I've managed to finish Rogue (version IV, DOS) a few times from many hundreds of games over 25+ years. The secret (hopefully this isn't a spoiler) is to know ho

I've managed to finish Rogue (version IV, DOS) a few times from many hundreds of games over 25+ years. The secret (hopefully this isn't a spoiler) is to know how to use the scroll of scare monster. I find that, when I'm playing, I enter a state of 'flow' that I suspect might be similar to (or maybe the opposite of?) meditation - my feeling of conscious self disappears - the world is everything around the '@' symbol.