However, the game comes with many different play scenarios, and some of these scenarios have unique victory conditions, such as accumulating a certain amount of gold, or finding a particular artifact.' The ultimate goal of the game is usually to capture all enemy castles and defeat all enemy heroes. These generals, called 'heroes,' provide a means to explore, attack, defeat, and acquire, the four basic principles in the game. The player leads generals through the game world at the head of armies of troops.
These creatures make up the military forces (troops) with which the player attempts to conquer opponents. Heroes of Might and Magic takes place in a medieval fantasy world, filled with creatures frequently associated with myth and legend.
A spin-off of New World Computing's Might and Magic series of computer role-playing games, the success of Heroes of Might and Magic led to a number of sequels. 'Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for MS-DOS.
