By expanding their territory and capturing enemy towns, the player can build a larger army. Players move their 'Heroes' about the map, collecting resources and artifacts that provide benefits in later gameplay. During each player's turn on the adventure map, building or upgrading the main castle allows for better expansion on the map, as well as for the recruiting of an army. The battle is over when all the units of one side have been killed, or in a ceasefire scenario. The battle involves turn-based gameplay, in which each creature has an opportunity to make a move. Strategy is key to the gameplay as battles are structured on a chess-like board where each player controls a faction of units. Gameplay follows similar tactics found within the Heroes of Might and Magic series. One of which the world had not seen the likes of before. The story follows Ivan Griffin, Duke of Griffin Duchy, in his pursuit of the crown after the dissolution of the Falcon Empire but to do so he must band together with a force of allies. Heroes VII takes place some 200 years after the events of Shades of Darkness, and ten years after the assassination of the Holy Empress Maeve Falcon (i.e. Two months after the release of the last expansion Ubisoft announced that further game development was halted which left many critical bugs unresolved. While all versions of MMH7 include a random map generator in the map editor, the Trial by Fire expansion added an in-game random map generator (which can also be used in other version of MMH7). Along with the expansion the game was updated to feature Denuvo DRM (since version 2.0). However, the expansion itself is sold as a standalone. On AugTrial by Fire was released, featuring two new campaigns, a new faction (fortress) and many gameplay improvements available for all owners of the main game as well.

In 2016, the downloadable content Lost Tales of Axeoth was released. It features a campaign series of levels, standalone and multiplayer scenarios. The heroes and their armies battle the opponents, who also use heroes to lead their forces. Like the other games in the series, players control leaders with magical abilities termed as 'heroes', who recruit a variety of forces from strongholds. Might & Magic Heroes VII is a turn-based strategy game in the Heroes of Might and Magic series.

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