Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia 1999

Is it still worth playing?

New World Computing's 1999 turn based strategy game for Windows, designed by Jon Van Caneghem. Heroes lead armies of creatures, you collect resources to develop towns and capture mines for income each turn, and battles are fought on a hex grid where units move, attack and cast spells. There are eight factions, a subterranean layer, larger maps, more victory conditions and the Grail artifact, and skills such as Diplomacy can turn enemies into allies. Seven campaigns are set on the continent of Antagarich, where Queen Catherine rallies her homeland against the forces that have overrun it, with a final campaign unlocked later, and there are 50 skirmish maps. It is called a defining game of turn based strategy. You still manage armies, towns and mines on the map and then fight on the hex grid, and those two layers make it worth playing today.