Angband

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Angband (Sindarin for 'Hells of Iron', although the literal meaning is 'iron prison') is the name of the fortress of Morgoth, constructed during the First Age, located in the Iron Mountains north of Beleriand. Morgoth built it to guard against a possible attack from Aman by the Valar, and put Sauron in command of it. Nonetheless, the Valar's attack succeeded in capturing Morgoth (who had been called 'Melkor') and destroying his other stronghold Utumno. After three ages of imprison ...

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CRPGs, in general, are derivative of paper-and-pencil based role-playing games (RPGs) such as Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). For example, the vast majority of video-game RPGs assign various attributes to the characters, such as hit points (HP), magic points (MP), and levels. These games also tend to borrow the narrative structure of many paper-and-pencil RPGs; usually a group of heroes (a party) is sent on some sort of quest. Along the way, the adventurers face an endless barrage of enemies and monsters ...

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Computer role-playing game, Computer role-playing game - Overview, Computer role-playing game - Character development, Computer role-playing game - Setting genres, Computer role-playing game - Layout, Computer role-playing game - Combat sequencing, Computer role-playing game - History, Computer role-playing game - Modern games, Computer role-playing game - Cultural differences, Computer role-playing game - Japanese and East Asian, Computer role-playing game - American and other Western, Computer role-playing game - Comparison, Computer role-playing game - Shared characteristics, Computer role-playing game - CRPGs' relationship to PnP RPGs, Computer role-playing game - Variant terminology, Computer role-playing game - Chronology of CRPGs, Computer role-playing game - Chronology of computer RPGs, Computer role-playing game - Chronology of console RPGs, Computer role-playing game - List of companies, Computer role-playing game - Related genres

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Carcharoth (IPA: /ˈkarxarɔθ/) was the greatest werewolf that had ever lived. He was also called Anfauglir (Jaws of Thirst; IPA: /anˈfaʊglir/). Bred from the foul breed of Draugluin, the first werewolf, and fed with Elvish and human flesh by Morgoth himself, Carcharoth (Sindarin: The Red ...

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ZAngband is a freeware roguelike role-playing computer game. It is a variant of Angband available for many different systems including DOS, Windows, Linux, variants of Unix, Mac, Acorn RISC and Amiga. Perhaps the most famous Angband variant, ZAngband was also at one time the most popular. Many of the newer Angband variants owe their origins directly (e.g. ToME, Hengband) or indirectly (both OAngband and EyAngband were partly inspired b ...

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• ZAngband - External link

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, werewolves were servants of Morgoth, bred from wolves and inhabited by dreadful spirits (fallen lesser Maiar or fëar of Orcs). They were thought of by Sauron, who was their master, and took the shape of a great wolf himself at least once. The Middle-earth werewolves were not shapeshifters like the werewolves of European mythology — they were always in the form of beasts. The name werewolf appears to have been chosen because they were in essence sentient ( ...

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Huan was a great Hound. Huan was given by the Vala Oromë the Hunter to his friend Celegorm, one of the Sons of Fëanor. Huan was as large as a small horse, and accompanied Celegorm on his huntings. When the Ñoldor under Fëanor rebelled, Huan went with his master to Middle-earth. Huan had been granted special powers by the Valar, and was allowed to speak three times before he died. It was also prophesied that he could not be killed unless i ...

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List of role-playing games List of publishers Science fiction Fantasy RPG History Computer role-playing Live action role-playing Tabletop role-playing Board games MMORPGs Wargaming Category:Role-playing games Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally uses gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. Modern RPG games encompass a wide range of ...

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• Computer role-playing game - Overview
• Computer role-playing game - Character development
• Computer role-playing game - Setting genres
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• Computer role-playing game - History
• Computer role-playing game - Modern games
• Computer role-playing game - Cultural differences
• Computer role-playing game - Japanese and East Asian
• Computer role-playing game - American and other Western
• Computer role-playing game - Comparison
• Computer role-playing game - Shared characteristics
• Computer role-playing game - CRPGs' relationship to PnP RPGs
• Computer role-playing game - Variant terminology
• Computer role-playing game - Chronology of CRPGs
• Computer role-playing game - Chronology of computer RPGs
• Computer role-playing game - Chronology of console RPGs
• Computer role-playing game - List of companies
• Computer role-playing game - Related genres

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ADOM (short for Ancient Domains of Mystery) is a roguelike game in which your aim is to stop the forces of Chaos which are invading the world of Ancardia. Like most roguelike games, ADOM uses ASCII graphics to represent the game world. The player can create their character as male or female, any of ten races and any of twenty character classes, giving 400 possible combinations requiring widely varying playing styles. Races include human, troll, high/grey/dark elf, dwarf, gnome, orc, hurthling (hobbit), and drakeli ...

