Enter a rich fantasy world of medieval warfare teeming with rage, revenge and bravery. This epic game of strategy and conquest now delivers a vastly larger world and deeper strategic gameplay that expands beyond the scope and depth of the original Warlords III: Reign of Heroes. Five epic campaigns a...
Enter a rich fantasy world of medieval warfare teeming with rage, revenge and bravery. This epic game of strategy and conquest now delivers a vastly larger world and deeper strategic gameplay that expands beyond the scope and depth of the original Warlords III: Reign of Heroes. Five epic campaigns and massive strategic battles serve as proving grounds that challenge the mettle of even the greatest Heroes and Warlords.
Features:
Expanded Gameplay: 4 campaigns and 15 stand-alone scenarios, plus the original campaign and 13 scenarios from Warlords III Reign of Heroes.
Advanced AI: The highly adaptable, challenging and aggressive AI counters every move and devices its own complex and dynamic counter strategies.
Random Maps: An enhanced random map generator quickly and easily creates an infinite number of maps for unlimited replayability.
More Heroes and Units: 5 NEW heroes and 31 units for a total of 15 heroes and 95 units each with their own unique abilities and special skills.
More Spells: Cast 19 magic spells and 9 abilities for a total of 35 spells and 40 abilities.
Simultaneous Turns: Revolutionary simultaneous movements enables you to charge, do battle and retreat all in real-time.
Game Editor: Create your own Warlords universe with the map, item and campaign editor.
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Multiplayer is available via Hotseat and TCP/IP
Recommended system requirements:
Multiplayer is available via Hotseat and TCP/IP
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The Warlords series is an all-time classic. It predates the Heroes of Might and Magic series and therefore lacks some of the features introduced there (notably the combat system), but in its time Warlords was the gold standard for fantasy turn-based strategy. My brother and I played Warlords by email for years. As a bonus, the game editor that comes with Darklords Rising is fun and flexible, if you like creating your own scenarios.
You ever boot up a modern strategy game, sit through a 14-minute cinematic narrated by a bored British guy, get 72 pop-ups about microtransactions, and then realize the “strategy” is just clicking a shiny button until the game congratulates you for existing?
Yeah. Me too. And that’s why I crawled back to Warlords III, a game older than some of the developers responsible for today’s digital oatmeal.
Let me be crystal clear: Warlords III doesn’t care about your feelings, your tutorial hand-holding, or your Battle Pass tier. It drops you into a brutal, tactical meat grinder where diplomacy is just a fancier word for “temporary meatshield.” No flashy animations, no overpriced cosmetic, just pure, undiluted conquest.
Want a turn-based strategy game that respects your brain? This is it.
Want a game where heroes actually matter and don't just scream generic dialogue about honor? This is it.
Want to spend six hours plotting a perfect invasion only to have it all fall apart because you forgot to vector one flank? Again: THIS. IS. IT.
Warlords III has more depth than most modern “strategy” games have bugs. Every unit, every hero, every fight, it all matters. The AI doesn’t just exist to make you feel smart; it will kick your teeth in while you cry about your precious empire. It’s not here to entertain your dopamine-addled attention span. It’s here to test your tactics and patience.
This game is the strategic equivalent of a black coffee with a rusty nail in it. No fluff, no filler, no DLC bloat, just war, betrayal, and that sweet, sweet feeling of watching the world burn after 70 turns of cold, calculated vengeance.
And the artwork hits that perfect sweet spot: gritty, evocative, and dripping with atmosphere. Every sprite and troop icon feels like it was drawn by a dungeon-dwelling madman with a love for detail and a vendetta against blandness.
I had this game installed on every PC and laptop that I own and will probably play it until I die.
TLDR: buy it, it's good
Sure the graphics looks simple but it has aged well. What is amazing is the gameplay which is a mix of strategy and RPG elements. The game is easy to learn but more difficult to a master due to the huge variety of units and heroes you get.
The game includes a few campaigns- two of which are really well made.
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