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<p><i>Everyone has heard stories about the Halls of Mist. In the stories people usually see horrible visions in the blue mist and lose their mind. (They say  carrying a bright torch would help.) The exquisitely decorated walls, the deserted shrines of foreign goddesses... It's a scary, haunted place.</i></p>
<p><i>Your archenemy, The Thin White Duke, is down there, gathering power. He is an immortal human occultist from the Realm of Skultgard ("skull garden").</i></p>
<p><i>You have only recently learned that the vast dungeon complex actually extends far beyond the borders of Thornwild, your world, to all other realms of  existence. You believe the Duke is now negotiating pacts with both the demons  of Aether and the dragons of Chaos. Unless you stop him, the combined army of darkness will soon smash Thornwild.</i></p>
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        Aether (spirit, myths, dreams)    *----------------------*
        /                                  | The Chain of Realms. |
      /                  (wilderness,    | Normally the travel  |
Skultgard ---- Thornwild  predation,      | between realms is    |
(hierarchy,        /      diversity)      | slow and difficult.  |
  law, human      /                      | Halls of Mist links  |
  supremacy)    Chaos (material, force,  | them all directly!  |
                        pandemonium)      *----------------------*</code>


<p>Halls of Mist is the successor to Mikko Lehtinen's earlier roguelike FayAngband, which was based on Eytan Zweig's EyAngband. The game has had a complete themetic and gameplay overhaul. Practically speaking it's a brand new roguelike. It has been playtested heavily and is already pretty stable, balanced, and fun to play.</p>
<p>Halls of Mist is the successor to Mikko Lehtinen's earlier roguelike FayAngband, which was based on Eytan Zweig's EyAngband. The game has had a complete themetic and gameplay overhaul. Practically speaking it's a brand new roguelike. It has been playtested heavily and is already pretty stable, balanced, and fun to play.</p>
<p>It's an Angband variant but one that takes place in a brand new fantasy world, and that has replaced all the core gameplay rules with very different ones.</p>
<p>Halls of Mist aims to be athmospheric, tactical, fast, and deadly.</p>


<p>For now the best place to find information about the game is the [http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=5673 announcement post] at angband.oook.cz.</p>
<p>For now the best place to find information about the game is the [http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=5673 announcement post] at angband.oook.cz.</p>

Revision as of 16:40, 17 September 2012

Everyone has heard stories about the Halls of Mist. In the stories people usually see horrible visions in the blue mist and lose their mind. (They say carrying a bright torch would help.) The exquisitely decorated walls, the deserted shrines of foreign goddesses... It's a scary, haunted place.

Your archenemy, The Thin White Duke, is down there, gathering power. He is an immortal human occultist from the Realm of Skultgard ("skull garden").

You have only recently learned that the vast dungeon complex actually extends far beyond the borders of Thornwild, your world, to all other realms of existence. You believe the Duke is now negotiating pacts with both the demons of Aether and the dragons of Chaos. Unless you stop him, the combined army of darkness will soon smash Thornwild.

       Aether (spirit, myths, dreams)     *----------------------*
       /                                  | The Chain of Realms. |
      /                  (wilderness,     | Normally the travel  |
Skultgard ---- Thornwild  predation,      | between realms is    |
(hierarchy,        /      diversity)      | slow and difficult.  |
 law, human       /                       | Halls of Mist links  |
 supremacy)     Chaos (material, force,   | them all directly!   |
                       pandemonium)       *----------------------*

Halls of Mist is the successor to Mikko Lehtinen's earlier roguelike FayAngband, which was based on Eytan Zweig's EyAngband. The game has had a complete themetic and gameplay overhaul. Practically speaking it's a brand new roguelike. It has been playtested heavily and is already pretty stable, balanced, and fun to play.

It's an Angband variant but one that takes place in a brand new fantasy world, and that has replaced all the core gameplay rules with very different ones.

Halls of Mist aims to be athmospheric, tactical, fast, and deadly.

For now the best place to find information about the game is the announcement post at angband.oook.cz.

Halls of Mist
Angband Variant
Developer Mikko Lehtinen
Based on EyAngband
Theme Fantasy
Released September 13, 2012 (1.2.0)
Updated September 16, 2012 (1.2.1)
Download announcement post

Official site