resided. This freeware game is the Tolkien fan's paradise, with all the characters of his multiple books (except for the good guys, alas. Not that I'd want to kill 'em) and many of the treasures. The idea of the game is to charge down from town level with your character, and kill morgoth on dungeon level 100. It has a very Dungeons and Dragons feeling to it, with hit points, dexterity, stamina, acid resistant amulets, etc. The downside of this game is it has no easy interface; you will literally use the whole keyboard. For instance, to drink a potion in your inventory, you type 'q' for quaff, then select the potion. Attacking, however, is as simple as equipping a weapon (with 'w' for wield) and moving into an enemy (with the number pad on the right). If the weapon is, say, a dagger that does damage 1d6, you'll be able to hit with damage anywhere between 1 and 6, subtracting that much from an enemies HP (if they have no armor class). If your weapon was, for instance, an executioner's sword (4d5) you would be able to hit anywhere between 4 and 20. However, you'd have to be quite strong to wield such a weapon. Well, on to the downloads:
 

Angband 2.8.2 (Around 500k)
 
The Angband character Ma'agnal
Half-orc, warrior, damn tough
Created by Sharkrider


If you play this game and like it, and are dying to share a character with fans of this game, please, send it here in ZIP format.