Chaos Reborn

Released: Oct 26, 2015
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 14:58 GMT

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01 Dec 2020Developer post
Blast from the Past Chaos Reborn Stream
As Phoenix Point Year One Edition nears its Steam release this Thursday, we wanted to go back in time to our first release, Chaos Reborn, that started it all! Enjoy some classic gameplay with our friend, MattyRasker, as we re-visit our favorite wizards and get hyped for Phoenix P
17 Sep 2020Developer post
Phoenix Point: Year One Edition Coming to Steam December 10th
Welcome to Phoenix Point, the new strategy game from the creator of Chaos Reborn and the original X-COM series. Featuring turn-based tactics and world based strategy, Phoenix Point places you as a leader in the fight against a terrifying, alien menace that mutates in response to
https://store.steampowered.com/app/839770/Phoenix_Point_Year_One_Edition/
Welcome to Phoenix Point, the new strategy game from the creator of Chaos Reborn and the original X-COM series. Featuring turn-based tactics and world based strategy, Phoenix Point places you as a leader in the fight against a terrifying, alien menace that mutates in response to your actions. To keep up, you will need to build bases around the globe, research new and powerful technologies, and forge diplomatic bonds with other havens to ensure the survival of the species in a race against time.
With Year One Edition, you can play the most complete Phoenix Point experience yet, which includes:

The Phoenix Point base game
Living Weapons Pack
Blood and Titanium DLC #1
Legacy of the Ancients DLC #2
Official Phoenix Point Soundtrack
Digital Art Book
The Compendium
Digital Game Manual
Desktop Wallpapers
Called "absolutely electric" by PC Gamer, Phoenix Point's in-depth strategy gameplay combines tactical decision making with visceral, first-person aiming across a variety of procedural, destructible maps. Designed by the creator of X-COM, Julian Gollop, Phoenix Point: Year One Edition includes all content released so far, all updates, quality-of-life improvements, and community-driven tweaks and fixes.
Phoenix Point: Year One Edition releases on Steam on December 10, 2020 for PC and Mac.
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Original post
17 Dec 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Have You Played Chaos Reborn?
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. There s always a gamble with Julian Gollop. Whenever I ve been lucky enough to meet the designer behind the original X-Com, I ve felt like the student to a mild-mannered teac
07 Apr 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
X-Com spiritual successor Phoenix Point is doing $100k per month in pre-orders
Snapshot Games, lead by David Kaye and X-Com creator Julian Gollop, is a runaway success. Or at least I would think $100k a month in pledges would give a game studio some breathing room. But Snapshot isn’t sleeping at night. The prevalence of cheap games and promotional bundles h
23 Dec 2017Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.13.2 Update, Dec 15th 2017
This update adds Brazilian Portuguese localization, and some bugfixes. We're continuing to work on new content for the game, but have nothing major to release yet. Changes ======= New: Game is now translated into Brazilian Portuguese. Added Discord web link button to profile scre
23 Dec 2017Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.13.2 Update, Dec 15th 2017
This update adds Brazilian Portuguese localization, and some bugfixes. We're continuing to work on new content for the game, but have nothing major to release yet. Changes ======= New: Game is now translated into Brazilian Portuguese. Added Discord web link button to profile scre
23 Aug 2017Developer post
Chaos Reborn Across the Globe
In the latest update to Chaos Reborn, we have localized all game text into Russian, Simplified Chinese and European Portuguese. We can now reach a wider audience than ever before. We would like to offer a special big thank you to our community translation team for volunteering th
In the latest update to Chaos Reborn, we have localized all game text into Russian, Simplified Chinese and European Portuguese. We can now reach a wider audience than ever before. We would like to offer a special big thank you to our community translation team for volunteering their time.
Some other new features added in this update:
Guilds. Players with the demigod rank and above are now able to create guilds for ranked play. The success (or failure) of members of the guild affect the guild ranking. This is available in both duel and league play. All players can join guilds.
Custom Games. Demigod level players and above can create custom games with new rules and restrictions, special win-conditions and use optional procedurally generated maps. All players can participate in these matches.
In addition, weekly duel rankings have now been added for all players.
Chaos Reborn v1.13 - Guilds, custom rulesets, and localization.
This version sees the introduction of guilds, some new custom games options, and localization into Simplified Chinese, Russian and European Portuguese.
New features and major changes:

