{"id":8911,"date":"2013-04-02T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/?p=8911"},"modified":"2013-04-02T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:29:17","slug":"worlds-of-magic-master-of-magic-spiritual-successor-aspirant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/worlds-of-magic-master-of-magic-spiritual-successor-aspirant\/","title":{"rendered":"Worlds of Magic: Master of Magic Spiritual Successor Aspirant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds_of_magic_fantasy_turn_based_4X_strategy_large.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\" title=\"Worlds of Magic | Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy - Kickstarter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8912\" title=\"Worlds of Magic | Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy - Kickstarter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds_of_magic_fantasy_turn_based_4X_strategy1.jpg\" alt=\"Worlds of Magic | Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy - Kickstarter\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indie developers Wastelands Interactive and Lucid Dreamers are working on a new fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game meant to become a spiritual successor to Steve Barcia&#8217;s <a  href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Master_of_Magic\" target=\"_blank\">Master of Magic<\/a>, called <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/304725524\/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game\" target=\"_blank\">Worlds of Magic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We hope to make\u00a0Worlds of Magic\u00a0something unique but familiar. Something with new mechanics and exciting features that, at the same time, reminds gamers of the good old days.&#8221;. ~<a  id=\"name\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/304725524\/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game\" target=\"_blank\" data-modal-class=\"modal_project_by\" data-modal-title=\"Biography\">Wastelands Interactive<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The game has been under development for about a year, and now the indie devs turn to <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/304725524\/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a> seeking funds to complete their title, which should happen from January 2014 onwards. They already have some pre-alpha screenshots where they show off the tactical combat. But, unfortunately, there&#8217;s no footage showing the main map view as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>Main features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>D20 System<\/strong>: Units, Spells (200) and Heroes (25) in D20 rules during tactical battle;<\/li>\n<li><strong>4X playability<\/strong>: Explore, exploit, expand and exterminate in a universe of magic;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hero Units<\/strong>: Recruit powerful, artifact wielding heroes to lead your forces into battle;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Units gain experience:<\/strong>\u00a0All military units gain levels and become more powerful;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unique Races<\/strong>: 6 Races featuring exclusive units (8 per faction) and play style;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple victory conditions<\/strong>: Make war, establish trade or use peace as a weapon;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Procedurally generated universe<\/strong>: Each game is different, each universe unique;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multilanguage<\/strong>: English, Polish, and Spanish confirmed. More languages coming soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds_of_magic_fantasy_turn_based_4X_strategy_screenshot2_large.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\" title=\"Worlds of Magic | Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy - Kickstarter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8916\" title=\"Worlds of Magic | Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy - Kickstarter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds_of_magic_fantasy_turn_based_4X_strategy_screenshot2.jpg\" alt=\"Worlds of Magic | Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy - Kickstarter\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds_of_magic_fantasy_turn_based_4X_strategy_screenshot2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds_of_magic_fantasy_turn_based_4X_strategy_screenshot2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wastelands Interactive and Lucid Dreamers\u2019\u00a0<a  href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/304725524\/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game\" target=\"_blank\">Worlds of Magic<\/a>\u00a0proposal in a nutshell:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>4X turn-based strategy<\/li>\n<li>High Fantasy setting (inspired by Master of Magic)<\/li>\n<li>Windows PC<\/li>\n<li>DRM-free (box or digital)<\/li>\n<li>ETA: Q4 2013 (beta); Jan 2014 (release)<\/li>\n<li>Target: \u00a330,000 (May 2nd, 9:00 EDT)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a39 (~$14) pledge to get digital game \/ \u00a322 (~$33) for physical copy<\/li>\n<li>Why Kickstarter: Help fund art assets; speed up overall development; grow the game&#8217;s community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These surely are great times for fantasy 4X strategy enthusiasts. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/fallen-enchantress-legendary-heroes-beta-now-available\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/age-of-wonders-3-pre-alpha-gameplay-demo-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Age of Wonders 3<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/eador-masters-of-the-broken-world-beta-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eador: Masters of the Broken World<\/a> coming soon, and now this Worlds of Magic possibility. Now that&#8217;s quite a list for so short period of time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/304725524\/worlds-of-magic-a-new-classic-4x-fantasy-game\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wastelands Interactive and Lucid Dreamers propose Worlds of Magic, a fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game meant to become a spiritual successor to Master of Magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1668,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[943,74],"tags":[86,1086,726,1257,1253,117,1255,230,1256,1254],"class_list":["post-8911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kickstart","category-announcements-and-rumors","tag-4x-game","tag-fantasy","tag-kickstarter","tag-lucid-dreamers","tag-master-of-magic","tag-pc-game","tag-procedural-generation","tag-turn-based-strategy","tag-wastelands-interactive","tag-worlds-of-magic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}