Welcome to my Angband page. I am devoting an entire page to this great RPG game because I simply love it and that the world must know about it. What is Angband, you ask? It is surprising that this excellent game is hardly known throughout the world, unlike Xeen, Diablo, etc. Angband can be best described as a 'Roguelike game', meaning that it is based on the game 'Rogue' many years back. For those who have not played Rogue or any other roguelikes before, Angband might be a little hard to describe. Imagine yourself as this character: @, and you go around a dungeon with # representing its walls. Monsters are abundant, such as C's, a's, and w's. Your objective is to go to the 100th floor of the dungeon and kill Morgoth, the 'Master of the pits of Angband'. After that, the game is sort of over and you can choose to retire, unless you listen to the legends of the One Ring, which can be found in the dungeon... All this probably sounds boring, but the game really isn't. Before you pass your judgement on this page and click on BACK, read on a while longer.
If you have read J.R.R Tolkien or his son Christopher Tolkien's works, Angband, Morgoth and the One Ring might ring a bell. That is because the game has many of its monsters and artifacts based on the books. If you are an avid fan of Tolkien, then this game might be a chance for you to experience a Tolkien world more interactively. Even if you have never read his literature, Angband's fantasy and magic will entice you. Many little touches make this game almost perfect, from the storekeepers who will haggle with and insult you to the nasty 'boss' monsters that hurl all sorts of unusual spells at you. You aren't a core RPGamer of you have never played Angband before.
C'mon, why not give it a go? It's only 500 KB. Takes only 10 minutes to download using a 9600 bps connection(and that's slow) Whadd'ya say? Here are the ftp sites which you can get the latest version from:
Windows users click here.If you're still not convinced that Angband is the world's BEST game or are a veteran Angbander and thirst for more information, drop by these sites.
Thangorodrim - The Angband Page
The Angband Junk Collection
The Official Angband Home Page
The Unofficial Angband Page
Or try the newsgroup:
rec.games.roguelike.angband
More Angband:
Angband Variants
The Angband Survival Guide
Still to come:
Other Roguelikes
If you feel that you have anything to add to this page, don't hesitate to send it in.