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The chronicle of the Third Era is about to be revealed!

Age of Wonders 3, the long-anticipated continuation to the fan-favorite, award-winning strategy series, set in a robust and beautiful world that becomes the scene for diverse, complex, and engaging gameplay, is available for pre-orders on GOG.com. Depending on your location you'll be charged $39.99 or the USD equivalent of £29.99, or €39.99. An extended Age of Wonders 3 - Deluxe Edition, featuring a full soundtrack and the Dragon's Throne standalone scenario, is available for $44.99, £34.99, or €44.99. As a special pre-order bonus, both versions include the Elven Resurgence, a standalone scenario DLC.

Imagine! Empires rising and falling before your very eyes, led to victory or defeat by heroes of legend so powerful that they appear to be titans in the eyes of mortals. Sorcerers harness the arcane powers to bend the rules of the world around them. Theocrats twist the wills of their followers with the holy aura bestowed upon them by their deities for their zealous service. Rogues rule the shadows, taking any chance to strike and win before their foes even realize there is a war to fight. Warlords earn the loyalty of their legions by the glory gained in the many battles they emerged from, victorious. Archdruids become one with nature, and the land itself rushes to their aid. Dreadnoughts rely on the art of engineering to construct their unstoppable artificial armies. All those powers, all of their miraculous exploits, all of their desires, all thrown into one realm of war. This shall truly be an age of wonders!

With Age of Wonders 3, Triumph Studios aims to set new standards not only for the acclaimed Age of Wonders series, but also for the turn-based strategy genre itself. Taking advantage of all the modern gaming bells and whistles, the title will deliver an impressive level of complexity in gameplay and an immersive, lush, and diverse gameworld that can become your own for hundreds of hours. With the ability to choose one of the six leader classes, you'll be able to custom-tailor your empire--and by extension your experience with the game--to your personal gameplay style, so you can enjoy the extensive campaign the game offers in any way you like. You'll be leading into battle armies recruited from within six humanoid races as well as some fantastic creatures and mythical monsters. The turn-based tactical combat itself will prove to be a challenge for the most seasoned of strategy gamers but also scalable enough for beginners to enjoy. With over 50 location types to explore and exploit, hundreds of abilities to master for tactical and strategic advantage over your foes, visually stunning presentation, and a smart random scenario generator providing virtually limitless replayability, this upcoming title may prove the only turn-based strategy game you'll need for many years to come!

Pre-order Age of Wonders 3, for only $39.99 or the USD equivalent of £29.99, or €39.99 on GOG.com (or opt in for the splendid Age of Wonders 3 - Deluxe Edition), and secure your entry to the fantastic realm of power and dominion, which opens to all the brave souls approximately on March 31. Note that Age of Wonders 3 is the first title with regional pricing on GOG.com in quite some time and this means that we are charging the USD equivalents of the official regional price.

Note, that just as we have done before in such occasions, we'll be throwing in a little something extra to the deal, to accommodate those of you, who end up paying more than the others due to the currency conversion rates applied. We've picked some games that fit well with the genre represented by Age of Wonders III, and if you're one of those people, you'll get to pick one of them. You'll be sent a gift-code allowing you to redeem one of the following excellent titles: Master of Magic, Lords of Magic: Special Edition, Eador: Genesis, King’s Bounty: The Legend, Disciples II: Gold, and Etherlords II.
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Matruchus: GOG was saying on pricing thread that they are thinking about closing the gifting options for russians since they get lower prices then EU for example.
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Mentalepsy: Unless you've seen something I haven't, that is a grotesque distortion of what was said.
Thats actually pretty reasonable comment by TeT. My interpretation is (and im sure others think similar) is GOG will turn a blind eye to increased numbers of "gifting" from rus as long as it doesn't look like there is abuse of the system ie numbers look reasonable and don't stand out like a sore thumb.
What's up with those AoW guys anyhow?! Why won't they give us manuals to any of their games? It's not as if the games (AoW, AoW2WT, AOWSM) don't have manuals (you can find them on replacementdocs).
And it seems AoW3 also comes without one. Weird!
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Niggles: anyone comment whether this game actually looks worth pre ordering?
Nothing is ever worth pre-ordering. Preorders are bad. If you preorder, you've made a mistake.
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Niggles: anyone comment whether this game actually looks worth pre ordering?
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Darvond: Nothing is ever worth pre-ordering. Preorders are bad. If you preorder, you've made a mistake.
Yep you should kickstarter or similar back the development instead :)
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Niggles: anyone comment whether this game actually looks worth pre ordering?
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Darvond: Nothing is ever worth pre-ordering. Preorders are bad. If you preorder, you've made a mistake.
I agree,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5Uj4XIT1Y
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Darvond: Nothing is ever worth pre-ordering. Preorders are bad. If you preorder, you've made a mistake.
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Rusty_Gunn: I agree,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5Uj4XIT1Y
Even before I clicked on the link I just knew it was going to be that Total Biscuit video
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deonast: Even before I clicked on the link I just knew it was going to be that Total Biscuit video
um... did you post that video as well, I did borrow the link from

