{"id":1095,"date":"2008-11-04T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2008\/11\/04\/elemental-war-of-magic\/"},"modified":"2008-11-04T12:59:12","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:59:12","slug":"elemental-war-of-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2008\/11\/04\/elemental-war-of-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Elemental: War of Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, Brad Wardell of Stardock Studios has been talking about making a Master of Magic<\/em> type game. <\/p>\n

We finally get a name and a website.<\/a><\/p>\n

We wanted to just call it Elemental but but trademark reasons we needed to come up with a sub-title. We wanted to give it a sub-title that was a bit corney to harken back to the classic 4X days when game names were a little more generic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the way, it’s supposed to be “corny” and “hearken”<\/p>\n

The writing about the various clans is equally corny, by the way.<\/p>\n

On dragons:<\/p>\n

Dragons are solitary creatures and powerful beyond imagination. Most dragons remain isolated in the wilds of Elemental but some will join a cause they believe in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On men:<\/p>\n

Men are good at tilling the soil, making and trading goods and building things. Some are honest, some are vile, some are brave, some are ruthless, some are craven. They come in all hues and sizes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is a cataclysm that hurts the world and now a bunch of rival empires need to put it together or rule it. It’s all a little silly. But fantasy worlds inevitably are.<\/p>\n

It looks a lot<\/a> like Civilization<\/em>, which isn’t surprising given its inspiration. We get a look at a map, and it’s one of those pseudo-Tolkien jobs.<\/a> Apparently a city is researching “Lingering Death”, which I imagine means that they have Season 3 of Heroes<\/em> in this world, too.<\/p>\n

The map looks good, and I like the idea of labels on maps. Does this mean that there is a database of maps or are there random maps that are generated to have these titles on them? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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