User Rating: 8.8 | Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic PC
This is a first rate fantasy turn based strategy game featuring addicting game play, attractive graphics, and lots of units. This is an expansion of Age of Wonders II which already is a fun strategy game. The expansion adds significant game play and includes the original AOW2, so it is not necessary to own AOW2 to play this. It added several new races, many more units, improved balance between the races, and added the Shadow Land. The Shadow Land is another level on which your exploits can take place. In the Shadow Land, units move considerably faster, but also suffer from Shadow Sickness unless protected from it through innate abilities or magic. As for the new races, a lot of depth was created with the new additions. I have personally had a lot of fun playing the nomad troops. AOW2:SM includes a new campaign which is much more engaging than the one included in AOW2. It involves uniting the world against the onslaught of the Shadow Demons. You prevent the demons from consuming the world through several scenarios with the various races. AOW2:SM offers the same addictive, “one more turn”, style of the previous games and is an excellent expansion on all accounts. If you are a fan of turn based strategy, in particular fantasy strategy, it is not a game you can do without. 
