To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's
high scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere
below the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Few people achieve
- this; most never do. Those who have go down in history as heroes among
- heroes - and then they find ways of making the game even harder. See
- the Guidebook section on Conduct if this game has gotten too easy for
- you.
+ this; most never do. Those who have done so go down in history as he-
+ roes among heroes - and then they find ways of making the game even
+ harder. See the Guidebook section on Conduct if this game has gotten
+ too easy for you.
When the game ends, whether by your dying, quitting, or escaping from
the caves, NetHack will give you (a fragment of) the list of top scor-