You can enjoy the game even without Might and Magic. — Arcomage

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HwKeeper

19 years ago

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Nowadays, it is difficult to find the game on disks, but it is really worth playing.

I will briefly describe the rules of the game:
Game objective: Destroy your opponent's tower or build your own tower up to a certain maximum.
What you have: You have a starting set of cards, a tower, and a wall.
What you can do: You can either use a card or discard a card.

Then you need to read what is written on the card, and whatever is written there will happen if you use it.

You can download the full official English version of Arcomage right now for $14.95 from this distributor, for example.
You can also download a Trial version of Arcomage, for example, here.

As you know, an official Russian version of Arcomage was never released; it only appeared in the taverns of Might and Magic games. But recently I came across several unofficial Russian versions of Arcomage:
[Win9x] Russian Arcomage
[Win2k\XP] Russian Arcomage
? - Only works with a 16-bit color palette

celt

19 years ago

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However, it's a great game...

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Inquisitor

19 years ago

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Something isn't working for me.

celt

19 years ago

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Set the color depth to 16-bit! It should work...

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Inquisitor

19 years ago

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celt;42605

Try using 16-bit color! It should work...

I've already tried that.

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HwKeeper

19 years ago

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Inquisitor;42591

Something isn't working for me :(

And if you pay close attention to my message:

[Win9x] Russian Arcomage
[Win2k\XP] Russian Arcomage

And considering that for Windows XP you need to download not [Win9x] Russian Arcomage, but [Win2k\XP] Russian Arcomage, then I think everything will become clear.

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Inquisitor

19 years ago

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I don't understand. This game is more difficult for me to grasp than any other. :o What do quarries, moats, and (I think) dungeons give? And also, what do beasts, bricks, and gems do? And why does the computer have more powerful creatures than I do?

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HwKeeper

19 years ago

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Inquisitor;42912

I don't understand. This game is more difficult for me than any other. :o
What do the Quarry, Pit, and (I think) Dungeon give? And also, what about beasts, bricks, and gems? And why does the computer have more powerful cards than I do?

All resources in the game are equal, and all resources are needed to play cards.

In the lower right corner of each card, there is a number in a circle - this number is the amount of resource needed to play that card. And which resource is required is determined by the color of the card - whatever color it is, that resource is used for it.

It should also be distinguished:
beasts - from - the Beast Pit
bricks - from - the Quarry
gems - from - Magic
Which are respectively:
resource - its production per turn

And why does the computer have more powerful cards than I do?

You are mistaken, the cards are dealt completely randomly. And the AI in the game is generally weak.
You can also adjust the starting and winning conditions in the settings (options). If you set the initial resource production to zero, then the AI will be in a difficult situation - this is a challenging situation for it - here, indeed, the one who is lucky will win :)

Aleks_dem!

19 years ago

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The game is excellent. The only thing that bothers me is that I can't play it online. I've tried finding it everywhere, but it crashes and that's it.

Nowizard

19 years ago

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Class:). My record is 19 min. 48 sec. I don't know if that's a good result or just average, but I was playing this game for the first time in my life.:)

By the way, I haven't figured everything out yet. Can you play it on Hotseat mode?

Added after 18 minutes
I just improved my result to 3 min. 58 sec. Not bad progress, right?:)

Uriel

19 years ago

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Awesome game, huge respect for the link! Is there a version with a multiplayer mode?

ОMEGA

19 years ago

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It doesn't work properly for me:( Some cards in my hand are not visible, and I can't use them:(

Tengro

19 years ago

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Awesome!
P.S. By the way... in "Space Rangers 2", this game is included as a text-based adventure...

Arystidis

19 years ago

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And it's also sold on discs in stores... maybe there's a multiplayer mode there?

K0Lb@zzeR

19 years ago

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To my great regret... for some reason, my web browser started complaining about the game's archive file for Windows XP... I still haven't managed to play it... it seems a bit risky to deal with viruses like that.