Demigods can now create guilds and invite players at any level to join them. Swear your eternal loyalty at http://www.forum.chaos-reborn.com/viewforum.php?f=14 or say hello in-game.
Duels now have a weekly ranking system, and the top 10 players with a rating of over 10 will get a medal.
Guilds can compete against each other in the weekly duels league, and in the existing monthly league system. Guilds will need to win enough stars to achieve "archguild" status before they appear in the monthly league table.
Demigods can now create new live games, which anyone can join, with custom per-player rules and victory conditions (e.g., "No Chaos Spells", "Kill enemy wizard with sword").
The game is now fully translated into Simplified Chinese, Russian and European Portuguese.
Chaos Reborn has a discord server: https://discordapp.com/invite/9EtqbdK
Full Patch Notes
Major Changes:
==============

All game-text is now localized into Simplified Chinese, Russian and European Portuguese.
Demigods can form guilds; these are ranked in both duel and league play.
Demigods can create a new type of live custom game, with new rules and restrictions and optional procedural maps, which anyone can participate in.
Weekly duel rankings have been added for all players.
Minor Changes:
==============

"Bellivent" talisman description clarified (no protection from Paralyse, Air Interception or Magic Bolt).
Bellivent talisman added to random AI loadout options.
You can now opt out of having an AI opponent assigned in duels.
New: Illusion/Real status is not shown in creature tooltip anymore for offline hot-seat games.
"Talismans" button on equipping screen now also displays the total number of available talismans.
Procedurally generated maps are available for custom games (1-4 players only).
New: "Preferences" option to display classic (instead of custom visuals) gear in classic games.
Duels now show mana-per-turn for AI (because AI gets more mana per turn depending on duel level).
Only online friends are shown in the realm "invite ally" list.
Talisman activation cost is now shown in the same way as picking up a mana sprite shows mana gained.
Players are now forced to choose between law and chaos mode in the tutorial, rather than being able to hit "OK" and default to law mode.
Players are now forced to choose between law and chaos mode upon entering multiplayer mode for the first time if they have not already chosen in the tutorial. Choice sets defaults for duel mode.
Balance Changes:
==================

Cost for realm entry capped at 100.
New: Forge cost capped at 50 forge crystals.
Change: Realm construction requirements have been mostly abandoned: realms can be constructed much more freely.
Flux, Citadel, ruins upper limits removed.
"Construction point"-based checks (land requirements and buildings balance) removed. (You are still required to place at least 2 towns, 2 ruins, 6 lords, 6 encounters, and 4 villages.)
Change: Most realm outcome parameter caps have been effectively removed (gold and XP caps remain in place).
The following encounter outcome parameters will have the ranges widened to +/- 1000: Banish Spell, Reputation, Law Kudos, Chaos Kudos, Flux Mana.
Lost time will be 1-1000 days.
Gold and XP caps will remain in place.
Increased AsyncGamesSlotsPerPlayer to 101.
Bug Fixes
============

