Brogue vs Moldvay's Labyrinth

Countless adventurers before you have descended this torch-lit staircase, seeking the promised riches below. As you reach the bottom and step into the wide cavern, the doors behind you seal with a powerful magic... Welcome to the Dungeons of Doom! Brogue is a single-player strategy game set in the halls of a mysterious and randomly-generated dungeon. The objective is simple enough -- retrieve the fabled Amulet of Yendor from the 26th level -- but the dungeon is riddled with danger. Horrifying creatures and devious, trap-ridden terrain await. Yet it is also riddled with weapons, potions, and artifacts of forgotten power. Survival demands strength and cunning in equal measure as you descend, making the most of what the dungeon gives you. You will make sacrifices, narrow escapes, and maybe even some friends along the way -- but will you be one of the lucky few to return alive?" This app offers: Brogue Classic - Brian Walker's original vision and where it all started. Brogue CE - A community effort that fixes bugs and crashes and focuses on QoL. Brogue SE - A new variant by yours truly with original items, monsters, and mechanics "...on the iPad, Brogue is an even more incredible feat than it is on the Mac: there aren’t a lot of roguelikes that can jump from a keyboard to a touch-based interface without coming off worse for wear. It’s every bit as good on the iPad as it is on the Mac." - Cult of Mac "[...] it manages to make use of its ASCII visuals to create some truly impressive-looking environments [...] it’s high fantasy to the core; filled with kobolds, goblins, wands, spell scrolls, and more." - 148Apps "It's a bit weird and clunky, but yeah, it's still Brogue" - Roguelike Radio

You’ve just entered another world—a world of fabulous riches, unbridled sorcery, and certain doom. Over 300 monster types lie in wait, eager to kill your characters in dozens of exotic ways. Even if the monsters don’t get you, the traps lurking in every corridor almost certainly will. Moldvay’s Labyrinth is inspired by classic tabletop and CRPG games of the 1970s and 80s, including the Basic Edition of D&D (the “Red Book”), Wizardry, and Bronze Dragon on the Apple ][+ computer. It’s designed for fast, accessible play: • Jump in and explore for a minute or stay for hours • Adjustable difficulty: go breezy or brutally old-school • Play at your pace, with no ads or interruptions Explore a vast dungeon filled with: • 500+ rooms across dozens of hand-crafted levels • 300+ monsters, each with unique attacks and personalities • Hundreds of treasures, puzzles, and secrets • 80 spells and 15 unique character classes • Tons of weapons, armor, magic items, supplies, curses, and powerful relics This is a love letter to the golden age of dungeon crawling—packed with mystery, danger, and that elusive sense of discovery.