Angband comes up first, still remember playing it a few years back. Then Dwarf Fortress comes up second, but God knows that game is way too complex for me.

Forgive my lack of nerdiness... Rogue is like an archer with a dagger right?

No. Rogue is like an @ with a /.

It's a sub-genre of dungeon crawlers derivative of a video game named Rogue, hence the term "rogue-like". They typically feature permadeath as well as procedurally-generated content, usually in the form of dungeons.

To answer your question, rogues are like drifters.

Can I get a definition of rougelike please? I feel like the phrase has been thrown around so much its lost its meaning.

Well thank you Nyleken

I have a few rougelikes/roguelites that I enjoy at the moment:

Binding of Isaac

Rogue Legacy

Paranauticle Activity

Pretty much a dungeon-crawler that features randomly-generated content and permadeath. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nethack

Diablo 2 with hardcoe box checked.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon!

I always avoided that checkbox. I don't want to feel the pain of losing a high-level character.