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From: jak@talcott.UUCP (Joe Konstan)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: I won too!!  (moderate spoiler)
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Date: Thu, 24-Jan-85 12:41:23 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 24 12:41:23 1985
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I won hack two days ago without having ever looked at any source code.
For the benefit of those looking for some consolidated advice, here
goes:

1)  Be a caveman!  I was, the added strength, decent weaponry, etc are 
more than enough to win with.

2)  Be sure to eat an L and an E early.  An L gives you the teleporting
you need to loot shops, and the E makes blindness even helpful.

3)  Don't leave early levels without full exploration, you can gain 3 or
4 experience levels on levels one and two by killing L's, M's, and a's.

4)  If you can't get a crysknife (wand of wishing) early, enchant the
hell out of whatever you get.  A +6 mace called Orcrist will serve to
kill almost anything.

5)  Get decent armour (+3 plate, +2 gloves, +3 elven cloak, +2 helmet,
+0 shield).  It will protect you from just about anything.

6)  Forget your dog, unless you get a magic whistle.  As a caveman, you
can kill him from level 4 up, without damage to yourself, and can always
get a new one later.

7)  Don't forget "Elbereth"

8)  Save wands of digging for later (maze and vaults).  Telport control
is useful, but not essential (I didn't have it).  Conflict makes zoos
fun, but can anger shopkeepers and steals your experience by having
others kill your monsters.

9)  Leave extra food near staircases for the way back up.  Same for
extra wands, etc.  

10)  Get as much gold as you can, to help your score.  Also, escape with
a full load.

11)  Try to genocide c, D, R, x, and then just pick a letter.

12)  Most monsters are wimps.

13)  Have fun!  Be prepared to play at least 3 hours to get a good game
and a high score.


				Mithrandir

Joe Konstan
jak@talcott.{UUCP,ARPA}