Book Impressions: Dungeon Hacks

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 31, 2015

Except for a fairly lame mail-order game from Aardvark Software, my first computer role-playing game was Telengard for the Commodore 64. We didn’t have the modern taxonomy of games like we do now… I don’t know if “role-playing game” had really caught on then. “Roguelike” certainly hadn’t. Both words would have applied, but at the […]

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The Roguelike Similarity Conundrum

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 1, 2014

I’ve been playing through a few smaller, lesser-known roguelikes lately – primarily more modern, graphical roguelikes with simplified interfaces. It’s been fun, but while I might truthfully say I’ve “played them to death” (or two or three or eight deaths), I can’t say I’ve really played any of them to the point of truly grokking […]

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Quick Take: Delver

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 18, 2014

Okay. Remember how I like to rant about early access, how awful it is, and how it’s possible to get screwed and all that? Yeah. Well, Nethack has been “in development” for how many decades now? 🙂 Of course, it’s had a number of “official” releases. It seems there are certain kinds of games, particularly […]

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Roguelike Why? Why Like Rogue?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 21, 2014

It’s kind of weird to imagine that roguelikes have become such a popular genre lately. I’ve grown up with them being a niche for the geeks’ geek. I guess I should have known better. Long before I met her, my wife was a fan of the original Rogue. She’s not much of a gamer. But now her […]

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Roguelikes (PDLs) Vs RPGs?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 25, 2014

I’d like to enumerate what – to ME – amounts to the fundamental differences between roguelikes and RPGs: … Some folks may argue with me  – please do! I think it’s mainly certain roguelike fans who see a major distinction, or maybe some other folks who can’t squint hard enough to see the similarities between […]

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An Explosion of Roguelikes

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 4, 2013

Maybe it’s just my attention bias, as I consider roguelikes to be a subgenre of role-playing games, but it sure seems to me that there’s been an explosion of roguelike indie games lately. For years, it seemed that there were just a dozen or so ASCII-based roguelike codebases making the rounds, but now that it’s […]

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Dungeons of Dredmor: Releasing Soon, Releasing Ultra-Cheap

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 9, 2011

The word from Gaslamp Games’ Nicholas Vinning on the upcoming release of Dungeons of Dredmor is: “we’re so close to the end it’s amazing. There have been times when I thought this day would never come.” They’ve also officially announced a release price… not a promotional price, but a permanent, official, non-sale price… of $4.99. […]

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Indie Game Developers: “Soulless, Basement-Dwelling Sociopaths?”

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 26, 2011

I laughed (well, snorted) when I read the CRPG Addict’s account of playing retro indie role-playing games (late 80’s “shareware”): “Shortly after I began this blog, it took a turn that I didn’t expect, and didn’t even really notice at the time: I began playing a lot of independent CRPGs. About one-third of the games […]

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Guest Post – Roguelikes: Dungeons of Dredmor Preview

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 25, 2011

You are getting a double-dose of Dungeons of Dredmor previews this week. I would say “sorry about that,” but I’m really not. Brian “Skavenhorde” Critser has played a lot more of the game than I have during its beta test period, and has a lot of details to add on this upcoming game. And since […]

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Guest Post: The Roguelikes, Part 3( and a half! )

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 18, 2011

I don’t think this is the last one – Brian “Skavenhorde” Critser keeps providing more information on common and not-so-common roguelikes. And I’ll keep posting ’em. Hello all it’s your friendly neighborhood rat with just a few roguelikes this week. Been a little sick lately so I had to cut this one short. Plus I’ve […]

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Guest Post: The Roguelikes, Part 3

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 11, 2011

Yes, part 3. And this won’t finish it. I wonder if I should rename this blog, “Tales of the Rampant Coyote and Rat” or something.  But Skavenhorde continues to delve the depths of the roguelike dungeons, coming up with not only a short review / quick-take of the worlds therein, but a bit of development […]

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Guest Post: The Roguelikes, Part 2

Posted by Rampant Coyote on May 4, 2011

Brian “Skavenhorde” Critser continues his investigation into popular or influential roguelikes here, in part 2.  The dude has done some serious dungeon-delving for this report, and it shows. He’s been privately sending me links to some more interesting roguelikes he’s found over the last few months, some of which have been included in my indie […]

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Guest Post: The Roguelikes, Part 1

Posted by Rampant Coyote on April 27, 2011

All I can say is, “Holy cow!” Brian Critser, AKA Skavenhorde, turned a quick research into roguelikes for a guest post into nearly a Master’s Thesis. It’s awesome. And it’s good for multiple post, the next one arriving hopefully next week. Well worth the read, even if (or especially if) you aren’t all that much […]

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