Fix: you can no longer clone dispelled creatures (AI was observed to rarely do this).
Friendly web no longer remains on the map after the subverted creature is dispelled.
Creatures created by transmutation talismans are now correctly damaged by "meteor strike".
Walled creatures are attacked by spiders instead of being webbed.
Fix: AI now recognises wizards in magic trees as a threat.
Fix: Sometimes "ghost" webs would visually remain on the battle-map for a turn after they had actually been destroyed.
Fix: In the mana-collection tutorial mission, the game was not reporting that the objective had failed when the enemy wizard collected too many of the sprites.
Fix: webs that remain on the battlefield after the controlling wizard dies can now be attacked.
Fix: Gooey blob spell card and spell-info screen now show blob stats (in the same way the tangle vine card works) rather than just range.
Fix: Medals screen no longer transposes medals for Equipped and Classic Chaos.
Fix: Switching between league and friendly match statistics now correctly updates the stats screen.
(CUI_Button_Radio_Friendly and CUI_Button_Radio_League had broken "OnValueChanged" function calls).
Fix: Law-mode retreat due to Bellivent was incorrectly reporting that a creature was taking damage.
Fix: Village totems no longer engage enemies.
Fix: A controller can now be used to skip intro movie instead of just mouse/keyboard.
Touch controls improved; twist-rotate implemented.
Fix: Spectate and Asynch games are available while waiting for a live match.
Fix: Larger zoom out available in realms editor.
Fix: Allies who surrender in realms no longer get gold/ karma/ rewards.
Original post
23 Aug 2017Developer post
Chaos Reborn Across the Globe
In the latest update to Chaos Reborn, we have localized all game text into Russian, Simplified Chinese and European Portuguese. We can now reach a wider audience than ever before. We would like to offer a special big thank you to our community translation team for volunteering th
In the latest update to Chaos Reborn, we have localized all game text into Russian, Simplified Chinese and European Portuguese. We can now reach a wider audience than ever before. We would like to offer a special big thank you to our community translation team for volunteering their time.
Some other new features added in this update:
Guilds. Players with the demigod rank and above are now able to create guilds for ranked play. The success (or failure) of members of the guild affect the guild ranking. This is available in both duel and league play. All players can join guilds.
Custom Games. Demigod level players and above can create custom games with new rules and restrictions, special win-conditions and use optional procedurally generated maps. All players can participate in these matches.
In addition, weekly duel rankings have now been added for all players.
Chaos Reborn v1.13 - Guilds, custom rulesets, and localization.
This version sees the introduction of guilds, some new custom games options, and localization into Simplified Chinese, Russian and European Portuguese.
New features and major changes:

Demigods can now create guilds and invite players at any level to join them. Swear your eternal loyalty at http://www.forum.chaos-reborn.com/viewforum.php?f=14 or say hello in-game.
Duels now have a weekly ranking system, and the top 10 players with a rating of over 10 will get a medal.
Guilds can compete against each other in the weekly duels league, and in the existing monthly league system. Guilds will need to win enough stars to achieve "archguild" status before they appear in the monthly league table.
Demigods can now create new live games, which anyone can join, with custom per-player rules and victory conditions (e.g., "No Chaos Spells", "Kill enemy wizard with sword").
The game is now fully translated into Simplified Chinese, Russian and European Portuguese.
Chaos Reborn has a discord server: https://discordapp.com/invite/9EtqbdK
Full Patch Notes
Major Changes:
==============

All game-text is now localized into Simplified Chinese, Russian and European Portuguese.
Demigods can form guilds; these are ranked in both duel and league play.
Demigods can create a new type of live custom game, with new rules and restrictions and optional procedural maps, which anyone can participate in.
Weekly duel rankings have been added for all players.
Minor Changes:
==============

"Bellivent" talisman description clarified (no protection from Paralyse, Air Interception or Magic Bolt).
Bellivent talisman added to random AI loadout options.
You can now opt out of having an AI opponent assigned in duels.
New: Illusion/Real status is not shown in creature tooltip anymore for offline hot-seat games.
"Talismans" button on equipping screen now also displays the total number of available talismans.
Procedurally generated maps are available for custom games (1-4 players only).
New: "Preferences" option to display classic (instead of custom visuals) gear in classic games.
Duels now show mana-per-turn for AI (because AI gets more mana per turn depending on duel level).
Only online friends are shown in the realm "invite ally" list.
Talisman activation cost is now shown in the same way as picking up a mana sprite shows mana gained.
Players are now forced to choose between law and chaos mode in the tutorial, rather than being able to hit "OK" and default to law mode.
Players are now forced to choose between law and chaos mode upon entering multiplayer mode for the first time if they have not already chosen in the tutorial. Choice sets defaults for duel mode.
Balance Changes:
==================

Cost for realm entry capped at 100.
New: Forge cost capped at 50 forge crystals.
Change: Realm construction requirements have been mostly abandoned: realms can be constructed much more freely.
Flux, Citadel, ruins upper limits removed.
"Construction point"-based checks (land requirements and buildings balance) removed. (You are still required to place at least 2 towns, 2 ruins, 6 lords, 6 encounters, and 4 villages.)
Change: Most realm outcome parameter caps have been effectively removed (gold and XP caps remain in place).
The following encounter outcome parameters will have the ranges widened to +/- 1000: Banish Spell, Reputation, Law Kudos, Chaos Kudos, Flux Mana.
Lost time will be 1-1000 days.
Gold and XP caps will remain in place.
Increased AsyncGamesSlotsPerPlayer to 101.
Bug Fixes
============

