Angbander

English

Etymology

From Angband +‎ -er.

Noun

Angbander (plural Angbanders)

1. A player of the dungeon-crawling roguelike video game Angband.
   • 1993 June 13, Magnus Olsson, “RFD: rec.games.angband”, in news.groups‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Let's also not forget that a lot of Moria players may be reluctant to post in rec.games.moria, because they feel the group has been been taken over by Angbanders, and that it's not very meaningful to post about Moria.

   • 2003 August 1, Nick Vargish, “OT: How much of a chance will you give a game?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Not everyone likes Diablo games, but as an Angbander from way back, it was exactly my cup of tea.

   • 2009 February 23, David Damerell, “Character Development and Adaptibility”, in rec.games.roguelike.development‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Also, hard-locked doors are not very roguelike - we generally expect there to be more than one approach to any given situation. Even an Angbander is going to think of tunneling around it.