Take The First Hit: It's minor, but new players to the genre may not think of it - if you step next to a melee enemy, it will get to hit you first.

Let's explore various situations and tactics where this rule holds, and also the exceptions where it doesn't.

Rule 0 of tactical roguelikes is as follows: 'By default, it's a mistake to walk towards an enemy'. After that, you can consider yourself an RF3 master, and you should consider taking what you've learned with you to other traditional roguelikes! Let's begin.

Your goals for this game should be first to win, then to win with every class, then to get a win streak of 3, then to get a daily challenge win streak of 3. With even a fraction of this level of discipline, you can get a win of your own. They are not cheating, just playing at the highest possible level of caution, risk aversion and turn-by-turn optimization. It is commonly said that any seed can be won in Rogue Fable III, that there are no unwinnable situations except that you make for yourself - and while I don't know who the best RF3 player is, I know that the best ever Nethack winstreak is 61 ( source ) and the best ever Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup winstreak is 62 ( source ). That stuff is relatively self-explanatory, and in fact fun to figure out on your own - this guide focuses on the 'invisible' aspects of playing a roguelike - Ways to split enemies up or neuter their ability to pelt you with attacks that you might not have even thought of and that the game will never hint at. It won't tell you how you should play a specific race or class. This is, notably, not a strategy guide or a build guide.

This is a tactics guide for Rogue Fable III, to help you cultivate a mentality for playing this and other traditional roguelikes using every trick in the book to turn unfair fights into fair fights.

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