via t-o-m-e.net
This is one of my favouriteststestest games ever. =) Trouble of Middle Earth - or T.O.M.E is based on Zangband the way Homo Sapiens are based on the Australopithecus. >.>
It's got its roots in Zangband, but it's a very, very different animal.
So much gamey goodness about T.O.M.E. that my nuggethead splodes when I try to think of where to start! XD
So instead I shall settle for the ravings of a Perfectly Normal Nugget.
Some highlights:
- Epically cursed weapons (a-la Elric's Stormbringer) do really feel epically cursed.
- You can play an Ent, a Death Mold (yes, a fungus!), a Quylthulg, and a whole bunch of other odd things, together with your normal High Elves, Men, and whatnot.
- It's purely turn based - very much of a strategy RPG game.
- Unlike many Angband variants, it has an overarching storyline.
- It's the whole of the Middle Earth in ANSI!
- You only get one life per character.
- Unique character classes - lots of games claim this. T.O.M.E. is the only one where I've been able to play a class that can abandon its own body permanently, take control of a marilith, then wield a sword in every marilithy hand. Yes, you take on the gear slots of your new body.
- Still not sold? >.> You're the symbol @, and your mission is to kill all the other letters of the alphabet. (I don't know who said that, but it rawks!)