This page is about Heroes Chronicles, a collection of games that was released in Fall 2000.
Heroes Chronicles was designed with beginners in mind, and exists to get new players 'hooked' on Heroes of Might and Magic games. Heroes Chronicles seeks to accomplish this by starting with a good tutorial followed by a beginner-level campaign containing lots of storyline and video. All this in a $20 game.
With that said, Heroes Chronicles lacks many things. You cannot play multiplayer. There are no single-scenarios. You cannot download custom maps and play them. You use the same type of town all through the campaign. The campaigns have only 8 scenarios, so experienced Heroes players will want to get Heroes III Complete, which is a far better value, but people new to the genre may find it easier to play the game if it's not as massive and overwhelming. Also, fans of the Heroes series may want to add the Heroes Chronicles games to their collection.
Did you notice I keep using the word 'games'? That is because there are actually four retail Heroes Chronicles games, each containing a different campaign where you use a different type of town. In addition to that, there are two bonus games that can be downloaded if you own enough of the retail games.
Warlords of the Wasteland - The Barbarian Tarnum must free his people from years of oppression under the Wizards. I read a review of this, and it was supposed to be pretty easy for experienced Heroes III players, but still fun to play and it had a good storyline. It also contained an odd quote about not taking a spoon to a swordfight. Ah well... they're barbarians, what do you expect?
Conquest of the Underworld - In this campaign, you must help a queen retrieve her dead father's soul which has been taken to the underworld for evil purposes. You will be a knight and will battle demons and undead in this one. A review I read said this was pretty easy.
Masters of the Elements - In this, Tarnum must overcome his hatred of Magic and become a Wizard to stop the Elemental Lords. Fighting against Conflux maybe?
Clash of the Dragons - In these scenarios, Tarnum must work from a Rampart town to fight against an army of Dragons raised by Queen Mutare. Remember her from Armageddon's Blade?
The World Tree - This is available as a free download for people who own two of the four retail boxes. In this campaign, Tarnum is a Barbarian and must protect the World Tree from being destroyed by a corrupted Barbarian named Vorr and a bunch of Necromancers. There are only five scenarios in this campaign.
The Fiery Moon - This is available as a free download to people who own three of the four retail Heroes Chronicles games. Vorr escaped to the Fiery Moon, the home of Demons, and Tarnum goes there to destroy him once and for all. There are only five scenarios in this campaign.
An interesting thing to note is that the free downloads say you must download them before January 28, 2001, but they still worked last time I tried.
