*band

band Band bánd bånd English Alternative forms en band Etymology From mul * wildcard + en band, after the roguelike Angband (video game) Angband, after the fictional fortress of Angband in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion. Angband, in turn, is from Tolkien's fictional language Sindarin, where it literally means "iron prison"; ultimately, the part "band" means "prison" in Sindarin. Noun - \*bands en uncountable A subgenre of en roguelike roguelikes, characterized by non-rushed gameplay, en level levels not being saved upon being left, large numbers of en item items and a steep en power curve. en countable A game of this genre. en 20 October 2005 Pia Kraft [crawl] Linux problems & more newbie questions rec.games.roguelike.misc https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.misc/c/ImekbqhS9wg/m/1z5DNWNI4RkJ Seems like I'm hooked. I play *bands with a 'better a dead char than a bored player' mindset, so crawl hits the spot for me. Coordinate terms en hacklike Anagrams en abdn B-DNA bDNA bdna en terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium en Video game genres