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• Ancient Domains of Mystery - JADE

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Balrogs are fictional demon-like creatures from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. A Balrog (Sindarin for "Demon of Might"; the Quenya form is Valarauko , Valarauco or Valaraukar) was a tall, menacing being in the shape of a Man, having control of both fire and shadow and with a fiery whip of many thongs. They induced great terror in friends and foes alike and could shroud themselves in darkness and shadow. The Fellowship of the Ring encountered a Balrog in the mines of Moria, in The Lord of the ...

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• Balrog - Balrogs in the First Age
• Balrog - The Balrog in The Lord of the Rings
• Balrog - The Appearance of the Balrog
• Balrog - Winged or not?
• Balrog - The Balrog's Size
• Balrog - Miscellaneous

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Beren is a fictional character, created by J. R. R. Tolkien. He was a Man of Middle-earth, a hero whose romance with the Elf Lúthien was one of the great stories of the Elder Days. Beren - Story. Beren was the son of Barahir and Emeldir. He was a Man of the royal House of Bëor of Dorthonion, and the most accomplished hero and adventurer of the First Age. The battle of the Dagor Bragollach befell during his youth, bringing about the ruin of his kingdom. The young Beren lived with his father and ten loyal f ...

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• Beren - Story
• Beren - Evolution
• Beren - The Line of Beren
• Beren - Other characters named Beren

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The basic premise in Rogue is that the player assumes the role of an adventurer typical of fantasy games such as Dungeons & Dragons. The player starts out at the top level of a massive dungeon, filled with a myriad of monsters and treasure. The goal is to fight one's way down to the bottom of the dungeon, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and make it back to the top. Until the amulet is retrieved, the player cannot go back up stairs which he/she has taken down. Unlike most contemporary adventure games when it was written, however, the dungeon and everything in it is randomly-generated, ...

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Rogue computer game, Rogue computer game - Overview, Rogue computer game - Authorship, Rogue computer game - A.I. Players

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Monster infighting, while not ubiquitous in roguelike games, is common enough in the genre that it is not considered unusual. In some games, such as Angband, only certain powerful monsters have the capability and inclination to initiate mêlée fighting with their comrades; this kind of infighting is considered a disadvantage for the player, because it means that a powerful monster cannot be corralled behind a "buffer" of weaker monsters â ...

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Monster infighting, Monster infighting - Roguelike games, Monster infighting - Final Fantasy XII, Monster infighting - World of Warcraft

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These games present an absolutely overhead view the components of which were originally characters on a teletype. Traditionally, the hero is represented by an "@" sign, which can be seen as a head and shoulders view from above. Other characters (usually enemy monsters) are represented by letters of the alphabet. Rogue itself only made use of capital letters, but modern roguelikes utilize different capitalization of letters to represent different monsters. A dog, for example, may be represented by the letter "d", and ...

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Roguelike, Roguelike - Overview, Roguelike - Roguelike Family Tree, Roguelike - List of popular roguelikes and other descendents of Rogue

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CRPGs, in general, are derivative of paper-and-pencil based role-playing games (RPGs) such as Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). For example, the vast majority of video-game RPGs assign various attributes to the characters, such as hit points (HP), magic points (MP), and levels. These attributes are most often displayed as a numeric value to the player, as opposed to a simpler abstract graphical representation (such as bars and meters) favored by video games traditionally. CRPGs tend to borrow the narrative structu ...

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Computer role-playing game, Computer role-playing game - Overview, Computer role-playing game - Character development, Computer role-playing game - Setting and genres, Computer role-playing game - Navigation, Computer role-playing game - Encounters and combat, Computer role-playing game - History, Computer role-playing game - Modern games, Computer role-playing game - Cultural differences, Computer role-playing game - Japanese and East Asian, Computer role-playing game - American and other Western, Computer role-playing game - Comparisons, Computer role-playing game - Criticisms, Computer role-playing game - Variant terminology, Computer role-playing game - Chronology of CRPGs, Computer role-playing game - Chronology of computer RPGs, Computer role-playing game - Chronology of console RPGs, Computer role-playing game - List of companies, Computer role-playing game - Related genres

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In the year 473 of the Years of the Sun in the First Age, Maedhros decided that taking the offense against Angband might help the Ñoldor regain their former lands. In the almost two decades since their defeat in the Dagor Bragollach, the Ñoldor had lost control over the entire north of Beleriand, and were for the most part reduced to refugees dwelling in Hithlum and Nargothrond. Gondolin was shut and unknown. Under the Union of Maedhros all the Elves of Beleriand, as well as the Edain, Dwarves, and the newly arrived Easterlings were ...