Fix: you can no longer clone dispelled creatures (AI was observed to rarely do this).
Friendly web no longer remains on the map after the subverted creature is dispelled.
Creatures created by transmutation talismans are now correctly damaged by "meteor strike".
Walled creatures are attacked by spiders instead of being webbed.
Fix: AI now recognises wizards in magic trees as a threat.
Fix: Sometimes "ghost" webs would visually remain on the battle-map for a turn after they had actually been destroyed.
Fix: In the mana-collection tutorial mission, the game was not reporting that the objective had failed when the enemy wizard collected too many of the sprites.
Fix: webs that remain on the battlefield after the controlling wizard dies can now be attacked.
Fix: Gooey blob spell card and spell-info screen now show blob stats (in the same way the tangle vine card works) rather than just range.
Fix: Medals screen no longer transposes medals for Equipped and Classic Chaos.
Fix: Switching between league and friendly match statistics now correctly updates the stats screen.
(CUI_Button_Radio_Friendly and CUI_Button_Radio_League had broken "OnValueChanged" function calls).
Fix: Law-mode retreat due to Bellivent was incorrectly reporting that a creature was taking damage.
Fix: Village totems no longer engage enemies.
Fix: A controller can now be used to skip intro movie instead of just mouse/keyboard.
Touch controls improved; twist-rotate implemented.
Fix: Spectate and Asynch games are available while waiting for a live match.
Fix: Larger zoom out available in realms editor.
Fix: Allies who surrender in realms no longer get gold/ karma/ rewards.
Original post
26 Sep 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.12 - Epic Gear is Here
This version sees a major interface revamp, epic gear, new social rank systems, email notifications and a new way to invade or ally. New features and major changes: Epic staff upgrades: You can upgrade a law, chaos or neutral staff for now (other staff upgrades will be added late
This version sees a major interface revamp, epic gear, new social rank systems, email notifications and a new way to invade or ally.
New features and major changes:

Epic staff upgrades: You can upgrade a law, chaos or neutral staff for now (other staff upgrades will be added later). The upgrade is purely visual and you can customise the appearance.
Upgrades staffs have additional special effects when wielded.
Epic gear upgrades: There is an epic gear upgrade for any of your body gear. This is a purely visual upgrade. You can customise the appearance.
Chaos Mode battles added as an option for duels.
Ruins special objectives - When you fight a wizard lord in ruins you must collect the gold from chests before you slay the enemy. The amount of gold you can get from ruins is boosted.
You can set up email notification for asynchronous games.
New currency - Realm Karma. You earn Realm Karma for being an ally or invader, or for defeating invaders, and for players completing realms you have designed. Spend Realm Karma on social rank progression or Forge Crystals
Forge Crystals can now be purchased with Gold or Realm Karma.
You get a reward of 100 Gold and 1 Forge Crystal with each level increase
Social rank progression is now based on wizard level - 25 for Lord, 50 for King, 100 for Demigod and 200 for God. Alternatively Realm Karma can be used to directly purchase the next social rank.
There is a new system for joining realm battles as an ally or invader. Opportunities for invasion or allying now appear as buttons on the right of the screen when you are outside a realm. The game mode (law/chaos) and the rewards are identified.
The interface is reorganised with a tab system for the major game modes.
In Classic Chaos mode wizards are now shown with selected gear and equipment, although the stats are for generic staff and bodygear.
There is a special effect for when an invader joins a realm battle.
Other Changes and bug fixes.

