Masters of Magic is one of the strategy classics out there, dating back to 1994, and having also been described as a fantasy version of Civ. The wargaming publisher Slitherine is working on a remake of it, to be released this year. The game seems to include a hex-based overview map, turn-based combat, city management and spell research. In their latest dev diary, Slitherine has announced that they are looking for beta-testers. If you are curious about this game, you can sign up here for the beta-test.
I personally think this is definitely one of the games to watch for this year. I guess also @Blake00 might be very interested ^^.
I might check this out. I played a bit of MOM back in the day. And was a big fan of Lords of Magic, even though it had many flaws. And its a gem thats crying out for a bit of love.
Oh indeed I am mate! The beta test application is all the talk over in the Master of Magic fan groups I run and especially the official MoM groups too! This reminds me.. I actually had a Master of Magic Remake thread over in the CFC other Civ related games forum which I haven't updated for a while with the latest dev diaries! But I'll stick them here too for anyone interested in seeing all the previous 8 dev diary updates! Eight dev diary http://muhagames.com/master-of-magic-dev-diary-8-february-2022/ Seventh dev diary http://muhagames.com/master-of-magic-dev-diary-7-january-2022/ Sixth dev diary http://muhagames.com/mom-dev-diary-6-december-2021/ Fifth dev diary http://muhagames.com/dev-diary-5-november-2021/ Fourth dev diary http://muhagames.com/mom-dev-diary-4-october-2021/ Third dev diary https://muhagames.com/mom-dev-diary-3-september-2021/ Second dev diary http://muhagames.com/mom-dev-diary-2-august-2021/ First dev diary http://muhagames.com/dev-diary-1-june-2021/
Tenth MuHa dev diary for the official Master of Magic remake is here. This one contains a nice dev team Q&A based on questions the community sent in. We also get to see the updated city screen which those with a keen eye will notice little citizens going about their business (with animation according to the interview). The games extreme modability allowing fans to redesign MoM in their own way is mentioned a few times too. http://muhagames.com/dev-diary-10-april-2022/
Just been thrown an inside tip on something very cool coming, as many of us MoM fans have have been asking for this. On this Tuesday 10/05/2022 3pm CEST (GMT+2) Slitherine will be live streaming their latest 'Home of Wargamers' event from Venice on their Twitch channel, and what makes this one extra special is that they will be kicking it off by showing live gameplay video footage of the official Master of Magic remake for the first time! Instead of screenshots we're finally going to see this thing in action! https://www.slitherine.com/news/home-of-wargamers-2022-schedule-announcement #HOWlive2022 seems to be the hash they're using.
For those that missed the Slitherine event last Tuesday and don't want to sift through the whole stream here's just the Master of Magic Remake gameplay video part:
