Finish Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

Nival rebuild the game in 3D with caravans and a combat wheel; Ubisoft take the licence over from 3DO.

The resource list is cut back and every hero is pushed towards Blood or Tears; Ubisoft rename the series.

A council of six advisers argue the succession between campaigns; the last of the numbered run, in 2015.

The dwarves arrive as a new faction, with runes to spend from the stock their heroes carry.

A standalone expansion with the orc horde and an alternative upgrade for every creature in the game.

The turn-based hexes before Heroes III; six factions and a soundtrack in MIDI.

The 1995 original: four towns, a hero who carries an army between them and a week that ends when everyone has moved.

The heroes walk onto the battlefield and fight in person, the one change the series never repeated.