h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

fine you managed to get a version thst will work on my stupid DinoMac, you might as well add me to your list.

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Ah no way! You play too?

Mouse is a new convert. Angband seems to be one of the few games that will run in DinoMac.

Zag introduced me. Took us about four tries to find a version that would work.

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and i have just had my second character killed by a million fruit bats, and i had only just started exploring!

goona go try the other game Zag told me to try now.

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Like I said, a *lot* of early characters are going to get killed. Happens to all of us.

The best thing to do is always start out with warriors of strong races because they're harder to kill and be *very* cautious. Even then nothing's guaranteed. Once you get up to about level 4 you'll be more secure to explore with confidence.

And when you get a strong character they *really* last. I've been running Glasscock the Paladin for literally years now.

yeah there were about a million of the wee things!

ach well, the other game is just confusing me as all the controls seem to be the wrong way!

anyway, im back on msn.

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well i was playing over christmas, and i kept getting killed by stupid things, about about 20 or more characters have died from things like starvation, cave spiders, Jackals, small kobalds, and giant white mice! i have however learned to grab stuff on the first dungeon level and sell it upin town to buy food. I also figured out how to tunnel through rubble

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Tunneling is a good way to make money early on, as is selling odds and ends in the shops.

You might want to stock-up on teleportation and Word of Recall scrolls. These can help you get out of a tight situation, especially those involving "breeding" creatures like lice or worms; even high-level characters can be penned-in by those.

i still havent figured out how to use the potions of scrolls, so i mostly just sell them.

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The potions you "quaff" using the "q" key. The scrolls you read using the "r" key. Early on you won't know what the scrolls are so you might want to experiment; that or buy them from magic shops. Be aware that some scrolls and potions have B A D effects so experimenting with unknown ones carries some risk.

but i occasionally am playing around and press possibly something and B or R and i get told that i cant read books.

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hmmm, "b" is browse for looking at spell or prayer books (for wizards and clerics). I'm sure "r" is for reading scrolls.

I seem to recall the keys on the Mac version were a bit weird, though. You might want to try checking the in-game instructions.