Play Heroes II against someone else, both of you in the browser.
Open games
Looking for open games…
What to play
How it works
One of you hosts. The host downloads the game data once — one press, about
20 MB — and it is kept in their browser for next time.
The match goes on the list of open games, under a name the host can change, and
anyone looking for a game can press Join. To play one particular person instead, the host
ticks private: the match leaves the list and the six-character code, or the
invite link beside it, becomes the only way in.
The other one joins — no download, no game files, not even a copy of
Heroes II. They see the host's game as a live stream and play their own side over
it.
A single battle puts you both on one setup screen to build the two armies, then
you fight it out; a few minutes. A whole scenario starts with the host choosing a
map, and the kingdoms and colours are settled together once the other one has arrived —
hours, and it cannot be saved.
Game data damaged, or a game refusing to start?
Want to play a map of your own?
Whole scenarios are experimental.
They are the newest part of this and the least played: expect rough edges, and remember a
scenario cannot be saved — closing this tab ends it. Single battles are the settled mode.
Either way a connection can fail to establish and sound does not always come through.
Starting the game
This takes a moment the first time.
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Heroes II game data
This is the freely redistributable data from the 1996 Heroes II demo, and it is the
only Heroes II data this site hosts. It contains everything played here — the battles,
its own scenario Broken Alliance, and the maps that come with this engine.
What this is.
Choose a map Experimental
Your game goes on the list under this map's name, so whoever joins knows
what they are in for. Everything else — kingdoms, colours, difficulty — you set together
once they are here.
Only maps with room for two people are listed. Have your own?
— they stay in this browser and only you need them, but the engine reads its maps folder as
it starts, so reload this page afterwards to see them here.
Waiting for an opponent
Your match is in the list of open games — anyone can
join it. Keep this tab open until someone does.
Whole scenarios are experimental. Expect rough edges, and remember the game cannot be
saved — when you close this tab it is gone.
Everyone in the lobby sees this name.
The only way in — send it to whoever you want to play
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Setting up the connection…
On their side
They open this site and press Join a game.
Your game is in the open games list, under the name above — labelled with
whether it is a battle or a scenario. They press Join.
You both land in the battle setup screen, and you pick the two armies together.
They open this site and press Join a game.
They type the code above — or the invite link skips that entirely.
You both land in the battle setup screen, and you pick the two armies together.