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The chronicle of the Third Era is yours to write!

Age of Wonders III, 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 III - Deluxe Edition, featuring a full soundtrack and the Dragon's Throne standalone scenario, is available for $44.99, £34.99, or €39.99.

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 III, 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 title can become the only turn-based strategy game you'll need for many years to come!

Get Age of Wonders III, 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 III - Deluxe Edition), and enter the fantastic realm of power and dominion, which will consume you whole.

NOTICE: We've made sure that the price difference is by large covered by the extra gift codes you'll receive, so here's our Fair Price Package offer :
+ The Fair Price Package for our UK customers affected by local prices is one $9.99 code for anyone who buys the Standard Edition, and two $5.99 codes for the Deluxe Edition.
+ For other European customers affected by local prices the Fair Price Package for Standard Edition is now $9.99 code and one $5.99 code, and for the Deluxe Edition it's three $5.99 codes.
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jamsatle: Is a Triumph account required for the current (and future) DLC as appears to be the case for the Steam version?
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Gaunathor: No, it isn't. I'm using a guest account and can play the DLC scenarios just fine. As stated on the GOG storepage, the Triumph account is only required for online multiplayer.
What about saving settings?
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mrkgnao: What about saving settings?
That doesn't seem to work right. I've set the game-language to English originally, but when I start it again it's back to German.
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Gaunathor: No, it isn't. I'm using a guest account and can play the DLC scenarios just fine. As stated on the GOG storepage, the Triumph account is only required for online multiplayer.
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mrkgnao: What about saving settings?
That's a bug at the minute. Even with an account it's not exactly perfect.
Why should one even need any account to play DLCs in single player mode? Doesn't really make sense.
Post edited April 03, 2014 by Trilarion
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Trilarion: Why should one even need any account to play DLCs in single player mode? Doesn't really make sense.
You don't...
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Trilarion: Why should one even need any account to play DLCs in single player mode? Doesn't really make sense.
If you had read the posts above it has been said you don't need it, only for MP :)
Seems a bit silly to have to play as "a guest" in my own game just because I don't want to register a Triumph account.

It's like they've gone full EA! Didn't they do something similar for DA:O and ME? Been a while now but I seem to recall I needed an EA account (or maybe that was "just" to activate DLC?).
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jamsatle: Seems a bit silly to have to play as "a guest" in my own game just because I don't want to register a Triumph account.

It's like they've gone full EA! Didn't they do something similar for DA:O and ME? Been a while now but I seem to recall I needed an EA account (or maybe that was "just" to activate DLC?).
Hmm I bought this but haven't played it yet. That sounds crazy. The game should default as offline and you go online at will not have to Opt out as Guest.
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jamsatle: Seems a bit silly to have to play as "a guest" in my own game just because I don't want to register a Triumph account. ...
That's exactly what I meant with my post 5 posts ago, only you said it better.

Even a guest account which is needed doesn't really make sense for single player.
Previously I wondered if I would be able to resist buying AoW3 before the game got patched up. I guess now I have the answer -- not only are there some "normal" bugs in the game, but the ability to save settings is currently stuck behind DRM and I have no guarantee that PBEM if/when it's added will be DRM-free, so wait I shall.

Use of "guest" (rather than something like "play offline") will also be a perpetual reminder that Triumph either considers people like me to be 2nd class citizens or doesn't really give much consideration to us at all.
I'm actually really loving it so far, giving me the AOW1 vibes.
Yea.
In my game the AI invaded one of my towns with 3 stacks, almost 2 of those stacks nearly full with Tier IV Manticore units. Took all my heroes and a mixed army of Tier 2-4 to defend and I nearly lost.
Post edited April 04, 2014 by cw8
I wonder why ratings and reviews of standard and deluxe versions are separated? Combining them would be reasonable.
TB loves it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJdvh0iOD7g

Upcoming patch:
http://ageofwonders.com/forums/topic/v1-08-beta-patch-test-branch-for-steam-users/

Great changes overall especially this for me:
• Campaign: Heroes being mind controlled no longer causes you to instantly lose a campaign map if you rescue them by the end of combat.

I've restarted nearly 5 battles because my heroes got mind controlled by Succubus causing an instant failure of state hah.
The € price mentioned in the article above is wrong - its 44.99€ not 39.99€