to impossible. They can summon a Hydra as their special creature. They also benefit, and sometimes suffer, from a chance-based magic system. Their spells can either do great harm to their enemies, or themselves. Development Lords of Magic was developed by Impressions Games for Microsoft Windows and released by Sierra Entertainment in December 1997. Legends of Urak expansion Legends of Urak expansion pack was released in 1998. It was included in the Special Edition of the game. The expansion revolves around various fables and stories. Earth, Fire, and Death each have a unique quest while Order has two quests. The Earth quest is based on the epic poem Beowulf but involves many original battles and adventures Beowulf partakes in. The Fire quest revolves around a fire sorceress named Crispin who seeks out and slays a colossal ice drake in order to return the flow of lava to the fire capital. The Death adventure focuses on the necromancer's ability to raise the dead and employ them in battle. The adventure ends either by defeating a lich in battle and retrieving his staff for the death lord, or by keeping the staff, taking control of the death capitol and defeating the eldren queen. The first Order adventure is loosely based on the legends of Merlin and King Arthur and ends with the retrieval of the Holy Grail and death of Mordred. The second Order adventure is only activated by clicking in the center of the circle of life in the quests menu and has a unique lord named Sigfried who transforms as the game progresses. He saves the valkyrie Brunhilde and defeats Attila the Hun. Legacy To run on most modern operating systems adjust the screen resolution to 800 X 600. Current known highest playable resolution is 1360 X 768. After the end of the official support with patch 3.01 for the Special Edition, the game's community tried to take over the support and created own fan patches to address remaining issues and enhance compatibility. Reception Lords of Magic Lords of Magic received average reviews. Special Edition The Special Edition received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. References External links Official website via Internet Archive 1997 video games 4X video games Fantasy video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Sierra Entertainment games Turn-based strategy video games Video games based on Arthurian legend Video games based on Norse mythology Video