I'm not really sure how I picked Master of Magic over so many other games, but I'm really glad I did. I never played this game back when it came out, so I came into this as a new player in 2011, and I have to say MoM really stands the test of time. One of the biggest problems I usually encounter playing these older games is the UI or general rules are archaic or hard to learn for a new player, but MoM is really easy to pick up and play. I actually played through an entire game, which is almost unheard of for me nowadays with my time constraints, so I highly recommend MoM :)