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Master of Magic

Description

The plot of Master of Magic is to become the dominate wizard on two 'planes' of existence, the normal Earth-like one and the fantasy based plane "Myrrar". You can do this by destroying your competing wizards (up to 3 computer players) or by casting the Spell of Mastery.

Game play is carried out in a 2D top down perspective. You move your armies around the board, fighting monsters to get treasure, and more importantly 'nodes'. Once you control a node you can summon a spirit to meld with the node and gain mana from it. You also must build up your cities so you can support and train your army. City management is very much like Civilization. You also must allocate your mana for use, or research. You must research to learn new spells. You can do battle with the enemy in a quasi-isometric perspective or you can have the game simulate the battles.

The game ends when your home tower is destroyed; you banish all the other wizards (by destroying their home tower) or someone casts the Spell of Mastery.

Alternate Titles

• "MOM" -- Informal abbreviation
• "Maître de la Magie" -- French title

Part of the Following Group

• 4X games

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User Reviews

Boundless yet sorely limited. Bursting with awesome variety and damnable tedium. An imaginative triumph that's an unbalanced mess.	J. P. Gray (79)
A classic for sure, but with some issues	Elliott Wu (16)
The definition of “classic” is “Master of Magic”	Technocrat (176)	unrated
Fantasy Civ perfected	StJude1 (10)
Empire building game full of game elements to keep you busy	Nathan Kovner (51)
The immortal manifestation of perfection (and some bugs :( in computer strategy games!!!	DarkTalon (137)
Great, in-depth game	Laey'zur Tiberius Hawke (8)
Civilization meets Magic: the Gathering.	Lord Zimonov (9)	unrated
Fantastic, fun Civ clone set in a fantasy world.	Afterburner (478)
The best of the Civ-like games	Tony Van (2707)

The Press Says

Abandonia	Aug 23, 2004	5 out of 5	100
Coming Soon Magazine	Mar, 1995	90 out of 100	90
Power Play	Nov, 1994	85 out of 100	85
PC Games (Germany)	Nov, 1994	85 out of 100	85
PC Joker	Nov, 1994	85 out of 100	85
PC Player (Germany)	Oct, 1994	84 out of 100	84
PC Gamer	Jan, 1995	83 out of 100	83
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2008	8.25 out of 10	82
Privat Computer PC	1995	4 out of 5	80

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Trivia

The original game had an onslaught of bugs that almost prevented playing. Microprose released a patch and later a completely new version of the game (which had different manual and disk). The original disk and manual can be considered a collector's item.