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Black Moon Chronicles

The kingdom is in danger! Evil archmage Haazheela Thorn has raised a formidable army of orcs and demons in his bid to secure world domination. Playing as Wishmerill, an intrepid war hero with a devil-may-care attitude and dreams of riches and glory, you will need to choose your faction to determine the kingdom's fate. Join the forces of good led by Emperor Hagendorf or side with the fearsome Haazheela Thorn as you seek to achieve your goals in this strategy game featuring a blend of adventure and tactical skill. Manage your troops on the battlefield, hone their skills in the castle's enclosure

Release date
July 7, 2016
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Cryo Interactive
Publisher
Microids
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The kingdom is in danger! Evil archmage Haazheela Thorn has raised a formidable army of orcs and demons in his bid to secure world domination. Playing as Wishmerill, an intrepid war hero with a devil-may-care attitude and dreams of riches and glory, you will need to choose your faction to determine the kingdom's fate. Join the forces of good led by Emperor Hagendorf or side with the fearsome Haazheela Thorn as you seek to achieve your goals in this strategy game featuring a blend of adventure and tactical skill.

Manage your troops on the battlefield, hone their skills in the castle's enclosure and upgrade your technology to keep your enemies trailing in your wake in this highly tactic-oriented strategy game. Experience a truly epic adventure, where your chosen alliances will shape future events. Directly inspired by the comic series of the same name by Ledroit and Pontet. Before each campaign, choose one of the four factions, each with its own specific attributes. Train, manage and lead your troops to victory through approximately 100 missions.

Create your own storylines using the built-in map editor. Directly inspired by the comic series of the same name by Ledroit and Pontet. Before each campaign, choose one of the four factions, each with its own specific attributes. Train, manage and lead your troops to victory through approximately 100 missions. Create your own storylines using the built-in map editor.

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★ 7.6/10GOG · 102 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 1 / 5
Sadly, this is a torso of a game, since the intro, outro, and no ingame cinematics work in the game. It feels like playing a…
★ 3 / 5
I used to play this a lot when it came out mostly because I was huge fan of the comic book it was based on.…
★ 5 / 5
Black Moon Chronicles is a Real Time Tactics game (with a small Turn Based Strategy element in the campaign screen) with good gameplay, excellent lore…
★ 4 / 5
I own a physical copy of Black Moon Chronicles, bought it without hesitation when it came out, and played the four campaigns, several times over.…
★ 5 / 5
I spent a lot of hours playing this during my childhood. Actually it was my first game ever I bought for my own money. Every…
★ 2 / 5
because controlling your troops in very difficult, and even in the first campaign they get absolutely hammered by big enemy monsters, I gave up. I…
★ 5 / 5
Always buy when it's on promotion! With -80% it costs the same as 1 song on services selling music but instead of 1 song you…
★ 5 / 5
So, i played this game when i was a kid, and it blew my mind, i'm a fan of both rpg, fps, strategy and 4x…

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★ 4 / 5
Only a little outdated. Also for some reason I couldn't make the game play sounds :( On top of that - we had CZ dub...…
★ 5 / 5
It's a game quite unique in its genre and formula, I love it every time I play it. Totally cheesable, magic is overpowered.
★ 3 / 5
To play intro you need to do some tricks with creating ISO You can read instructions in discussions forum: forum/black_moon_chronicles/no_intro/page1 I also managed to launch…
★ 1 / 5
2 hours after installing the game there´re a lot of missing files and it´s impossible to play.
★ 4 / 5
TO EVERYONE COMPLAINING ABOUT PATHFINDING: there are two modes of ordering your units: attack and movement, changed by pressing 'spacebar'. There is also an active…
★ 5 / 5
hey, i've just bought this game and unfortunatelly after installing I can't launch it. there is only black screen and then it crashes. is there…
★ 1 / 5
The game looks promising, but it is so obscure that a scanned manual cannot be found on the net, and GOG failed to include one.…
★ 5 / 5
So, i played this game when i was a kid, and it blew my mind, i'm a fan of both rpg, fps, strategy and 4x…

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