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{{Game
|completion=3
|image=Dom3BoxArt.jpg
|title=Dominions 3: The Awakening
|title=Dominions 3: The Awakening
|image=Dom3BoxArt.jpg
|developer=[[Illwinter]]
|developer=[[Illwinter]]
|publisher=[[Shrapnel Games]]
|publisher=[[Shrapnel Games]]
|year=2006
|systems={{syslist|win|macos|linux}}
|genre=[[Turn-based strategy]]
|genre=[[Turn-based strategy]]
|systems=[[Windows]], [[Mac OS]], [[Linux]]
|released={{us|2006|September 29}}
|players=1-21
|players=1-21
|modes=[[Multiplayer]], [[Single player]]
|preceded by=[[Dominions II: The Ascension Wars]]
|preceded by=[[Dominions II: The Ascension Wars]]
|followed by=[[Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension]]
|series=Dominions
|series=Dominions
|website=[http://www.illwinter.com Developer's official site]<br />[http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/DOM3/DOM3_page.html Publisher's official site]
|website=http://www.illwinter.com/dom3/index.html
|pcgamingwiki=Dominions 3: The Awakening
}}
}}
'''Dominions 3: The Awakening''' is a fantasy [[turn-based strategy]] game with a strategic planning phase and automated tactical combat. Dominions 3 is designed for [[/Multiplayer|multiplayer]] through PBEM, hotseat, or TCP/IP but also provides AI opponents for solo or cooperative play. The game provides both scenarios and randomized maps, though it does not include a campaign.
'''Dominions 3: The Awakening''' is a fantasy [[turn-based strategy]] game released in [[2006]] developed by [[Illwinter]] and published by [[Shrapnel Games]].
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==Story==
After the wars of the Pretenders, men who sought to be gods, the Pantokrator ascended to true godhood and hunted down the Pretenders, imprisoning them forever. Those that escaped his judgement hid away to bide their time. Now a new age has dawned. The Pantokrator is gone, and the surviving Pretenders have retuned to once more battle for ascension. However, they are not alone. Once banished and trapped in a deep slumber, the ancient ones put away by the Pantokrator have awoken from their long sleep.
==Plot==
==Gameplay==
After the wars of the Pretenders, men who sought to be gods, the Pantokrator ascended to true godhood and hunted down the Pretenders, imprisoning them forever. Those that escaped his judgement hid away to bide their time. Now a new age has dawned. The Pantokrator is gone, and the surviving Pretenders have retuned to once more battle for ascension. However, they are not alone. Once banished and trapped in a deep slumber, the ancient ones put away by the Pantokrator have awoken from their long sleep.
Dominions 3 has a strategic planning phase and automated tactical combat. It is designed for [[/Multiplayer|multiplayer]] through PBEM, hotseat, or TCP/IP but also provides AI opponents for solo or cooperative play. The game provides both scenarios and randomized maps, though it does not include a campaign.
After the wars of the Pretenders, men who sought to be gods, the Pantokrator ascended to true godhood and hunted down the Pretenders, imprisoning them forever. Those that escaped his judgement hid away to bide their time. Now a new age has dawned. The Pantokrator is gone, and the surviving Pretenders have retuned to once more battle for ascension. However, they are not alone. Once banished and trapped in a deep slumber, the ancient ones put away by the Pantokrator have awoken from their long sleep.
Dominions 3 has a strategic planning phase and automated tactical combat. It is designed for multiplayer through PBEM, hotseat, or TCP/IP but also provides AI opponents for solo or cooperative play. The game provides both scenarios and randomized maps, though it does not include a campaign.
