Overview of Variants?

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  • slata
    Rookie
    • Aug 2018
    • 3

    Overview of Variants?

    Hi all,
    Every few years I find my way back to Angband and have a glorious time with it and with variants for a while.

    I know there's never been a super organized list of variants but I'm finding it extra confusing this time around. There are more variants, a lot of the recent ones are more ambitious in scope, and with a few exceptions, there seems to be less documentation (that I can find, anyway) about what has and hasn't changed compared to vanilla, what has and hasn't been borrowed from other variants, etc.

    roguebasin.com at least has a less outdated list of variants and some blurbs on them, but I am still feeling pretty scattered.

    Is there a good overview of the differences between major variants anywhere? (Particularly those updated in the last few years -- the changes in e.g. SAngband are a little clearer cut)

    Thanks.
  • Nick
    Vanilla maintainer
    • Apr 2007
    • 9633

    #2
    I don't actually know of one, which is a shame. Recently the big movers have been the hengband variants (Chengband, Poschengband, Composband, Frogcomposband) and Sil (if you call that a variant). Going back a bit further you have FAangband, NPPangband and Halls of Mist, and Antoine's variants Quickband, Ironband and Minimal. There's also v4, which was a sort of vision of a possible future for Vanilla by the devteam, and which introduced a lot of interesting ideas, particularly about combat.
    One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
    In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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    • wobbly
      Prophet
      • May 2012
      • 2627

      #3
      For the hengband variants they come from Z so what's changed from V is a list spaning multiple variants and years. What's changed is possibly longer then what's the same. Sil is it's own thing, it's technically angband but a fairly different style of game.

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      • Mondkalb
        Knight
        • Apr 2007
        • 982

        #4
        Someone posted this list:
        My Angband winners so far

        My FAangband efforts so far

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        • slata
          Rookie
          • Aug 2018
          • 3

          #5
          That is AWESOME. Thanks guys.

          I did a little digging around and the most helpful thing I found was actually this comment, I believe by you Nick, from 2 years ago:



          I have been taking some notes and may try to put together a concise reference myself, since it seems there's a need for one.

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          • CyclopsSlayer
            Swordsman
            • Feb 2009
            • 389

            #6
            TOME these days is closer to Diablo/Path of Exile than to Angband.
            Still a very fun thing.

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            • Nick
              Vanilla maintainer
              • Apr 2007
              • 9633

              #7
              Originally posted by slata
              I have been taking some notes and may try to put together a concise reference myself, since it seems there's a need for one.
              That would be great. Report back if you do, I'm currently looking at a possible refresh of Angband's web presence and this would be a welcome addition.
              One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
              In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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