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Age of Wonders

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Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders 1999
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne 2002
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic 2003
Age of Wonders III 2014
Age of Wonders: Planetfall 2019
Age of Wonders 4 2023

Key points

Active community
Exceptional modding capabilities
Able to be emulated in Mac and Linux using PlayOn scripts.

General information

Official Website
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Steam Community Discussions
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Age of Wonders Heaven fansite

Availability

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The demo is available at FilePlanet.

Improvements

  • The latest official patch is v1.36. It can be found in the Age of Wonders Heaven fansite (only needed for retail versions).

Mods

As with other games in the series, Age of Wonders has a strong community that keeps this game alive and therefore there are plenty of mods to choose from. These usually range from rule-sets that change how the game works to mods which only change the appearance of the game.
Most mods are found in the AoW Heaven fansite.
DevEdit, the tool for customizing the game, is available also at the AoW Heaven fansite, and also make sure to read the beginner's guide if you want to start modding.

Warlock's Rule-Set

This is the most popular rule-set in Age of Wonders. It adds a lot to the game and is a base to many other rule-sets.
For 64-bit systems: download this mod fix if you want it to work on your configurations (works with GOG.com, doesn't work with Steam).

Other rule-sets

Maps

The game also supports external singleplayer and multiplayer maps. You can already make maps since the tool is included in every copy of the game.
Archive: AoW Heaven Downloads Central

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Instructions
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Game data

In-game menu can be found by clicking the dragon icon in the lower-left corner.

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The configuration files are stored inside the registry.

Save game cloud syncing

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Video settings

General settings.

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Input settings

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Multiplayer

  • Age of Wonders uses a couple of multiplayer types. It uses Hot Seat (Single Computer), TCP Internet and Play-By-Email and these differ in the style of gameplay.

TCP Internet

  • TCP Internet play is a direct online or LAN play. The advantage to this is that the games play out and the turns change quickly while the disadvantages to it are that it is time-consuming and harder to set up.
This is a recommended way to play in LAN and the IPX LAN doesn't seem to work.
If you want to play with someone online, you could check out Hamachi (an account required).

Play-by-Email

  • Play-by-Email is an another form of online play which basically works by e-mailing the turns. The advantage to it is that you can post turns at any time while the disadvantage is the slowness of the games.
Age of Wonders Email Wrapper is almost a required way to play the game by E-mail. It automates the sending and receiving process so the mistakes made by the manual e-mail sending are eliminated.
If you don't want to play through the wrapper, be sure to check this guide on AoW Heaven forums.

Issues fixed

If you haven't found an issue, even if you haven't downloaded from GOG.com, read GOG.com Support Page for more information.

Enabling cheats

Instructions

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System requirements

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