There is a visual warning when the turn timer is about to expire.
League progression stars for each league level reduced by one, making it quicker to reach arch mage level.
Mana for burning first spell reduced from 9 to 8.
Bolt tower and air elemental defence increased by 10.
Talsiman buffs - "Mana Corruptus" (.8 mana per balance shift point, regardless of number of players) and "Mana Mortificum" (4 mana per death in a duel, rather than 3)
You can now dispel your own (or allied) blob around an enemy creature.
AI creatures and wizards now obey engagement rules correctly.
You can now see if your ally's creatures are real or illusion via the tooltip, just like you can with your own creatures.
There is now a confirmation dialog when dismounting a wizard.
Baculum Obligo talisman now ensures all spells matching staff start in hand (subject to hand-size constraint, and after Cantio Obligo), rather than just 3 spells.
Cantio Compositus talisman now adds one new random spell to deck before shuffle and redraw; activation cost increased.
Bellivent talisman (retreat to void ranged attack) now works while mounted, and is always successful.
Bestiae Secutus talisman no longer gives a range-bonus to Crystal Wall (Range is still boosted by Cantio Secutus).
Draws in duel mode no longer reset your duel level.
Fixed multiple empty or dot messages when activating talismans.
Original post
26 Sep 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.12 - Epic Gear is Here
This version sees a major interface revamp, epic gear, new social rank systems, email notifications and a new way to invade or ally. New features and major changes: Epic staff upgrades: You can upgrade a law, chaos or neutral staff for now (other staff upgrades will be added late
This version sees a major interface revamp, epic gear, new social rank systems, email notifications and a new way to invade or ally.
New features and major changes:

Epic staff upgrades: You can upgrade a law, chaos or neutral staff for now (other staff upgrades will be added later). The upgrade is purely visual and you can customise the appearance.
Upgrades staffs have additional special effects when wielded.
Epic gear upgrades: There is an epic gear upgrade for any of your body gear. This is a purely visual upgrade. You can customise the appearance.
Chaos Mode battles added as an option for duels.
Ruins special objectives - When you fight a wizard lord in ruins you must collect the gold from chests before you slay the enemy. The amount of gold you can get from ruins is boosted.
You can set up email notification for asynchronous games.
New currency - Realm Karma. You earn Realm Karma for being an ally or invader, or for defeating invaders, and for players completing realms you have designed. Spend Realm Karma on social rank progression or Forge Crystals
Forge Crystals can now be purchased with Gold or Realm Karma.
You get a reward of 100 Gold and 1 Forge Crystal with each level increase
Social rank progression is now based on wizard level - 25 for Lord, 50 for King, 100 for Demigod and 200 for God. Alternatively Realm Karma can be used to directly purchase the next social rank.
There is a new system for joining realm battles as an ally or invader. Opportunities for invasion or allying now appear as buttons on the right of the screen when you are outside a realm. The game mode (law/chaos) and the rewards are identified.
The interface is reorganised with a tab system for the major game modes.
In Classic Chaos mode wizards are now shown with selected gear and equipment, although the stats are for generic staff and bodygear.
There is a special effect for when an invader joins a realm battle.
Other Changes and bug fixes.

There is a visual warning when the turn timer is about to expire.
League progression stars for each league level reduced by one, making it quicker to reach arch mage level.
Mana for burning first spell reduced from 9 to 8.
Bolt tower and air elemental defence increased by 10.
Talsiman buffs - "Mana Corruptus" (.8 mana per balance shift point, regardless of number of players) and "Mana Mortificum" (4 mana per death in a duel, rather than 3)
You can now dispel your own (or allied) blob around an enemy creature.
AI creatures and wizards now obey engagement rules correctly.
You can now see if your ally's creatures are real or illusion via the tooltip, just like you can with your own creatures.
There is now a confirmation dialog when dismounting a wizard.
Baculum Obligo talisman now ensures all spells matching staff start in hand (subject to hand-size constraint, and after Cantio Obligo), rather than just 3 spells.
Cantio Compositus talisman now adds one new random spell to deck before shuffle and redraw; activation cost increased.
Bellivent talisman (retreat to void ranged attack) now works while mounted, and is always successful.
Bestiae Secutus talisman no longer gives a range-bonus to Crystal Wall (Range is still boosted by Cantio Secutus).
Draws in duel mode no longer reset your duel level.
Fixed multiple empty or dot messages when activating talismans.
Original post
30 Jul 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.11 Released
This release sees some bug fixes,balancing tweaks and some interface improvements. Data tweaks Mega-spell base costs increased slightly. This is to compensate a little for the fact that casting chance/cost of many mega-spells have been improved. Law mode starting mana reduced to
This release sees some bug fixes,balancing tweaks and some interface improvements.
Data tweaks

