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Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic

Description

Age of Wonders : Shadow Magic (AoW:SM) is a stand alone sequel to Age of Wonders 2 (AoW2). As the other AoW games, it's all about turn based strategy in a fantasy world.

In the campaign, a corrupt new empire led by the wizard Phobius, has launched an aggressive assault on the ancient races and all things magic. Meanwhile, an even greater evil in the form of hellish demons, breeds within its shadows. The wizard Merlin has been captured by the demons, but can still communicate with his old wizard friends. You play these wizards as they fight the human empire and the demons.

The main character is the Wizard, who most of the time stays in his wizard tower casting spells in his domain. The wizard researches new spells and abilities and becomes more and more powerful as the game moves on.

One unique feature is the Simultaneous turns mode, where all players move their units at the same time. For those that like it old-school there's still a Classic turns mode.

The news and improvements from AoW2 are:

• Three new races.
• One new unit for each race, and all the old units has been balanced to make the races more equal.
• A third level, the Shadow world.
• Several new structures.
• Improved graphics.
• Improved AI.
• Random map generator
• Better editor with modding tools and campaign editor.

Alternate Titles

• "奇迹时代：暗影魔法" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Age of Wonders: Магия Теней" -- Russian title
• "Age of Wonders: Magia Cienia" -- Polish title

Part of the Following Group

• Age of Wonders series

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User Reviews

The sad end of the AOW saga.	Technocrat (176)
Best fantasy TBS there is	Grov (637)

The Press Says

Game Vortex	2003	90 out of 100	90
GamerDad	Apr 19, 2005		90
ActionTrip	Jul 28, 2003	90 out of 100	90
Worth Playing	Aug 15, 2003	8.9 out of 10	89
Gaming Nexus	Aug 25, 2003	8.8 out of 10	88
GBase - The Gamer's Base	Mar 06, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
Fragland.net	Sep 22, 2003	83 out of 100	83
Game Captain	Sep 12, 2003	82 out of 100	82
PC Games (Germany)	Sep 23, 2003	81 out of 100	81
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Sep 03, 2003	81 out of 100	81

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Trivia

In the description for the hero Ham Binger you can read the following :

"His fame became an unpleasant weight in later years. Whole Halfling villages named their children Binger, or Ham, or some combination of the two. Ham disappeared centuries ago, but now and again, a Halfling named Ham appears, does good deeds, and heals a few wounds; and the legend spins up again. Sometimes there is more than one Ham, which gets terribly confusing, and whole towns have festivals or contests to determine who is the real Ham Binger."

This refers to a bug in AoW2, where you could end up with two Ham Bingers when playing the campaign. The bug was fixed in a patch.