Made a "10 reasons why you should play
Tales of Maj Eyal thread", which I grabbed during the last summer sale. The thread also doubles as a recommendation pool for traditional Roguelikes and why a certain Roguelike might be your favourite one in the genre. I'd love to read more elaborate suggestions for other Roguelikes, but if you havent played ToME yet, I really recommend doing so. I sank about 50-60 hours into it since the Steam sale, and no end in sight:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=853003
Thread might be a dud going by initial reception, but I'd love more people checking out the game. Utterly fantastic.
Oh and the standard version of the game is FREE.