*band

See also: band, Band, bánd, and bånd

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Etymology

From * (“wildcard”) + band, after the roguelike 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

*band (usually uncountable, plural *bands)

  1. (uncountable) A subgenre of roguelikes, characterized by non-rushed gameplay, levels not being saved upon being left, large numbers of items and a steep power curve.
  2. (countable) A game of this genre.
    • 2005 October 20, Pia Kraft, “[crawl] Linux problems & more newbie questions”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc‎[1] (Usenet):
      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.

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