Fantasy Hero Manager

Fantasy Hero Manager puts you in command of a magical airship on a quest to find Vrool, the legendary land of the Fountain of Eternal Youth. You travel an infinite world with randomly generated maps, recruiting heroes and managing their salaries, personalities and needs. They form friendships, marry, grieve for fallen comrades and can die in battle, leaving you to recruit replacements.

Explore the world

Maps include eight biomes and hundreds of individual locations. You can visit taverns to recruit heroes, trade and rest; take quests in cities, towns, elven lodges and dwarf fortresses; and explore henges, caves, dungeons, castles, forts and towers for monsters and treasure. These places can hold gods, dragons, fallen heroes and other legendary creatures. Fishing, foraging, hunting, mining and training offer other ways to spend time, while forges let you improve armour and weapons, and temples provide healing. Unique tiles can bring heroes boons or death.

The world also has star signs that grant luck to those born beneath them, moon phases and buying and selling taxes that vary by location. You can store past maps and return to finish quests or take advantage of good prices.

Recruit and manage heroes

Each generated hero has a unique combination of stats, abilities and traits. The game has eight recruitable races, including humans, orcs, elves, dwarves, undead and angels, and 13 magic types that can be offensive, passive or useful for crafting and foraging. Heroes can ascend into six classes: lich, titan, phoenix, dark angel, nature wielder and abomination. They also have six crafting skills, six abilities, health and magic statistics, individual healing and recovery rates, and one of ten star signs that grants bonuses at the right time of year.

Heroes have personalities and moods. They can make friends with their companions, fall in love and marry, and learn skills from one another based on their teaching skill. You can renegotiate their salaries as they gain levels and earn treasure. Heroes may grieve for friends, celebrate weddings and successful quests, become bored if neglected or leave if you do not treat them as they wish.

Fight enemies

The game features nearly 200 enemy types, including biome-specific monsters and eight humanoid races to fight. Twelve monster families each contain six types, ranging from clockwork monsters and slimes to goblins. More than 60 bosses include gods, dragons, fallen heroes and abominations.

Battles use a system designed to have a lot going on while remaining simple to play. You can enable auto-battle for all heroes or selected heroes, and set their aggression.

Craft and manage

A party with a range of skills can use six crafting options:

• Cook meals to restore stamina in dungeons and make fishing bait.
• Mix herbs into magic and healing potions.
• Make alchemical potions that improve mining ability.
• Forge hammers to repair and improve armour.
• Make picks to help lockpick chests.
• Scribe maps to new and more dangerous locations.

A single interface screen provides access to actions and lets you switch between heroes and their abilities without leaving the map or battle area. The game also includes 30 piano tracks to accompany your adventures.