Spells of Gold is a game that sets itself for greatness from the comments made on its box. The exact phrase is 'in the greatest open-ended trading game since the 1980's classic Elite.' For those of you not familiar with Elite, it was a game that changed the industry, amazing open ended gameplay and an immersive feel, and Spells of Gold is better, according to their marketing people. I'm going to be honest, whoever wrote the quote above is either a liar or was horribly drunk at the time, this is one of the worst games I have ever had the misfortune of playing, it truly is awful.