Age Of Wonder Series

[Spaced Cowboy]

VXMA1, look on amazon, there is someone selling a new one for $500 US.

[DrSpike]

Bargain.

[vmxa1]

They may as well ask 100k, they are not getting either. I found the one for 308.xx. Someone wanting 52+ for AoW and down the pafe one is going for 50 cents? You can see a collection of Aow and AOwII for 30.

I think it is someones idea of a joke, as I found them for a few dollars on Ebay. Anyway if anyone wants to pay 308, I will gladly sell them mine and it has almost no wear. Hell I will even toss in AoW for that price.

[DrSpike]

Fleabay ftw.

[Greybriar]

According to MobyGames:

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.

I remember that settler units could also be built which would make it possible to construct new cities, but I am not sure if that capability was available in the original release or was added by a patch.