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Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Nirnaeth Arnoediad - The version of the story in the published Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad - An alternate version

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Realms of Arda - Realms of the Dwarves. Khazad-dûm of Durin's Folk (Longbeards) (founded at least 400 years before the rising of the Moon) Belegost of the Firebeards (founded at least 400 years before the Moon, but after Moria and the Great Journey) Nogrod of the Broadbeams (founded when Belegost was founded, destroyed during the War of Wrath) Realms of Arda - Realm of the Enemy. Dor Daedeloth (until the War of Wrath) Angband (foun ...

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Realms of Arda, Realms of Arda - First Age and before, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Dwarves, Realms of Arda - Realm of the Enemy, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Elves, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Edain Men, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Ents Ents, Realms of Arda - Second Age, Realms of Arda - Realms of Men, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Elves, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Dwarves, Realms of Arda - Realm of the Enemy, Realms of Arda - Third Age, Realms of Arda - Realms of Men, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Elves, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Dwarves, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Enemy, Realms of Arda - Fourth Age, Realms of Arda - Realms of Men, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Dwarves, Realms of Arda - Realms of the Elves

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In the Second Age, after lying hidden and dormant for about one thousand years, Sauron reappears. Having deceitfully assumed a beautiful appearace, and now calling himself Annatar, "the Lord of Gifts", he befriends the Elvish smiths of Eregion, and counsels them in arts and magic. Not all the Elves trust him, especially the Lady Galadriel and the elf-king Gil-galad, High King of the Ñoldor, but few others heed them. At Sauron's behest, the Elves forge the Rings of Power and they are given to the leaders of Elves, Men and Dwarv ...

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Sauron, Sauron - First Age, Sauron - Second Age, Sauron - Third Age, Sauron - Names and titles, Sauron - Appearance, Sauron - Other versions of the legendarium, Sauron - External link

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Before the creation of the Sun dates are given in Valian Years and not all events can be precisely dated. In such cases events are given in chronological order between known dates. Timeline of Arda - Valian Years. 1 - After many ages completing labors in the halls of Eä, including Varda's crafting of the stars, the Valar descended into Arda at the time of its creation. First War: Melkor assaults his brethren and disrupts the ordered symmetry they seek to build within Arda. 1500 - T ...

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Timeline of Arda, Timeline of Arda - Events outside of Time, Timeline of Arda - Arda Events, Timeline of Arda - Valian Years, Timeline of Arda - Years of the Lamps, Timeline of Arda - Years of the Trees, Timeline of Arda - First Age, Timeline of Arda - Years of the Sun, Timeline of Arda - Second Age, Timeline of Arda - Third Age, Timeline of Arda - Fourth Age, Timeline of Arda - Battles, Timeline of Arda - First Age, Timeline of Arda - Second Age, Timeline of Arda - Third Age, Timeline of Arda - End of the World, Timeline of Arda - With Respect to Real Events, Timeline of Arda - Other Timelines of Interest, Timeline of Arda - Notes

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Lua is intended for use as an extension or scripting language, and is compact enough to fit on a variety of host platforms. It supports only a small number of atomic data structures such as boolean values, numbers (double-precision floating point by default), and strings. Typical data structures such as arrays, sets, hash tables, lists, and records can be represented using Lua's single native data structure, the table, which is essentially a heterogeneous map. Namespaces and objects can also be created using tables. By including only a minimum of data types, Lua ...

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Lua programming language, Lua programming language - Philosophy, Lua programming language - History, Lua programming language - Features, Lua programming language - Example code, Lua programming language - Tables, Lua programming language - Object-oriented programing, Lua programming language - Internals, Lua programming language - Applications, Lua programming language - Books

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List of computer and video games by genre - Game-controlled environment. This category includes games where the player's point of view does not change, and those where the player's movements are (usually) entirely predetermined by the game design ("rail shooters") Area 51 Duck Hunt Time Crisis series Virtua Cop List of computer and video games by genre - Player-controlled environment. Area 51See also:

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