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From: ded@milo.UUCP (Don E. Davis)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Urogue seems too arbitrary
Message-ID: <179@milo.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 13:04:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 13:04:22 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Dec-85 21:52:24 EST
Reply-To: ded@milo.UUCP (Don E. Davis)
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I've recently been playing the urogue written by Herb Chong.  It
has many nice attributes which I find interesting, but one
which spoils the game for me.  That one is:  You have been summoned
by the lesser god something-or-other; you are terrified; now hit your 
space key until you die.  You might as well say:  you're doing too
good; you die.

This is not fun.  I have no chance to react, to drop my scare monster scrolls
or quaff a potion of hero.  Is this arbitrary death a "feature?"
Or is there something I can do to avoid it?

				don davis