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Blood & Magic

Description

Blood & Magic is a real-time strategy game focused on unit management rather than base construction. It uses the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons license (and thus has AD&D type units) and takes place in the Forgotten Realms AD&D setting. There are five separate storyline scenarios of increasing difficulty with three missions per scenario, playable from the side of both factions each, for a total of 30 missions in the game.

The game is tile-based with a 2D top-down perspective. The player starts out with the ability to create Basal Golems, around which the game revolves since they generate your sole source of power: mana. By spending mana they can be transformed into stronger fighter units or, less frequently, into buildings. The various types of terrain affect combat & movement; magical items may be found on the battlefield (and the enemy does use them, too!).

Part of the Following Groups

• D&D / AD&D licensees
• Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Setting: Forgotten Realms

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User Reviews

Fun and solid real-time strategy using an AD&D liscense

Zen Gamer (72)

The Press Says

Gamezilla	1996	87 out of 100	87
Gamesmania	1996	80 out of 100	80
Future Media	Apr, 1997		80
GameSpot	Nov 07, 1996	6.5 out of 10	65
Reset	May, 1997	6 out of 10	60
PC Player (Germany)	Dec, 1996		60
The DOS Spirit	Mar 15, 2008	3 out of 6	50
Computer Games Magazine	1997		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Apr, 1997		30
High Score	Mar, 1997	1 out of 5	20

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Trivia

Cheats

The cheat system in this game is somewhat unique. Whenever the player uses a cheat (e.g. to get more resources to create a new unit), the opponent also gets the benefit of that cheat. So the gameplay tends to remain balanced even if the player tries to cheat.

Cover art

The box artwork is based on a painting Deadlock by fantasy artist Larry Elmore first used as the cover to the 1989 AD&D supplement The Bloodstone Lands, FR9.

Information also contributed by Alan Chan.