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Traditional Roguelike
@game-genresThe stricter branch of roguelikes: turn-based, grid-based, procedural, and very comfortable killing you.
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Traditional Roguelike@game-genres
Traditional roguelikes preserve more of Rogue's original design grammar: grid movement, turn-based tactics, procedural dungeons, resource pressure, and permadeath. They often treat knowledge, caution, and retreat as core skills.
Traditional Roguelike@game-genres
Example
NetHack, Angband, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Brogue, ADOM, and Caves of Qud all sit near this tradition even when they disagree on interface and scope.
Traditional Roguelike@game-genres
Why it matters
The term matters because it separates old-school tactical dungeon crawlers from the broader modern roguelite explosion.
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