NetHack

NetHack is a roguelike game often played using ASCII graphics. The goal of the adventurer is to descend through the dungeon while searching for the Amulet of Yendor. The dungeon contains many monsters and other causes of death.

NetHack is a very difficult game, especially for players who lack knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons and avoid reading the spoilers.

Contents

 * /Introduction and General Advice/
 * /Building/ from NetHack source code
 * Tutorial
 * /Beginning/ (warning: high on images)
 * Spoilers
 * /Choosing Role and Race/
 * /Staying Alive/ avoid Yet Another Stupid Death (YASD)
 * /Tactics with Items/ food, genocide, ascension kit

Authors

 * 1) Kernigh, split book into chapters, started /Building/ and /Beginning/
 * 2) Other and anonymous contributors

History

 * The year 2005, Wikibooks (http://en.wikibooks.org) was the home of the book Learning the vi editor, by User:Dysprosia and other contributors.
 * The year 2005, Wikibooks was also the home of the book NetHack, by User:Kernigh and other contributors. It uses some text from the chapter Learning vi:Basic tasks of the Wikibook Learning the vi editor.

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