Might and Magic

Might and Magic is really two franchises sharing a world. The original line, the role-playing games numbered VI through IX, sent parties of adventurers across enormous open landscapes in a blend of high fantasy and buried science fiction. But the name is best remembered for its strategy offshoot, Heroes of Might and Magic, whose turn-based battles and town-building made it one of the defining series of its kind.

Heroes III in particular, represented here in multiple editions, is widely regarded as a high point of the genre, still played and modded decades on. The catalog also reaches into other forms, including the first-person hack-and-slash Dark Messiah and the puzzle hybrid Clash of Heroes. It is a sprawling, uneven kingdom, but its best strategy entries remain genuinely hard to put down.

The Might and Magic franchise spans 24 games in the CrossBinge catalog.