Conjuror or Barbarian? May 14, 2008 1:47 AM Subscribe
Monster's Den: Book of Dread might be the best free dungeon crawl RPG on the web. If it ain't, it's damned close.
Garin's site (just so this isn't a single link post).
jbickers, this new one (Book of Dread) is an update to that earlier version, as well, so it's been improved again.
I haven't had much time to play it, but it's been pretty difficult to beat so far. posted by chuckdarwin at 4:59 AM on May 14, 2008
I played for about 10 minutes before leaving for work. It was fun, and pretty easy to figure out. The menus and commands seemed a little more intuitive than I'm used to. It's well-designed for the casual player, IMHO. posted by joelhunt at 6:33 AM on May 14, 2008
Ooh, I played the holy hell out of this in its original incarnation on Kongregate and I didn't realize there'd been an update. I've just started and the interface already looks way better and I love that there's now a shop. The programmer really listened to the suggestions he was getting from users -- I'm impressed. Thanks! posted by melissa may at 6:45 AM on May 14, 2008
I used to play the original as well; this looks like a huge improvement! Thanks for the find. posted by never used baby shoes at 7:48 AM on May 14, 2008
this looks like a dangerous time sink posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:04 AM on May 14, 2008
The game wouldn't work for me from kongregate.com; clicking on the 'continue' button did nothing, preventing me from continuing. Anyone else experience this? Worked fine from the second link though, and no annoying chat window. Lots of fun! Two thumbs up! posted by JT at 8:20 AM on May 14, 2008
This is a dangerous timesink, indeed... posted by sarcasticah at 9:03 AM on May 14, 2008
Monster's Den is an amusing little game, but calling it even close to the best dungeon crawl on the web is, uh, a bit much. If you're looking for more substance I'd recommend any of the following:
Monster's Den is an amusing little game, but calling it even close to the best dungeon crawl on the web is, uh, a bit much. If you're looking for more substance I'd recommend any of the following...
You recognize, I hope, that every single one of the links you just posted are to games requiring download + installation? posted by voltairemodern at 9:39 AM on May 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
Ah, this is great. I really liked the original monster's den, thanks!
Here's the original: Monster's Den
You recognize, I hope, that every single one of the links you just posted are to games requiring download + installation?
Of course. All are freely available on the web. Or does "on the web" refer solely to Flash games playable in a browser? posted by Izner Myletze at 9:50 AM on May 14, 2008
Haven't had a proper go at it, did they improve the rogue/thief any? Are the conjuror/barbarian any good? posted by juv3nal at 9:51 AM on May 14, 2008
Of course. All are freely available on the web. Or does "on the web" refer solely to Flash games playable in a browser?
I think it's pretty obvious the original poster meant playable on the web rather than available on the web.
Incidentally, this java one isn't half bad, but as far as I can tell, no saving. posted by juv3nal at 10:03 AM on May 14, 2008
Haven't had a proper go at it, did they improve the rogue/thief any?
The thief is pretty excellent in terms of damage, so far. The ability to bypass armor lets you one-shot a lot of monsters. posted by voltairemodern at 10:55 AM on May 14, 2008
Is there a way to heal between combats besides potions? I keep getting killed because I enter combat mostly dead from the last one. posted by garlic at 5:04 AM on May 15, 2008
Altars will heal you fully. Also going down to a new level. posted by Izner Myletze at 6:33 AM on May 15, 2008
Also, having gone down a level, the stairs back up to the previous level can be used as a one time heal like altars. Or at least they can on easy mode. Yes, I'm a wuss. posted by juv3nal at 10:43 AM on May 15, 2008
The new update is awesome. Sometimes, all the items in the store disappear and you can't buy anything. Since you can only go to the store once a level or so depending on when you find the scroll, and since the life/death margin is razor thin at high difficulty levels, this renders the game unplayable. Comments on kongregate suggest that this is a common problem. posted by Kwine at 11:54 AM on May 15, 2008
Timesink... major timesink. posted by deCadmus at 1:22 PM on May 16, 2008
Man, I was just comin' here to find out if anyone had figured out what caused the store glitch. posted by klangklangston at 4:15 PM on May 17, 2008
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