LARN is one of the oldest Roguelikes, having been originally released in 1986. Like most older games of the genre, ASCII characters represent the various objects in the game, and a whole slew of keyboard commands are used to control the game. The story here is that you are trying to collect a magical cure to your daughter's ailment. To do so, you must navigate the dungeons (two of them in total), collecting items and treasure on the way. You begin in a town / outdoors area with shops and the dungeon entrances. Supposedly LARN is shorter than a lot of other similar games, and unlike other Roguelikes such as Nethack, LARN can be completed in a single shorter playthrough.
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