Permanent death is not an option, but a feature!

                  Permanent death is not an option, but a feature!

                   redefining keys and assigning macros. Ignore early on.

                  redefining keys and assigning macros. Ignore early on.

                   detail. Contains appendices on species, classes, etc.

                  detail. Contains appendices on species, classes, etc.

                   init.txt follows this text.

                  init.txt follows this text.

                   Helpful, but not needed for winning.

                  Helpful, but not needed for winning.

                   to work. For Windows only.

                  to work. For Windows only.

                   channel ##crawl.

                  channel ##crawl.

                   contains a very short guide for new players.

                  contains a very short guide for new players.

What you have downloaded is a successor to Linley's Dungeon Crawl. Development 
of the main branch stalled at version 4.0.26, with a final alpha of 4.1 being 
released by Brent Ross in 2005. Since 2006, the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 
team continues the development.

What you have downloaded is a descendant to Linley's Dungeon Crawl. Development
of the main branch stalled at version 4.0.0b26, with a final alpha of 4.1 being
released by Brent Ross in 2005. Since 2006, the Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup team 
continues the development. See the CREDITS in the mail folder for myriad of 
contributors, past and present; license.txt contains the legal blurb.

Stone Soup features both ASCII and Tiles display.

Stone Soup features both ASCII and graphical (Tiles) display.

At any time, there will be bugs -- playing and reporting these is a great help. 

At any time, there will be bugs -- playing and reporting these is a great help.

docs/level-design.txt for the full power. If you're ambitious, new maps for 

docs/level_design.txt for the full power. If you're ambitious, new maps for