Mega-spell base costs increased slightly. This is to compensate a little for the fact that casting chance/cost of many mega-spells have been improved.
Law mode starting mana reduced to 20 for first player, 28 for second player.
Alignment shift values for many spells reduced by around 25-40%. This is designed to benefit neutral spells, and make extreme balance shifts less likely.
Reduced Duel AI bonus mana awarded for Duel level.
Increased max wizard level to 9999 (in preparation for new social rank progression).
Increased re-activation cost increase for megas in law mode from 20% to 25%.
Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug causing a player in duel mode to be driven by an AI
Fixed a bug that caused the law mode tutorial to be unable to progress due to insufficient mana.
Fixed the potential damage on blobbed/webbed creature healthbars.
The game will no longer rewind when connect as spectator.
Handled an error case when selecting a talisman slot and you don't have any more talismans of this type.
Fixed a bug that caused the first win of the day not to give unique talismans. Improved layout of player info panel
Fixed a bug causing talisman info screen not to be shown in realms.
The forge activation confirmation dialog now does not show if you don't have enough force crystals.
You now get an error message when selecting a talisman slot while not having any talismans of this type
Added time stamp to global chat messages
Show 'MAP: ' infront of the map name
Wizard name change dialog fixed
Magic weapon spell cast shows the name of the target entity in the battle log
Sorted online players list
Original post
30 Jul 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.11 Released
This release sees some bug fixes,balancing tweaks and some interface improvements. Data tweaks Mega-spell base costs increased slightly. This is to compensate a little for the fact that casting chance/cost of many mega-spells have been improved. Law mode starting mana reduced to
This release sees some bug fixes,balancing tweaks and some interface improvements.
Data tweaks

Mega-spell base costs increased slightly. This is to compensate a little for the fact that casting chance/cost of many mega-spells have been improved.
Law mode starting mana reduced to 20 for first player, 28 for second player.
Alignment shift values for many spells reduced by around 25-40%. This is designed to benefit neutral spells, and make extreme balance shifts less likely.
Reduced Duel AI bonus mana awarded for Duel level.
Increased max wizard level to 9999 (in preparation for new social rank progression).
Increased re-activation cost increase for megas in law mode from 20% to 25%.
Bug fixes:

Fixed a bug causing a player in duel mode to be driven by an AI
Fixed a bug that caused the law mode tutorial to be unable to progress due to insufficient mana.
Fixed the potential damage on blobbed/webbed creature healthbars.
The game will no longer rewind when connect as spectator.
Handled an error case when selecting a talisman slot and you don't have any more talismans of this type.
Fixed a bug that caused the first win of the day not to give unique talismans. Improved layout of player info panel
Fixed a bug causing talisman info screen not to be shown in realms.
The forge activation confirmation dialog now does not show if you don't have enough force crystals.
You now get an error message when selecting a talisman slot while not having any talismans of this type
Added time stamp to global chat messages
Show 'MAP: ' infront of the map name
Wizard name change dialog fixed
Magic weapon spell cast shows the name of the target entity in the battle log
Sorted online players list
Original post
26 Jul 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.10 - Dueling and Forging
Welcome to version 1.10 with duelling and forging! Here’s how it works: The new Duel mode pits you against another player, or if none is available an AI controlled wizard. Duels are currently fought with Equipped Law mode, but other modes will be added in the near future. If you
Welcome to version 1.10 with duelling and forging! Here’s how it works:

The new Duel mode pits you against another player, or if none is available an AI controlled wizard.
Duels are currently fought with Equipped Law mode, but other modes will be added in the near future.
If you win a duel you get gold and forge crystals, which you can use to unlock the forge to make your own custom gear.
Each victory increases your reward level, but as soon as you lose a duel the reward level is reset.
AI controlled wizards get mana bonuses according to your current duel level - so expect them to get tougher!
There is a special bonus reward for your first Duel victory of the day - a talisman which is guaranteed to be one you don’t yet possess, and some bonus gold and forge crystals
The cost of unlocking the forge starts at 5 crystals, but this will increase by 5 with each use.
There is compensation for kickstarter backers at forgemaster level or higher. You will be given enough crystals to use the forge 4 times, minus the number of times you have already used it. The forge cost and number of crystals are altered to reflect the number of uses so far.
As extra compensation for forgemaster backers, they will be awarded the noble creatures skins and noble wizard aura (but not noble rank - this still has to be earned).
Major changes and improvements:

