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From: djsalomon@watrose.UUCP (Daniel J. Salomon)
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Subject: Re: Beginner's Question
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 21:53:24 EST
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> 
> Also, it isn't fair that some games starve you to death through
> no fault of your own.
> 
> - Michael Krantz
> 

Actually food management can be a big part of playing the game.  When
you are running low on food, you should cut down on your usage of the
"s" command (search).  You should also try to explore rooms in as few
moves as possible, and plan your dungeon exploration to minimize the
amount of backtracking along tunnels, and the number of rooms you have
to revisit.  A technique used by a friend of mine was to eat only when
weak rather than as soon as he was hungry.  I don't know whether this
actually reduced his food consumption or not.