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Is Lords of Magic: Special Edition worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fantasy strategy players who want empire-building alongside role-playing progression
- Players who enjoy developing characters along warrior, mage, or thief paths
- Players seeking solo fantasy adventures based on legends such as Merlin, Beowulf, and Siegfried
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who prefer turn-based battles may not fit the game's real-time combat system.
- Players seeking a combat-only game may not want its exploration, lord development, alliances, and capital control.
- Players who require LAN or online multiplayer cannot use those modes here.
Our take on Lords of Magic: Special Edition
Players who require multiplayer will hit the wall at setup: neither LAN nor online play is available. Those expecting combat alone may also bounce when the game shifts into exploration, character development, alliances, and control of 8 capitals.
What is Lords of Magic: Special Edition?
Lords of Magic: Special Edition combines fantasy role-playing with real-time strategy.
Explore the lands of Urak, develop a lord’s abilities, and form alliances while seeking control of 8 capitals through conquest or allegiance. The game includes 24 editable lords who can develop as warriors, mages, or thieves. Armies fight in real time against skeletons, dragons, and other monsters. Quests draw on the legends of Merlin, Beowulf, and Siegfried. This edition contains the original Lords of Magic game and the Legends of Urak quest pack. LAN and online play are unavailable.
How Lords of Magic: Special Edition plays
- 01Capital Control
- Control of 8 capitals can be pursued through conquest or allegiance.
- 02Editable Lords
- The game offers 24 lords who can develop as warriors, mages, or thieves.
- 03Real-Time Battles
- Armies fight enemies including skeletons and dragons during real-time encounters.
- 04Included Quest Pack
- The Special Edition adds the Legends of Urak quest pack to the original game.
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Lords of Magic: Special Edition: platforms & release
Is Lords of Magic: Special Edition worth it?
It is worth it if: fantasy strategy players who want empire-building alongside role-playing progression. Skip it if: players who prefer turn-based battles may not fit the game's real-time combat system.
Where can I download Lords of Magic: Special Edition?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Lords of Magic: Special Edition's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Lords of Magic: Special Edition on?
Windows only.
