Conan the Barbarian v1.8.0 — CONAN THE BARBARIAN - CHANGELOG

CONAN THE BARBARIAN - CHANGELOG

CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.8.0
Release Date: October 3, 2026

ADDED
- Deeds of Legend: twelve achievements kept across games in this browser (Victor of the Age, Lord of the Four Realms, Bane of Masters, The Swift Age, Without a Scratch, Kingmaker, Keeper of Relics, Teller of Sagas, Monster-Bane, Bane of Xul, Blood for Blood, Builder of Wonders). Shown on the opening screen, announced on the final screen when won.
- The Ledger: a folding table under the houses counting each house's kills, Conans won, relics, sagas, monsters, avenged feuds, monuments and agents lost, with the leader of each column in gold.
- Movement trails: dashed arrows in each house's colour (gold for Conan) show where rival agents and the hero went since your last turn; T hides or shows them (remembered).

CHANGED
- Rules, balance and save format (6) are unchanged; games saved in 1.7 resume as they were.

SAVE COMPATIBILITY
- Save format 6, unchanged from 1.7.0. Games saved in 1.6 (format 5) resume with no monuments raised; games saved
in 1.4 and 1.5 also resume with no feuds sworn; games saved in 1.3 resume without Xul; formats 1 and 2
are still migrated.

KNOWN ISSUES
- No gamepad support.
- Sound effects only; no music.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.7.0
Release Date: October 3, 2026

ADDED
- Monuments: raise City Walls (rivals cannot sway or bribe in your capital), the Hall of Heroes (+1 to win or turn Conan), the Grand Bazaar (+1 gold a round) or the Barracks (recruits arrive with two stars at least) in your own capital while you hold it. One a turn, each once; 5 gold for the first and 2 more for each after; +1 VP each. Shown on the houses and province panels; the final tally gains a Works column; computer houses build with their spare gold.
- Save the chronicle: the final screen saves the story of the age (standing, honours and the round-by-round chronicle) as a text file.
- A tip points new players to monuments when the treasury can afford one.

CHANGED
- Save format 6. Games saved in 1.6 resume with no monuments raised; older formats still migrate.
- Balance: three-house renown for the house with rivals on both borders is now 9 VP (was 8); every three-house lineup tested splits within about three points of even over 1,500 computer games.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.6.0
Release Date: October 3, 2026

ADDED
- Blood feuds: when a rival house kills one of your agents, your house swears a feud against it for 3 rounds. Your agents duel, strike and curse its agents at +1 (marked "feud +1" on the action), and the first life you take back pays +1 VP, settles the feud, and gives the other house a feud of its own. Shown on the houses panel; the final tally gains a Feuds column; computer houses seek vengeance.
- Overview minimap: the whole realm in the corner of the map, with capitals, Conan, Xul, your agents and the part of the map in view. Click or drag on it to look elsewhere; M hides or shows it (remembered).
- Key list: press ? (or "All keys" in the controls panel) for every keyboard shortcut.

CHANGED
- Save format 5. Games saved in 1.4 and 1.5 resume with no feuds sworn; older formats still migrate.
- The chronicle keeps the last 600 entries (was 400).
- Balance: the three-house lineup Aquilonia, Turan and Vendhya now splits within two points of even over 900 computer games.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.5.0
Release Date: October 2, 2026

ADDED
- Relic powers: Crown (warriors +1), Heart (wizards curse and scry +1), Eye (assassins +1), Jade Idol (+1 gold a round), Star-Sapphire (thieves +1), Tiara (courtesans +1), Cup (Conan's bond to you lasts a round longer), Silver Mask (your agents +1 to stand against blades, curses and Xul's rites) and Black Lotus Casket (bind Conan +1). Shown on the houses panel, the province panel, tooltips and in the help.
- Tips for new players: one short contextual hint at a time, each remembered once dismissed; "Hide tips" or the opening-screen option turns them off.
- End-turn guard: ending a turn with agents still idle asks for a second press.

CHANGED
- Save format unchanged (4); games saved in 1.4 resume normally.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.4.0
Release Date: October 2, 2026

ADDED
- Xul the Undying: a sorcerer who wakes in a lair in round 3, strides each round toward the great city where the houses hold most influence, and holds a dark rite there (agents must roll 2d6 + skill >= 8 or flee home; every house loses 1 influence). Conan (2d6 + 8) or a warrior band (2d6 + twice skill + 2 per comrade) may destroy him against strength 15 for +5 VP. Optional on the opening screen; on by default.
- Honours of the age on the final screen: Kingmaker, The Bloodied Hand, Keeper of Relics, Teller of Sagas, Monster-Bane, Bane of Xul and The Golden Purse.
- The Hall of Ages: the last ten games played in this browser, on the opening screen.
- The final tally gains a Xul column.

CHANGED
- Save format 4. Games saved in 1.3 resume without Xul; older formats still migrate.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.3.0
Release Date: October 2, 2026

ADDED
- The Hyborian Age: the four realms are now Aquilonia, Turan, Vendhya and Stygia (capitals Tarantia, Aghrapur, Ayodhya and Khemi) around Shadizar, with Belverus, Khorshemish, Messantia and Zamboula as the border cities.
- Conan's career: Thief of Shadizar (rounds 1-3, thieves +1 to tempt him), Corsair of the Black Coast (4-6, courtesans +1, +2 gold plunder when he sacks), Captain of Mercenaries (7-9, warriors +1, +1 against monsters) and Warlord (10+, +1 VP hero tribute).
- Counsel: the plan a Master computer house would follow for the selected agent, or for Conan, ringed in gold on the map (key C).
- Chronicle and manual rewritten for the Hyborian Age.

CHANGED
- Internal ids are unchanged, so games saved in 1.2.1 resume normally.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.2.1
Release Date: October 1, 2026

CHANGED
- Renamed from Torvek the Wanderer to Conan the Barbarian; the hero Torvek of the Barrows is now Conan of Cimmeria. Rules, balance and map are unchanged.
- Package id, slug and browser storage keys now use conan-the-barbarian / tronsoft_conan_the_barbarian. Games saved under the old Torvek name are not carried over.
- Licence and credits carry the Conan trademark notice.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.2.0
Release Date: September 30, 2026

ADDED
- Conan's sagas: on taking service he swears a deed two or three provinces away; fulfilled for +3 VP and a longer bond.
- Agents harden with deeds: every second hard success adds a star of skill, to three.
- Every roll is shown as dice beside its result.
- Final screen charts each house's victory points round by round.
- The Chronicle: eight chapters of background on the Hyborian Age.
- Map tooltips for agents, Conan and provinces; keyboard shortcuts 1-5, Tab, H, U, L.
- First Tronsoft portal package (Specification v1.6.2): manual, tutorial, storefront art, self-tests and validator.

CHANGED
- Save format 3. Saves from 1.0 and 1.1 are converted on resume (best-effort migration).

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.1.0
Release Date: September 30, 2026

ADDED
- Character cards: fifteen traits, three per agent kind; rosters dealt per game.
- Conan's desire each round (Gold, Glory, Love, Wrath).
- Seven new event cards including Conan in Chains.
- Computer tempers: Novice, Veteran, Master.
- Recap of rival turns, undo for moves, gliding tokens, synthesised sound.

CHANGED
- Save format 2; 1.0 saves converted.

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
VERSION 1.0.0
Release Date: September 29, 2026

ADDED
- Initial release as a single-file browser game: 2-4 houses, five agent kinds, Conan the wandering hero, schemes, relics, events, symmetric four-realm map with pan and zoom, computer houses and hot-seat play.