Game Groups > Disciples series

Disciples is a turn-based strategy game series originally developed by Strategy First, later by studios commissioned by Kalypso Media. Gameplay greatly resembles Heroes of Might and Magic, but with different approaches in strategy:

• Combat units are limited to the leadership of the hero
• Heroes have 3 different classes. The starting hero will affect bonuses for the selected race throughout the game: Warrior, Thief or Mage
• Unlike HoMM, where players can stack the same creature type in a single unit, Disciples only uses one creature as a whole unit
• Creatures (not just heroes) gain experience and may be upgraded when it reaches the appropriate experience requirement. Creature upgrades also have a unique "technological tree" which may lead to different type of creature upgrades for the same creature
• Each race has a capital city, inhabited by a powerful guardian.

The story revolves around the struggle between the gods and their chosen races, with each series further explaining this continued struggle:

• The Highfather - The Human Alliance
• The Dwarven God Wotan - The Mountain Clans
• The Undead God Mortis - The Undead Horde
• The Demonic God Bethrezen - The Legion of the Damned
• The Elven God Gallean - The Elven Alliance (race introduced in Disciples II: Rise of the Elves).