Spectromancer

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Description

Spectromancer is a card collection game similar to Magic the Gathering. Players use cards to combat each other. Winning duels grants players new cards.

Each player plays as a mage. The game features six different mage classes (Cleric, Mechanician, Necromancer, Chaosmaster, Dominator and Illusionist). Different cards represent different spells and summons the player cast. The game is played in turns and each turn the players can place new cards on the virtual table and summoned creatures will attack enemy creatures. Spells can also be cast for additional damage. Different types of units do different types of damage (fire, water, air, earth, plus one class dependent type). Different creatures also have different resistances against these types of damage.

Players can play against each other over the Internet or against an AI computer player.

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Alternate Titles

• "Spectromancer HD" -- iPad title
• "Astral Tournament II" -- Development title

User Reviews

Magic: The Gathering for casual gamers

Windows

Alex Z (1852)

Critic Reviews

Game Vortex	Windows	2008	90 out of 100	90
Gamers Daily News	Windows	2008	8 out of 10	80
Out Of Eight	Windows	Nov 06, 2008	6 out of 8	75
Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Nov 26, 2008	75 out of 100	75
Gamers' Temple, The	Windows	2008	70 out of 100	70

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
expansions/re-releases	3	Rola (8304) Aug 29, 2013

Trivia

Origin

After developer Alexey Stankevich had created the obvious Magic the Gathering inspired Astral Tournament and Astral Masters, Richard Garfield and Skaff Elias (designers from Magic the Gathering were so impressed that they offered to co-develop Astral Tournament II. The title was later changed to Spectromancer.

Expansions

The expansions add new mage classes with their respective card sets. For mobile platforms they're available as in-app purchases, while Windows users can upgrade for free - web browser edition was also updated to the latest version.

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Related Web Sites

• Official website (Downloads, players' ranking and forum)