Reduce Magic Power of Hellhound and zombies by 10
Increased mega-spell cost of Rattle of Skeletons
Convocation of Eagles now quantity 4
Increased casting chance of many mega-spells, and some activation costs
Bolt tower Defence increased from 50 to 60
Increased power of single magical attack spells by 10, increase casting chance of triple magic attacks by 10
Removed the activation cost increase for Chaos mode
Raise Hell mega-spell added to a number of staffs, including neutral
Staffs - all hand sizes reduced by 1 (to compensate for removal of dispel spell)
Air, speed and creatures staffs have improved stats.
Bodygear - vigilant deck size -1
A number of talisman activation costs tweaked a little bit
Paralyse spell range to 4, mega to 6
Meteor cascade reduced to 2 hits
Improved law mode AI
Talisman changes in detail:

Cantio secutus spell range cost 50 to 40
Gobelinus cost 25 to 20
Volaticus Duplus cost 45 to 40
Garivano cost 22 to 20
Draugar cost 30 to 25
Televortis cost 15 to 20
Exemplum Funus cost 8 to 12
Megacarmen cost 40 to 45
Retrigarum cost 40 to 45
Volaticus Duplus cost 40 to 35
Original post
26 Jul 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.10 - Dueling and Forging
Welcome to version 1.10 with duelling and forging! Here’s how it works: The new Duel mode pits you against another player, or if none is available an AI controlled wizard. Duels are currently fought with Equipped Law mode, but other modes will be added in the near future. If you
Welcome to version 1.10 with duelling and forging! Here’s how it works:

The new Duel mode pits you against another player, or if none is available an AI controlled wizard.
Duels are currently fought with Equipped Law mode, but other modes will be added in the near future.
If you win a duel you get gold and forge crystals, which you can use to unlock the forge to make your own custom gear.
Each victory increases your reward level, but as soon as you lose a duel the reward level is reset.
AI controlled wizards get mana bonuses according to your current duel level - so expect them to get tougher!
There is a special bonus reward for your first Duel victory of the day - a talisman which is guaranteed to be one you don’t yet possess, and some bonus gold and forge crystals
The cost of unlocking the forge starts at 5 crystals, but this will increase by 5 with each use.
There is compensation for kickstarter backers at forgemaster level or higher. You will be given enough crystals to use the forge 4 times, minus the number of times you have already used it. The forge cost and number of crystals are altered to reflect the number of uses so far.
As extra compensation for forgemaster backers, they will be awarded the noble creatures skins and noble wizard aura (but not noble rank - this still has to be earned).
Major changes and improvements:

Reduce Magic Power of Hellhound and zombies by 10
Increased mega-spell cost of Rattle of Skeletons
Convocation of Eagles now quantity 4
Increased casting chance of many mega-spells, and some activation costs
Bolt tower Defence increased from 50 to 60
Increased power of single magical attack spells by 10, increase casting chance of triple magic attacks by 10
Removed the activation cost increase for Chaos mode
Raise Hell mega-spell added to a number of staffs, including neutral
Staffs - all hand sizes reduced by 1 (to compensate for removal of dispel spell)
Air, speed and creatures staffs have improved stats.
Bodygear - vigilant deck size -1
A number of talisman activation costs tweaked a little bit
Paralyse spell range to 4, mega to 6
Meteor cascade reduced to 2 hits
Improved law mode AI
Talisman changes in detail:

Cantio secutus spell range cost 50 to 40
Gobelinus cost 25 to 20
Volaticus Duplus cost 45 to 40
Garivano cost 22 to 20
Draugar cost 30 to 25
Televortis cost 15 to 20
Exemplum Funus cost 8 to 12
Megacarmen cost 40 to 45
Retrigarum cost 40 to 45
Volaticus Duplus cost 40 to 35
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09 Jul 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.9 Released
Chaos Reborn 1.9 sees a major upgrade to offline battles and general improvements for global chat and Law Mode battles. The offline battles now allow up to 6 wizards with team selection and map selection The global chat is now separated from the friends list and is accessible fro
Chaos Reborn 1.9 sees a major upgrade to offline battles and general improvements for global chat and Law Mode battles.

