doc/nethack.6: Rewrite initial description
I noticed that the "Dungeons & Dragons" trademark acknowledgement should
be using the _registered_ trade mark sign instead of the more general
one, as the mark's enjoyed registered status (in the U.S.) since 1978.
https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-results/73123558
It occurred to me that updating the game description for a 2026 audience
might be an improvement on one that assumes the reader is familiar with
D&D, with Teletype machines ("TTYs"), and with the Rogue game, which
NetHack arguably eclipsed in notoriety decades ago.
So I rewrote it, and dropped the references to D&D. Besides, as of
commit c99da87c70, NetHack is incompatible with "Strength Table I." in
the AD&D Player's Handbook (TSR 2010, p. 9), so any grognard who lifts
would snatch NetHack's D&D membership card away anyway. ;-)
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I NetHack
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.I NetHack
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is a display oriented Dungeons & Dragons(tm) - like game.
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is a fantasy-themed game of surival,
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The standard tty display and command structure resemble rogue.
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exploration,
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and combat
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set in the Mazes of Menace,
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an elaborate underground complex.
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.PP
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.PP
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Other, more graphical display options exist for most platforms.
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Traditionally,
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the game's interface uses a Unix terminal connection,
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depicting the interface on a grid of character cells
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and responding to keyboard-entered commands.
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Other interface options exist for most platforms.
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.PP
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.PP
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To get started you really only need to know two commands.
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To get started you really only need to know two commands.
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The command
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The command
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This file is Copyright \*(co \*(Na, \*(Nd for version \*(Nb:\*(Nr.
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This file is Copyright \*(co \*(Na, \*(Nd for version \*(Nb:\*(Nr.
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NetHack may be freely redistributed.
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NetHack may be freely redistributed.
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See license for details.
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See license for details.
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.PP
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Dungeons & Dragons is a Trademark of Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
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