<s>
Lords	B-Application
of	I-Application
Chaos	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Blade	O
Software	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Chaos	B-Application
and	O
an	O
ancestor	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
X-COM	B-Application
series	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
also	O
written	O
by	O
Julian	O
Gollop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Lords	B-Application
of	I-Application
Chaos	I-Application
each	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
wizard	O
who	O
can	O
cast	O
various	O
magic	O
spells	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
spells	B-Application
have	O
various	O
effects	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
summoning	O
other	O
creatures	O
(	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
also	O
controls	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
damaging	O
opposing	O
creatures	O
and	O
wizards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
splitting	O
experience	O
points	O
amongst	O
mana	B-Application
,	O
action	O
points	O
,	O
stamina	O
,	O
constitution	O
,	O
combat	O
,	O
defense	O
and	O
magic	O
resistance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remaining	O
experience	O
points	O
are	O
spent	O
on	O
spells	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spells	B-Application
may	O
be	O
offensive	O
in	O
nature	O
(	O
Magic	O
Bolt	O
,	O
Curse	O
)	O
,	O
potions	O
(	O
Speed	O
Potion	O
,	O
Healing	O
Potion	O
)	O
,	O
utility	O
(	O
Teleport	O
,	O
Magic	O
Eye	O
)	O
or	O
summoning	O
(	O
Goblin	O
,	O
Unicorn	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
spells	B-Application
continue	O
the	O
theme	O
from	O
Chaos	B-Application
and	O
include	O
some	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
more	O
unusual	O
elements	O
(	O
Gooey	O
Blob	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lords	B-Application
of	I-Application
Chaos	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
both	O
8-bit	O
and	O
16-bit	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
8-bit	O
versions	O
(	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
)	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1990	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Device
versions	O
(	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
)	O
following	O
in	O
August	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prices	O
were	O
£9.95	O
for	O
the	O
Spectrum/Commodore	O
64/Amstrad	O
CPC	O
tape	O
,	O
£19.95	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
disk	O
and	O
£24.95	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
version	O
was	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
but	O
never	O
emerged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spectrum	O
version	O
of	O
Lords	B-Application
of	I-Application
Chaos	I-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
,	O
awarding	O
90%	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
CRASH	O
,	O
awarding	O
80%	O
.	O
</s>
