GENRE: Free to play MMORPG CCG PLATFORM: Windows or Mac DEVELOPER: Kingsisle Entertainment OVERVIEW A free to play MMORPG meets Card Collecting Game, is a traditional quest driven MMORPG where players take on the role of the protagonist of the story, acquiring XP and levelling up as they learn new spells to battle even stronger enemies. The combat element focuses on a CCG style mechanic with turn based combat and players will earn more spells to build out their decks as they level up. The game is very family friendly and appropriate for younger audiences, with chat and word filters and pre-generated name options to make a safe atmosphere for young players. KEY FEATURES - 7 Schools of Magic - Story-driven questing in a 3D third person world - PVE solo or coop with other players - PVP Arena - Acquire, win and craft spells for a combat deck - Mana replenishing mini-games - Free to play LORE As a new student to the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts, the last thing you expected on your first day is to do battle against Malistaire Drake the removed former teacher of Death magic that has returned to the school as part of his own sinister plan. Tasked by head teacher Merle Ambrose to practice your chosen magical arts, you must start preparing to face Malistaire and his undead minions as he raises them across the entire world of The Spiral.

GAMEPLAY Overall the game is an MMORPG with players able to control their character and guide them through a third person perspective 3D environment, moving from place to place, fighting enemies and talking with NPCs. When combat is initiated it becomes a card based battle with players drawing spells from a deck of pre-built cards; the combat is not confined to an instance (as many CCG games are) and instead happens in the open world with other player not only able to see what is happening, but also jump into the battle themselves and assist the player without even needing to be in the same group as them. SCHOOLS OF MAGIC When a player initially creates their character they can perform a questionnaire to see which school of magic suits them best, or choose from the list of available ones. There are seven available magic schools to choose from: Storm, Fire, Ice, Myth, Balance, Death and Life, each one having various unique spell cards and adopting a different style of play that will suit different players. Those learning the Death magic school must focus on building up various spells that don’t take full effect until they combine over multiple turn and make it an advance school, whereas the Storm school focusing on dealing high amount of damage and early on low level Storm students will be very powerful and can greatly damage their opponent, but they also suffer by having the lowest health pool. COMBAT SYSTEM Like many card collecting games the combat in Wizard101 focuses on a turn based system where all combatants have a chance to draw one card each turn; cards are drawn from the players hand of known spells that they have unlocked through levelling up, winning spells, acquiring them as loot and even crafting them. Ti-89 graphing calculator emulator for mac.