The latest version of Rangband is 1.03.

	rang103w.zip:	Windows executable
	rang103d.zip:	DOS executable
	rang103s.zip:	Source

Changes to Rangband 1.03:
- Added some "circular" rooms.
- The quartz/magma 'streamers' no longer converge in the dungeon center.
- Spent a long time trying to track down an incredibly strange bug in the ghost code --
  and finally discovered an extra habitual semicolon on a 'for' loop! %*($#&*$...
- Changing levels before 100 turns has passed now results in an unreliable feeling
  instead of "looks like any other level".
- Polymorph no longer fully heals monsters.
- 'Time' spells now totally destroy monsters they kill.
- Made the name of 'meteor swarm' more accurate. Just don't stand underneath the meteors.
- Implemented player ghosts!  8)
  Ghosts are randomly generated for each dead player (in a way similar to the random
  artifacts); the bones files ought to be as system-independent as the savefiles are, 
  although this is untested. Note that the bones files must be numbered continuously 
  in order to work properly (i.e. 'bones00', 'bones01', 'bones02', ... ).
- Wrote a function to generate Tolkien-like gibberish for the artifact names.
- Implemented random artifacts. Please let me know if you get *really*
  (un)lucky. ;)
- Fixed a bug that caused "Count:" to jump to 9999 if numbers above
  1000 were entered.
- Restored the old number selection system.
- Made bad meat obvious {spoiled}.
- Fixed a bug that prevented {murderous} from being overwritten by
  the pseudo-id.
- Fixed a bug that would cause a crash if the player attempted to
  enchant-to-dam a bow. 

Changes to Rangband 1.02:
- Did some tweaking with the AI.
- Allowed non-visible monsters to cast spells. (heal & such)
- Added some more color to the spells.
- Made certain objects explode if damaged.
- Allowed spells (such as mana storm) to damage the cave.
- Gave mages a "sanctuary" spell to replace Globe of Invulnerability.
- Made the Black Market prices more varied.
- Allowed mages to cast all spells in their books.

Changes to Rangband 1.01:
- Fixed a problem with loading the objects carried by monsters.
- Implemented Keldon Jones' monster AI.
- Added single-monster nests.
- "alert_failure" now covers object & monster compacting and level restarts.
- Replaced now-obsolete "summon ants" and "summon angels" spells with
  "summon Orcs" and "summon minions of Morgoth".
- Added a "summon similar monster" spell.
- Corrected a small problem in the town.
- Made a few monster descriptions more consistent with The Silmarillion.
- Corrected "splattering" effect of monster drops.
- Thieves can carry stolen gold.
- Added "standard" monster inventories.
- Hallucination is more confusing.
- Corpses may be cut up for easier storage. ('h' command)
- First attempt to balance weaponry.
- Sometimes "corpses of player" were found.
- Forgot to make Staffs of Healing heal all injuries.

Changes to Rangband 1.0 from Angband 2.8.2:
- Added corpse effects. Be warned, not all are good.
- Thieves run away (+10 to speed) rather than blinking away.
- Players have a limit on the weight they can carry.
- Objects can weigh more.
- The player is allowed to eat much more.
- Corpses are now edible.
- In the spirit of realism, the 'testing' options are no longer options.
- Added skeletons and corpses.
- Added 'DECAY' flag to objects; only applicable to corpses.
- Corrected the silly monster breaths.
- Modified shops to ask for number to buy/sell again.
- Fast autoroller.


For the future (in order of decreasing priority):
- General bugfixing
- Upgrading to 2.8.3
- I've decided the 'undead' idea would detract from the game, and won't be pursuing
  that any longer.



Eric Bock
ebock@micron.net