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/aaa_in_hypocrisy/post3
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deonast: Yep you should kickstarter or similar back the development instead :)
I'm not sure about kickstarter, its a bit of a big risk. :L
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Darvond: Nothing is ever worth pre-ordering. Preorders are bad. If you preorder, you've made a mistake.
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Rusty_Gunn: I agree,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5Uj4XIT1Y
I know, the biscuit of totals is one of the reasons why!
Post edited March 01, 2014 by Darvond
Anymore it seems people are almost expected to pay for a game loong before they get to play it.
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deonast: Even before I clicked on the link I just knew it was going to be that Total Biscuit video
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Rusty_Gunn: um... did you post that video as well, I did borrow the link from

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/aaa_in_hypocrisy/post3
No I'd remembered watching that video after someone posted a link on a GOG forum a while ago and when you said you agreed and had a video link there, I immediately thought of that video.
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Darvond: I'm not sure about kickstarter, its a bit of a big risk. :L
It is a risk, only for those with the money and are prepared that some might not produce the goods. But it makes more sense to give money to get something off the ground, than to give money just before it gets released (as it already has been funded). You don't gain much and the developer / publisher just gets paid a month early sight unseen.

One thing I like about kickstarters is a lot of projects will give you behind the scenes up dates and there is some value in that if you are interested in those goings on, so even if it fails you get at least some sort of entertainment value from that side of things.
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Of course besides maybe the last point I don't think I'm saying anything you've already seen said by total Biscuit I think, so sorry for that, just realised after I posted.
Post edited March 01, 2014 by deonast
Oh, GOG please fix your adverts on the site as they show me the price for this game on the main site 39.99$. When I click on it, it gives me 39.99€ and that is fraud advertisement. Ok forget the post Judas just let the support know about this - thanks!
Post edited March 01, 2014 by Matruchus
The price is in $ on the front page, in euro's on the game page. So $ = Euro indeed.
Moving along...
Just install this in your browser and you will see the real price (and not be ripped off either)
https://hola.org/
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bouncedk: Just install this in your browser and you will see the real price (and not be ripped off either)
https://hola.org/
Just tested with that addon.
UK price normally shows £29.99 (for me at least..)
Using addon through US £23.86 (converted, obviously ;) )
Quick count on all twelve fingers, seems about right now our tax is 20%. (although currency charges by banks add to this)

Hmm, no wonder we all want the good old GOG prices returned.
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bouncedk: Just install this in your browser and you will see the real price (and not be ripped off either)
https://hola.org/
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fishbaits: Just tested with that addon.
UK price normally shows £29.99 (for me at least..)
Using addon through US £23.86 (converted, obviously ;) )
Quick count on all twelve fingers, seems about right now our tax is 20%. (although currency charges by banks add to this)

Hmm, no wonder we all want the good old GOG prices returned.
Hello,

I found the price is an issue only with this game (or at least this one I have found so far). Other titles still have universal prices.

I guess they have some difference in the terms with AOW3, compared with the other titles.

This is obviously the VAT tax which revolves around 20% in Europe. And to your note - this 20% add up does not end in Triumph Studios as they pay it to the responding country.

Steam does that all the time. Europeans, almost all of the time, pay 20% more in Steam (as well as other similar virtual stores).

Actually, it is probably to synchronize the prices with Steam, as they are the same there.

edit: after some quick calculations, it seems more than 20% (40 us and 40 eur). But again, Steam does that all the time. Not that I approve of...

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the price confusion is probably due to a bug of the script as it does not take the end price, but takes the US one (which does not have VAT to it)

edit2: they have fixed the script
Post edited March 02, 2014 by Arcador