For those who have been asking on this forum about it - the new update adds hotseat play to Conquest.
To start a hotseat game, simply select multiplayer -> hotseat from the menu. Setting up a hotseat game is very similar to any other type of game, and can have both human and AI players in it.
Erik Rutins -> RE: hotseat (10/8/2009 2:28:59 PM)
Thanks for the note on that, mea culpa on omitting it from the press release. I'll edit it in now.