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. ;-)
G. Branden Robinson
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