The offline battles now allow up to 6 wizards with team selection and map selection
The global chat is now separated from the friends list and is accessible from an icon on the lower left of the screen. It is more easily accessed during battles.
Mana cost of mega-spells increased with each activation - by 20% in law mode, 10% in chaos mode
In Law mode the amount of mana given per turn depends on the number of wizards left alive in the battle, ranging from 15 mana for 2 wizards to 8 mana for 6 wizards.
Tutorial and Realms now show options for law or chaos mode before starting.
Game guide now has information for law mode
Inventory items limit increased to 500
Power of paralyse spell increased slightly
Meteor Shower now attacks target hex and all surrounding hexes (unless they contain a wizard). Power is reduced slightly.
Crystal Wall casting chance reduced from 80% to 70%.
Air Elemental attack increased by 10.
Fountain of life varies in height properly after uses.
In law mode, magic attack on wizards correctly shows results of losing spells, and spell description is corrected.
There are also numerous other bug fixes and minor improvements.
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09 Jul 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.9 Released
Chaos Reborn 1.9 sees a major upgrade to offline battles and general improvements for global chat and Law Mode battles. The offline battles now allow up to 6 wizards with team selection and map selection The global chat is now separated from the friends list and is accessible fro
Chaos Reborn 1.9 sees a major upgrade to offline battles and general improvements for global chat and Law Mode battles.

The offline battles now allow up to 6 wizards with team selection and map selection
The global chat is now separated from the friends list and is accessible from an icon on the lower left of the screen. It is more easily accessed during battles.
Mana cost of mega-spells increased with each activation - by 20% in law mode, 10% in chaos mode
In Law mode the amount of mana given per turn depends on the number of wizards left alive in the battle, ranging from 15 mana for 2 wizards to 8 mana for 6 wizards.
Tutorial and Realms now show options for law or chaos mode before starting.
Game guide now has information for law mode
Inventory items limit increased to 500
Power of paralyse spell increased slightly
Meteor Shower now attacks target hex and all surrounding hexes (unless they contain a wizard). Power is reduced slightly.
Crystal Wall casting chance reduced from 80% to 70%.
Air Elemental attack increased by 10.
Fountain of life varies in height properly after uses.
In law mode, magic attack on wizards correctly shows results of losing spells, and spell description is corrected.
There are also numerous other bug fixes and minor improvements.
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27 Jun 2016Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Order: New Chaos Reborn Mode Reduces Randomisation
Julian Gollop might be returning to strategic and tactical extraterrestrial combat with Phoenix Point , but the designer of the original X-COM has already rebooted one of his creations from yesteryear. Chaos Reborn , based on 1985’s Chaos: The Battle of Wizards, is a game about l
24 Jun 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.8 - New Mode - New Experience
Version 1.8 of Chaos Reborn has been released today, and it includes a whole new way to play the game known as 'Law Mode' - with significantly reduced RNG elements. In this mode spells are cast by spending mana and creatures have hit points. Damage is inflicted based on the ratio
24 Jun 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.8 - New Mode - New Experience
Version 1.8 of Chaos Reborn has been released today, and it includes a whole new way to play the game known as 'Law Mode' - with significantly reduced RNG elements. In this mode spells are cast by spending mana and creatures have hit points. Damage is inflicted based on the ratio
23 May 2016Developer post
Chaos Reborn v1.7 - Friends and Co-op
There are some fantastic new additions to Chaos Reborn in 1.7 - focussed on multiplayer and co-op. Here is the full list of new features: Friends list - you can add friends to your friends list by wizard name. Your friends list will automatically be populated by your Steam friend
There are some fantastic new additions to Chaos Reborn in 1.7 - focussed on multiplayer and co-op. Here is the full list of new features:

Friends list - you can add friends to your friends list by wizard name.
Your friends list will automatically be populated by your Steam friends if they have Chaos Reborn.
Realm co-op - invite a friend to help you with a battle while playing realms (ally credits are removed).
New custom game set-up with lobby system.
Create public or private games.
View a list of public games that you can join.
Game lobby works with asynchronous games as well as live games.
Up to six players in a custom game.
Configuration of players and teams - including AI players.
You can now play co-op vs AI, or have 3 teams of 2 players, or any combination you want.
Pre-designed maps can now be selected by name.
Controller support - turn this on in the options screen.
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Updates & announcements

Chaos Reborn v1.13 - Guilds, custom rulesets, and localization.

Full Patch Notes

Chaos Reborn v1.13 - Guilds, custom rulesets, and localization.

Full Patch Notes