Choosing only one school of magic narrows the mix but grants the most powerful and rare spells. The spellbook number and their type determines the power of the mage: a mix of various schools allows the mage to cast a versatile mix of spells from those schools. In Master of Magic, players choose their alter ego from a set of 14 Wizards or create their own ultimate magician, choosing traits like Warlord or Runemaster, and a number of spell books from five colored magic schools. A success that continues today after more than 25 years: the classic Master of Magic Steam page, created in 2018, has an outstanding 97% rating, while a retrospective in 2012 said “Master of Magic remains the best example of its kind”. Master of Magic is one the most important strategy titles in videogame history. What is Master of Magic? Celebrated by IGN.com as “the best fantasy strategy game ever made” () and placed by the writer who coined the “4X genre” term Alan Emrich in the top position of his “Games of all times” list (). Link to download Master of Magic Classic on GOG Download it now and keep this epic strategy game forever. Now, GOG.com and Slitherine are celebrating the 28th anniversary of Master of Magic by granting it to any player that wants it – but only for a few days. In 2019, the Master of Magic franchise was acquired by Slitherine, and published on Steam in 2020 for the first time together with the community Mod: Caster of Magic.

Originally published by Microprose and Simtex in September 1994, Master of Magic is considered one of the founding milestones of the grand strategy genre, together with classics such as Civilization and Master of Orion. Slitherine and MuHa Games also announce today that the reimagined Master of Magic will be available on December 13th The all-time classic fantasy 4X strategy game goes free to keep on GOG.com for a limited time

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