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For many gamers, those were the first hot-seat games of childhood. Warlords series is back on our PCs thanks to Slitherine and GOG.COM. Check out turn-based strategy titles that preceded games like Heroes of Might and Magic.

As a leader of one of the fantasy factions, you have to conquer the land, vanquish your enemies while searching for magical treasures and beasts. Warlords I + II and Warlords III: Darklords Rising are games that still provide lots of fun in single and multiplayer and are quite a challenge even for experienced gamers.
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Veloxi: Not here, which is fiiiiine. ;)

So thank you so much for these. Darklords Rising is a masterpiece.

I have to ask though...where are the manuals? Or any extras at all really?
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tremere110: The manual for Warlords 3 is included in the game directory (Manual.pdf). Oddly enough it's not available as an extra. I didn't pick up Warlords 1+2 so I don't know about those.
W1 include Manual, Reference Card and Map in game folder - no documents in extras. W2 Deluxe has manual as an extra (it also lands in game's folder). I find GOG a bit messy nowadays. I would like to know what is in the bundle I'm going to buy.
Oh man! These were such fantastic ways to tank your grades back the day! Absolutely wonderful games!
hello i hope there is someone that can help me on win 10 the game is running but it crashes each time i start a game is there anyone that know how to get this game working on win 10 is it because it have to be on program files/red orb entertainment and not in gog games folder

i cant even set the wincursor on in the shortcut settings it says i need to have admin permission to do this
Post edited November 20, 2019 by Asgerwyrtz
high rated
And to put the cherry on the cake, for anyone wondering about it, the game (Warlords 3) runs perfectly in Linux via Wine.
Post edited November 21, 2019 by WinterSnowfall
Just found this site for mods patches and such like if you wanted to expand your game. Do note I haven’t tried it yet:
http://www.warlorders.com/
Has links to other sites as well. Can see what I will be doing for a while.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
This is the one I have been waiting for. For me, Darklords Rising is the biggest get GOG has got in years. First time I've ever bought a game here that wasn't on sale. Well Done, GOG.
I was gonna hold off until a sale, b/c I just picked up the 2 new Focus releases, and a bunch of Armageddon DLCs, but....


FOUR campaigns in Warlords III? I only ever played as the Sirian Knights.

All right, take my money. Lords Bane & Sartek shall die again.
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JUST 2 WEEKS AGO I TRIED DOWLOADING THIS GAME AGAIN VIA SOME ABANDONWARE SITE USING A VIRTUAL MACHINE BUT IT RAN LIKE CRAPO AT LIKE 1 FPS AND WAS TOO UNPLAYABLE, GOD PLEASE LET THIS ONE WORK!
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kud13: I was gonna hold off until a sale, b/c I just picked up the 2 new Focus releases, and a bunch of Armageddon DLCs, but....

FOUR campaigns in Warlords III? I only ever played as the Sirian Knights.

All right, take my money. Lords Bane & Sartek shall die again.
They have new heroes and hero skills and stuff.

Also a pro tip to people playing the game again, remember to reorder the default order of your attackers, e.g. put catapults / siege engines at the end of the queue so that their siege bonus remains relevant and they dont die fast.
Post edited November 21, 2019 by Bhavv
Instant Buy for Warlords III. Had this on my wishlist for a few years now. Thanks GOG for bringing this beauty here!
A million thanks to everyone responsible for this.
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WinterSnowfall: And to put the cherry on the cake, for anyone wondering about it, the game runs perfectly in Linux via Wine.
Thanks for testing!
Warlords 3 is back after all these years! No more browsing ancient websites, no more hours spent cursing at the screen trying to get it to run on modern systems...

This is an important piece of gaming history brought back to turn-based fans. It did things differently but had unique gameplay mechanics you cannot find today.

Today the Darklords truly are Rising! :D
I'm only familiar with the Warlords Battlecry games, so I guess these are somewhat similar?

The Warlords 3 screenshots look horizontally stretched, is this a bad widescreen patch or just a fail on GOGs part?
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hollunder: I'm only familiar with the Warlords Battlecry games, so I guess these are somewhat similar?

The Warlords 3 screenshots look horizontally stretched, is this a bad widescreen patch or just a fail on GOGs part?
1) not similar at all, classic warlords are turn based strategies. IMHO much better and more fun games, as long as you are into turn based at all (may be biased, I tried battlecry just few years back, and I really didn't like it)

2) a quick google search didn't pop any widescreen patch for Warlords 3 (1+2 are DOS games, maybe even 16bit real mode executables IIRC, forget about patching *that* :))). So I guess the W3 is also running in classic 4:3 resolutions only? (didn't try myself, I bought only 1+2). And then screenshots are maybe stretched.