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Conquest of Elysium 3 is an old school turn based fantasy strategy game. You start by choosing one of 17 different characters, e.g. Necromancer, Demonologist, Dwarf Queen, Troll King or maybe a High Priestess of Ba'al. The different character classes vary wildly in what special abilities they have and what parts of the world they should focus on conquering. E.g. the Demonologist needs sacrifices that you gain from towns and villages, but the Druid want special herbs that are found in forests. But of course gold is always good to have, so all classes can make use of a gold or silver mine, but only the Enchanter can make a Gold Golem out of it.

The Witch can use fungus to summon a Catoblepas whose gaze can annihilate an entire row of enemies per turn. The Demonologist can summon powerful demon lords, but only if he is brave because the likelihood of a demon lord attacking his summoner is quite high. The Warlock can summon an immortal Phoenix. The Phoenix explodes when it dies and then swiftly reforms in the home citadel of its owner. In short the main thing about this game is the amount of features and special abilities that can be used.

Instead of filling out this web page with text about how to play, I will recommend these links to find out more about the game. These articles and videos are probably much better than what I would have written on this web page anyway.

Videos and Articles about Conquest of Elysium 3

Indie test drive of Conquest of Elysium 3 on Paul's you tube channel.
Paul continues playing the necromancer from the video above. Still on Paul's you tube channel.
Tom Chick's article on Quarter to Three called give the necromancers a hand.
Tom Chick's article on Quarter to Three called sex, dwarves, and diamonds
Tom Chick's article on Quarter to Three called the blind leading the blind
Tom Chick's article on Quarter to Three called Ia! Ia! Lightning bolt ftaghn!

Buying and Forum

The game can be bought from Desura by clicking on the link right above. If you want to discuss the game or if you have any questions, you are welcome to use the CoE3 Forum on Desura.

Screenshots and Feature List

Take a look at some screenshots by going to the Desura page, where you can also buy the game.

Here is a list of some features that are available in CoE 3.
* Many monsters and many special abilities. Some examples right below.
* Assassins that make an assassination attack before combat starts.
* Catapults and Hill Giants that can throw boulders during sieges.
* Immortal Liches and Vampires.
* Catoblepas capable of killing ranks at a time with his deadly gaze.
* Regenerating trolls rise from the dead if they haven't been killed too badly or their side lost.
* And many many more monsters....
* New weapon system, attacks are divided into pierce, slash or blunt damage (magic attacks have other types too). Skeletons are difficult to injure with piercing weapons and you should preferably use slashing weapons against treemen, etc.
* Hotseat and network support for multiplayer games.
* Random maps.
* Random events.
* 17 different classes to choose from. And they are quite different from each other, both in what resources they need and what kind of rituals or special abilities they have.
* Spell system with currently 42 magic paths.
* Magic items.
* Permanent battle afflictions.
* Horrors.
* Stealth and invisibility. Scouts needed to detect stealthy troops, something better (a star spawn or a beast bat will work) needed to detect the invisible ones. There are shape changers too.

System Requirements

The game can be played on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX and does not require a very new computer. A 5 year old computer should be able to run this game without breaking a sweat. About 100 MB hard drive space is needed and your computer needs at least 256 MB ram.

Windows:
Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Linux:
Both 32 and 64 bit builds of CoE3 are provided
OpenGL capable graphics card required

Mac OSX:
OSX 10.1 or later
Both powerpc and intel CPUs are supported


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