Ah curses, I was hoping I'd get The Big Shocking Update done before anyone noticed... I was even making a nice big splash image to accompany it! Oh well.

The title change is one of a few pretty big changes in the mod which have been planned since cherryfunk came on board (so blame him! Yeah, it's his fault! He overpowered me with his business acumen and persuasive pitch!)

While The Hyborian Age: Total War is an accurate and perfectly adequate title, it isn't exactly instantly recognizable as a setting as, for example, Middle-earth. By contrast, everybody knows Conan, or at least the comic/film adaptations of the character. It's a pragmatic decision to make the mod more readily accessible and identifiable to people who may like the idea of what we're doing, but not know what the Hyborian Age is. By renaming it Conan: Total War, more casual fans would look in, be it the "hey, I loved the comics!" crowd, to the "how can they make a whole mod of Conan when it's just Arnold, some vikings and Thulsa Doom?" newcomers. They'll be in for a surprise.

I'll be drinking to the shade of The Hyborian Age: Total War as it was poetic and basically the closest title to my goal (render The Hyborian Age essay into a wargame), but Conan: Total War's a good one too: sharp, punchy, more accessible, and you still know what you're getting. If nothing else, The Hyborian Age will remain as a subtitle on any art involving the mod.

Sorry to spring it on you like that, I didn't expect the moderators to be so prompt with the changes.