Angband hit a milestone back in December of 2012 – it has a higher version number than “official” Nethack for the first time!
If you use the Windows operating system, the new Angband can be downloaded in a zip file and played once you’ve unzipped it. But if you are on Linux, with the possible exception of Arch Linux, you are probably still using the 3.3.2 version found in the Debian or Ubuntu repositories. I use Linux Mint, which uses Ubuntu’s repositories.
If you check the main Angband page you can download the source code for 3.5. I found a useful page for compiling it correctly, and was able to do so.
For Debian-based systems, you will want to run the following command before attempting to compile Angband, to install all needed dependencies:
sudo apt-get install autoconf gcc libc6-dev libncurses5-dev libx11-dev \
libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev \
libgtk2.0-dev libglade2-dev
Remember, in town, building 8 is your home (where you can drop extra items you don’t want to sell).
It is also quite easy to play Angband using wine, which will allow you to use the excellent tiles created for the Windows version.
Some of the gameplay changes in this release include a total overhaul of the way monsters are grouped together, turning off selling items to stores by default, good and great items appear more often early on, but less often in the later game, most shops have some “always stocked” items with an infinite supply, and many others. View the complete list here (as of August 2014).
One Day, I Will Ascend 