Shandalar: 30th Anniversary Edition - June Update

Tags: s30 programming

Back with another monthly update on Shandalar: 30th Anniversary Edition.

This release I focused on making the game more fun. Card rewards are better which make battles more interesting. Wiseman quests have been expanded to encourage deck building/modifications. Editing your deck is easier and the AI is making fewer obviously bad moves.

Highlights

  • Improved wiseman quests, focusing more on changing your deck
  • AI Improvements: uses pump, counters, regeneration

Duel Improvements

  • Cards are sorted in hand and on battlefield
  • Duel Rewards now choose from 1 of 3 cards
  • Mulligan card magnifier
  • Game phases autopass when no player has no actions available

Deck Edit Screen

  • Added card filters

What's Next

  • Make dungeons more interesting. Multi-level dungeons, difficulty of dungeons
  • Finish wizard castles. Will leverage dungeon improvements
  • Improve performance of MiniMax AI
  • Continued card fixes and implementations
  • Better uses for gold
  • Remove food mechanic, it doesn't have much use
  • Implement world magics

Get It

Download from the Releases page or play it online.

Date: 2026-07-05

Author: Ben