I bought "Age of Wonders" when it first came out.  The game, in my opinion, is the best computer fantasy war game that has ever been made.  With the option of twelve different races and seven different spheres of magic, there is definitely plenty of diversity and replay value in this game.  The spell effects are charming, and the musical score is beautiful.  The single player campaign has a great story line, and the multi-player aspect of the single scenarios is well developed.  Heroes are very customizable, and if you so choose, you can actually have a hero represent you on the playing field as well (though if you die, you lose).  There is only one thing that I would change about the game and that is some of the unit icons; to be honest, the artwork on some of the icons is a little lacking like they were rushing to get this product out the gates.  All in all, "Age of Wonders" is an awesome game, and I am definitely looking forward to "Age of Wonders 2".