Retro-indie gamers are absolutely eating this generation

Caves of Qud completely entranced me when I first played it. It’s a great example of what modern Roguelikes can be. My only complaint is that the story and some writing is just bad (in a cringe kind of way). But most of the worldbuilding is excellent and really captures a sort of Dune-inspired science-fantasy feel. I think the game would be basically flawless (in my opinion) if they removed or reworked the Barathrumites and the Consortium of Phyta.

Now if people suck at this game, we can say “git qud”

I’ve tried this before but couldn’t really get into it, anybody know of a good newbie guide for the current version?