Age of Wonders 4 Standard Edition

Age of Wonders 4 is Triumph Studios' fantasy 4X, and its central idea is that you build the civilisation rather than pick one from a list. You choose a body form, a culture, society traits and a magic tome path, and the result is a faction nobody else will be playing — high elf necromancers or feudal ratfolk both work. On the strategic map you settle cities, claim resources and manage a realm; in combat you drop into a separate tactical battlefield where terrain, unit facing and spell timing matter more than raw numbers. Tomes unlock through the game and transform your units as you go, so an army late in a run looks nothing like it did at the start. Single-player against AI or multiplayer, with a large map generator and a story realm campaign. The Standard Edition is the full 4X: the faction creator with all body forms, cultures and society traits, the tome-based magic progression, the strategic map and the separate tactical battlefield, the story realms and full multiplayer. Every expansion and content pack is sold separately at this tier.