Spectromancer now available on Steam

by Chris Reaper - March 11, 2009

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All you Magic: The Gathering fans may just have a new card game to try out now. The turn-based fantasy card game Spectromancer has now been released on Steam! Read below for the official announcement from Three Donkeys, and full details of the game.

Three Donkeys announced today that Spectromancer, a new turn-based online fantasy card game co-designed by Magic: The Gathering’s Richard Garfield and Alexey Stankevich, is now available at Steam for $9.95 (http://store.steampowered.com). Three Donkeys also announced that it is working on an expansion pack for Spectromancer, with an anticipated release date of April 2009. Spectromancer allows players to participate in a magical duel against other mages by strategically summoning creatures and casting spells in either single-player or online multi-player modes.

In Spectromancer, gamers can play as one of six powerful types of wizards and take on the corrupt council of magic and its innumerable minions. Each mage uses five magical elements during a duel – Fire, Water, Air, Earth and a fifth related to the specific mage type. Using one of six mage types in the game, Clerics, Mechanicians, Necromancers, Chaosmasters, Dominators and Illusionists, players duel against the computer or against other online players live. By adding new spells and new allies, players will open new strategic options to master.

The turn-based online fantasy card game provides a varied palette of foes and environments that force players to watch every turn of a card. Each player takes on a journey of discovery reflected in the tricks they master. The challenges increase in multi-player, as Spectromancer pits players against hundreds of challenges of amazing tactical depth.