Mtg Shandalar Game
Product Information. The world of Shandalar has been gripped by evil. Five wizards are gathering energy in the land, each trying to amass enough power to cast the Spell of Dominion, granting the caster immortality and dominion over the entire plane.
Into this fray a wandering, amateur spellcaster is thrust, given the task of thwarting the nefarious plans of the five wizards. This is the storyline behind the strategy game portion of Magic: The Gathering, the PC adaptation of the wildly popular card game. Players collect decks of virtual 'cards' which allow them to cast spells and defend against the spells of others. In a standard game of Magic, each combatant begins with 20 life points, and the first one that is reduced to zero is the loser. In the PC game, the player can either duel one-on-one against a computer-controlled opponent, or he can venture into the adventure world of Shandalar and duel against monsters that each possess a deck tailored to its personality.
In addition to 400 cards drawn from various Magic card sets, the PC version of Magic: The Gathering also comes with 12 new cards from the Astral Set, designed exclusively for use in the game. Various other utilities are included, such as a multimedia tutorial designed for the Magic beginner, as well as a deck builder utility which aids the player in constructing card decks. Great game, but you need Windows 95 or 98. My family and I have been playing Magic the Gathering card game since 1995.
We still play to this day, it has been over 20 years and we still bust out the decks and jam Magic. You will have to have an older version of Windows to play it or use a 'Virtual Machine' with an older version of windows, but if you like Magic The Gathering card game, this is a must have. The game represents real game play. The AI does make mistakes from time to time, but generally, it is a worthy opponent. You can build your own decks and then use them against specific opponents or specific decks. You can do three types of game play. Duel, Sealed Deck or Shandalar.
The duel lets you pick a specific deck and duel anywhere from one to a dozen opponents. The Sealed Deck allows you to build a deck from a sealed d eck box and sealed booster packs.
You then go up against other opponents that have done the same. In Shandalar you go from town to town dueling opponents that are wondering around the country side. You can buy and sell cards you acquire and you can alter your deck. You can have up to three dual decks that you can change before a dual.
There are two expansions for this game. Spells of the Ancients and Dual of The Planes Walkers. Both of the expansions are excellent. They provide you with new cards and new mechanics. The additional disks are not stand alone and you have to have this first disk.
There are hundreds of hours of game play, because you can always go for sealed deck or Shandalar. You can play the game by trying to build a specific deck, beat the game and then try again, trying to build a different deck. We keep an old Windows 98SE computer around just so we can play these games. You can't always find an opponent to play Magic with, so this is an excellent alternative.
If you like the card game Magic The Gathering, you will definitely like this game.
Mtg Shandalar Game Windows 10
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I had heard people occasionally mention that it was such a unique and enjoyable experience that captured the spirit of the early direction of the game perfectly. Obviously I was extremely skeptical that a game designed nearly 20 years ago could ever succeed in capturing any of the game's spirit. Boy was I ever wrong. I was shocked by how interesting the gameplay could be. The ingame graphics remind me of Diablo 1 and the UX for duels is arguably better than MTGOv4.
It's heavy on deckbuilding and the cards are so old it feels like a totally different game than what we play nowadays, all while feeling very familiar. There are lots of rules that aren't all made clear in the game itself, but a little googling or using Gamefaqs gives you all the help you might need.
That said, it's probably more enjoyable to pretend those resources don't exist and try to figure things out on your own. In the game you choose a difficulty (which controls the quality of your opponent's decks and AI initially, and a few other variables) and are dropped into a top-down world to explore. You move at different rates on different terrain (based on the five basic lands) and can visit different towns and villages for food (you have to have food or you die, you constantly use food as you travel), to buy/sell/trade cards, accept quests, edit your deck, or talk to locals. On the world map, monsters will occasionally appear and try to chase you, if they catch you, you may get some options to begin a duel, bribe them to not attack you, or answer a trivia question about cards to defeat them (In the 21st century, this is laughably easy thanks to Gatherer). If you duel, you will each ante card(s), so you can amass a collection quickly if your win% is good. Completing quests can let you purchase specific types of cards from specific cities in exchange for medals won by completing quests.
For example, you may find a city that lets you trade three red medals for any land, letting you casually grab your playset of alpha duals. It brings me back to the nostalgia of my early days playing magic, having limited resources outside the game as a broke high school kid, trading for cards, learning the 'rules' (in this case more learning about the quest system/mana 'taps' in the game, unusual ingame deckbuilding rules and dungeon scenarios, etc.) There's good decks to be built on a budget, and the draw of rarer cards for doing quests, restricted cards for finishing dungeons, and the constant tension of the ante system make the game persistently exciting.
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I love being able to save/load though in case I lose a duel where I've ante'd a Mox or Library of Alexandria or something. A huge number of scenarios can teach you a lot about how to play in different situations. In most duels your life totals will start somewhat 'randomly'. There are ways to boost your starting life, but it usually will be around 10, while your opponents could be as low as 4 or as high as 25. Learning to play the 'game' your dealt as well as the hand is a real challenge, especially when you have weird conditions like artifacts/enchants/creatures already starting in play.
For example, one game my opponent got to start at a much higher life than me with a Ankh of Mishra in play, I had to grind out a win with Library of Alexandria and Ivory Tower. Weird scenarios create more interesting strategic decisions, even with the sometimes horrible AI. Right now I just beat the first mage in my first save game. I started as a red mage and quickly built a deadly 30-card red deck with 1-drop creatures (Goblin Balloon Brigade, Mon's Goblin Raiders) and Giant Strength (RR Enchant Creature +2/+2) and burn/removal to win matches quickly. Now I'm working towards building a replica of 'The Deck'. The fact that you can play with Moxes, Lotus, Time Walk, Ancestral Recall, Library of Alexandria, Regrowth, et al, is a big draw for me. Never having seen the power of these cards before and getting a chance to see them in action in person was a real joy.
The two drawback I have with the game is that the AI is occasionally incredibly, hilariously poor, especially in early matches before the game begins to 'turn up' its play quality as you get stronger. I'm guessing there is some kind of skill system in play that monitors your development/win rate and adjust opponent quality and deck power to compensate. Also, you'll occasioanlly go up against decks that just wall you completely and since the duels are all BO1, even the bosses, there's no sideboarding to allow you to adjust. Furthermore, the game was made before the invention of the 'Paris Mulligan' so mulligan rules are pretty terrible (you can only do it if you draw no land whatsoever, and then your opponent gets an option for a 'free' mulligan to 7 if you take it). The spike in me appreciates both these aspects of playing solid magic, so the fact that they are lacking is a bit disappointing. There's a fair amount of replay value here, too, I imagine.
Mtg Shandalar Game
Each time you restart the world is totally randomized and there are different difficulty levels, even though as a player good enough to Top 8 a SCG IQ, I have yet to beat the game on the 'easy' setting even after probably 20+ hours of gameplay. There's a lot to keep you playing though, between restricted cards and new items outside the duels. Supposedly once you beat the game, you can even get an item to completely eliminate deck restrictions entirely so you could, in theory, build the old 20 Lotus, 20 Fireball, 20 Channel deck, or the classic 20 Lotus, 20 Lightning Bolt, 20 Ancestral Recall deck, assuming you could play enough to acquire all those insanely rare restricted cards. In short, give it a shot! This game is super fun and offers a lot of diverse play experiences for the low, low price of free. It's like an opportunity to re-experience (or maybe, experience for the first time) the sensation and feel of the game in its early days. So far, I love it to pieces, and just wish I had more time to play!