Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft is a 3D fighting game released for PC

Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

 and PlayStation. Iron & Blood is based on Ravenloft

Ravenloft

Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a pocket dimension called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of land pieces called domains brought together by a mysterious force known only as "The Dark...

, a campaign setting

Campaign setting

A campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign. A campaign is a series of individual adventures, and a campaign setting is the world in which such adventures and campaigns take place...

 for the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 roleplaying game.

Publication history

There was a demo for the PlayStation version, which featured four playable characters, Luthor, Stellerex, Reb Cloud, and Xenobia, and a different intro and Take-Two logo screen. A version for the Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn

The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...

was also planned but was eventually cancelled.

Gameplay

Players choose a hero or villain to control. The heroes are Luthor the paladin, Darius the gladiator, Erland the elven archer, Torgo the dwarf, Ignatius Max the halfling thief, Xenobia the amazon, Red Cloud the Native American shaman, and Shinesta the elf princess. The villains are Ardrus the skeleton warrior, Balok, Kaurik the warlord, Stellerex the wizard, Sasha the werewolf, Nym Pymplee the mad goblin, Urgo the margoyle, and Balthazaar the Headsman.