Dominions 3: The Awakening

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The game's story: From this point it's every Avatar for him/herself in order to obtain godhood

Each race has it's own strengths and abilities

Players spend points to setup the strength/type of their pretender god, as well as abilities of the dominion.

Player armies are moved between provinces, or can defend, patrol, search, research, pillage or construct buildings on an existing one.

New game options, can be customized to the whims of the player.

Carefully balance the penalties and bonuses of the dominion's setup.

A new game on a small map, generated randomly, the world remains unknown and unexplored.

Only armies can move between provinces, and the only requirement for an army is the commander. However a commander is vulnerable without troops and orders.

Magic must be researched. All spells are divided into specific schools for researching.

Magic is part of the world of dominion. If research and crystals are both plentiful, magic-using commanders can cast powerful spells upon a specific province.

Magical Gems are an important resource, being required to cast spell. For a small loss, gems can be converted into other types.

Special Sites on the map are important to find, for they often grant special abilties or additional resources to the province.

After each turn, a summary of important developments is displayed.

Should a battle occur, it is played out by the computer and a summary is displayed detailing casualities on both sides.

While the player has no direct control over battles, they can be watched in order to find out where assigned tactics went wrong.

From a zoomed in view, we watch the calvary archers fire off a salvo of arrows.

Indivdiual soliders can also be viewed during battle displays.

Only specific creatures are able to move underwater, but otherwise they act just like other provinces.

The dominion of Atlantis has stretched onto land, where it encounters provinces of an enemy nation.

In battle, magical creatures may be summoned by casters with the appropriate magic.

Different commanders, including pretender gods, have different abilties, which can be enhanced by equipping weapons and armor.