Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

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After hours of hard travel through the wastelands you come to a large crash site. A massive airship lies shattered on the ground, the corpses of many people are lying around the craft. Near one of the victims you find a small cardboard box with the letters ‘Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura’ written on it. You pick it up and continue your travels through the wastelands...


	Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a computer role playing game created by Troika Games and published by Sierra Studios.

The world of Arcanum is a Tolkienesque fantasy world that has recently experienced an industrial revolution. We have tried to give it the feel and look of the late 1800's Europe, mixed with the remnants of the "Old (fantasy) World". Technology and magic have reached an unstable equilibrium, with technology being on the rise in the last 70 years, and magic being in decline from its once penultimate position in the world. Being a true fantasy world, Arcanum is populated with elves, orcs, humans, dwarves, ogres, gnomes and halflings. However, with the advent of technology, the races' roles in society have radically changed, bringing additional tension to the world.

Our story finds the player on vacation when he is thrust into the position of being responsible for the fate of the world (of course). Our story, like the world of Arcanum, hinges on the uneasy dichotomy of magic and technology. (Description taken from the Official Arcanum FAQ)


	©1999, 2000, Sierra On-Line, Inc. All rights reserved. Arcanum is a registered trademark and Sierra and Sierra Studios are trademarks of Sierra On-Line, Inc.


	The background music on this page is from the game “Worlds of Ultima - Martian Dreams” (c) Origin Systems Inc.


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