A Numbers Game

[Atrachasis]

seeing as almost all games involving combat in an rpg or roguelike can be broken down into basic 'dice' rolls, are there any games that are just numbers thrown on the screen with no graphics? none of those faggy vtm erotica-lite novels either. i'm a fucking weirdo who wants to play a game that has no graphics but heavy on the combat. wizardry without the map making and exploration, or even the graphic window. i want a set of numbers to compare and an opposing set to destroy. i need no narrative other than "kill thy enemy and loot their corpses", and all of this without graphics. it can be current, DOS, Apple II, shit i am even ok with a speccy game or three. no esoteric emulators though.

Progress Quest fits your description, if your definition of "gameplay" is broad enough.

http://progressquest.com

There's also this oddity, which I tried ~20 years ago and which seemed to be a mixture of an old-school text adventure and some RPG elements including combat: Westfront PC - The Trials of Guilder

 

[udm]

Warsim sorta?

Was gonna suggest Warsim too. Suits what OP's looking for.

 

[vitellus]

Warsim sorta?

Was gonna suggest Warsim too. Suits what OP's looking for.

this?

 

[Gandalf]

Warsim sorta?

Was gonna suggest Warsim too. Suits what OP's looking for.

this?

I was going to sugest warsim, too, but warsim is too complex. It's very cool, tho.