Race relations can be improved by acts of goodwill towards other races, such as upgrading their cities, or hampered by razing, looting, or migrating cities belonging to that race. Units of hostile races forced to fight alongside each other in a single group will have lower morale, and are more likely to desert. This can manifest itself in different ways for example, an orc city is not likely to surrender to the elves, and if conquered, may revolt unless there is a strong military presence in it to oppress the population.

According to their alignment and certain other factors, cities and independent units of one race can be friendly or hostile towards another race. Races, as well as units not belonging to any specific race, such as dragons and giants, have a certain alignment, which can be good, neutral, or evil. List of races includes traditional fantasy Elves, Lizardmen, Humans, Goblins, Dark Elves, Undead, Orcs, Dwarves and Halflings, as well as several unique ones such as Frostlings, Azracs, and Highmen. There are 12 races available in the game, though not all of them may be present on every map, and of those which are, not all may be playable. Cities occupy between one and four tiles, and other structures generally occupy a single tile.Įach player leads a certain race. Units are arranged into groups (also known as parties or stacks) of up to eight units a single such group occupies one tile. Players have an isometric view of the map, which consists of hexagonal tiles, and can have up to three layers (surface, caverns, and depths). Up to 12 players can participate in a single game, depending on the map. The game has a single-player campaign, playable from two sides (more campaigns have been made by the community since release), and many maps, both included and user-created that can be played in Hotseat mode, over a LAN, on the Internet, or by email ( PBEM).

A third sequel, Age of Wonders III, was announced on 6 February 2013, to be released on 31 March 2014. The game had two sequels, Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. This game is notable for its detailed description of mythical creatures. The game was co-developed by Triumph Studios and Epic Games, Dutch and American game developers respectively, and published by Gathering of Developers in 1999.

Originally titled World of Wonders, the game incorporated several role-playing video game elements that were dropped when simultaneous turns were implemented. Age of Wonders is a turn-based strategy video game often likened to Master of Magic.

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