gaming Age of Wonders Series

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Didn't see a topic for this game series, so thought I'd make one. I recently got Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic off of GOG and I am loving it!

 

For those who don't know what Age of Wonders is, here's a brief overview (I'll add to this post as I get more experience with the games):

 

 

 

The Age of Wonders series is a turn-based fantasy strategy game series. AoW 1 came out in 1999, and the latest release (Shadow Magic) came out in 2004. There are 3 games total at the moment (Age of Wonders, Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne, and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic [which is a standalone expansion to Age of Wonders 2]), with Age of Wonders 3 hopefully coming out this year. The games are 2D (aside from AoW3), but still look quite pretty Imo and have solid music. The object of the game is to defeat your opponent (in some cases. I'm very new to the games, but I think that there are some types that revolve around building an empire up), and you can go about doing this by creating armies and sending them forth to conquer independent cities and making alliances with other players. 

 

 

 

Anyway I was wondering if there was anyone else out there on here that plays these games. If so, which AoW game is you favorite? Favorite tactics? Favorite group composition? Tips? Tricks? Discuss!

 

At the moment I'm enjoying the Nomads the most (though I haven't just fired up a scenario, I've been doing the campaign). Halflings are cool but I don't like them quite as much. Their rogues are nifty for scaling walls though.

 

 I'll be adding more stuff to this post later as I think of it. Also if anyone else does play this, it might be fun to do some Multi-Player sometime. 

Edited September 22, 2013 by LowfatEnvelope