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             **   Oangband 0.3.1   ***   The Pits of Angband   **
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           Based on Moria:   Copyright (c) 1985 Robert Alan Koeneke
               and Umoria:   Copyright (c) 1989 James E. Wilson

                       Angband 2.0 - 2.4 - 2.6.2 by:
                   Alex Cutler, Andy Astrand, Sean Marsh,
                 Geoff Hill, Charles Teague, Charles Swiger

               Angband  2.8.3: Copyright (c) 1997 Ben Harrison
               Oangband 0.3.1: Copyright (c) 1998 Leon Marrick

      Send comments, bug reports, and patches to "leon2m@sprintmail.com".
      Browse the Angband newsgroup at "news:rec.games.roguelike.angband".
    Read the online help files, especially "general.txt" and "version.txt".


=== General Info ===

This is the readme file for Oangband 0.3.1 (November 5, 1998)

     Oangband is a variant of Angband, created to experiment with changes in melee algorithms, spells, items, monsters, a substantial reduction in both HPs and damage, and whatever else might both catch Leon Marrick's fancy and be practicable for him to code.  Appropriately, it is called Opinion-Angband, or Oangband for short.

     On-line help exists for all significant changes made, so make certain you have a look through at least some of the new help documents available through the "?" command.  In addition, the files with the complete list of changes, "A-020 diffs.txt", and "020-031 diffs.txt", can be found in the info/diffs directory.

     Oangband is based on Angband 2.8.3.  I hope you will join me in a paean of praise to Ben Harrison, whose excellent code has made so many variants of Angband possible.

     Expect another full version (more than bug-fixes) around Easter, 1999.


Yours,
Leon Marrick