

Other cities may only upgrade themselves to allow them to mount larger defense forces.īattles consist of confrontations between a hero's squad (which can take up to five other Warriors, bearing in mind that some large creatures such as dragons take up the space of two units) and an enemy squad.

The Capital City is the only city capable of building structures.

The gameplay is divided into three main parts building up the Capital City of your race so that you can research new Warriors and spells, and building up new armies (this involves careful resource management) using heroes (leading small squads) to explore the surroundings, procure resources and attack the enemy and finally the battles themselves.Įach playable race's Capital City is protected by an extremely powerful guardian, who is nearly impossible to defeat except with a very strong hero. There are also several other 'neutral' races such as Merfolk, Greenskins and Elves (the Elves became a full-fledged playable race with the addition of the expansion pack 'Rise of the Elves'). These four factions are the human Empire, the dwarven Mountain Clans, the demonic Legions of the Damned, and the skeletal Undead Hordes. The main focus of the story revolves around four dominant races in a state of almost constant war. Disciples II: Gold Edition was released via the digital distribution services Steam, Direct2Drive, Green Man Gaming, GOG.com and Impulse (where it is named Disciples II: Ultimate Edition).ĭisciples II is a fantasy strategy game, set in a fictional kingdom called Nevendaar (also referred to as 'The Sacred Lands'). A port of Disciples II for the Nintendo DS was also under development, but never released. It includes the Empire, the Legions of the Damned and the Noble Elves. This game, along with the expansion packs Rise of the Elves and Gallean's Return, was part of the Strategy First "Fantasy Pack", which was released with 3 other games: Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood, Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs, and Prince of Qin.Ī sequel named Disciples III: Renaissance was released on Jin North America. A limited edition version of the game was released, which included a card game based upon the story and game dynamics of the video game called Guardians of the Light and Servants of the Dark. The game is the sequel to the 1999 game Disciples: Sacred Lands, and has become significantly more successful in terms of both sales and popularity than its predecessor.

Disciples II: Dark Prophecy is a Microsoft Windows game by Strategy First that was released in 2002.
