In this game, you play a wizard who is out to defeat 4 other powerful wizards either by building a bigger army or casting the spell of mastery before they do. The graphics are old 2d mostly with some 3d fighting, but this game has the greatest replay value of any game that I have played because it randomizes the map that is created EVERYTIME. You can customize your wizard as well giving life magic to a normally death magic wizard for example or pick from list of notations for 2 books of magic to let you start out with powerful spells, let you get more magic from nodes, or let your troops get to super elite status. If you like Warcraft II and Starcraft, this game is very similar. You have resources gold(from taxes), food (from the map), and Mana(from the node you meld to and temples you build) to collect and use to build an army to use to attack the other wizards. Each building that you build has a purpose for training special troops, giving you more food, or more gold. I have played this game thousands of times and it is fun each time. I purchase the game when it first came out and I re-purchase the update of the game with it when to CD when they added a hall of fame for the top 10 scores when the game ends. I love the game that much.