Etherlords

Etherlords
Cover art for the first game
Developer(s)	Nival Interactive
Publisher(s)	WW: Fishtank Interactive (I) NA: Strategy First (II) EU: DreamCatcher Interactive (II) WW: Targem Games (mobile)
Platform(s)	Windows, iOS, Android
Release	Etherlords I RUS: November 9, 2001 NA: November 15, 2001[1] Etherlords II NA: October 1, 2003[2] EU: March 19, 2004 Etherlords (mobile) WW: September 3, 2014 (iOS) WW: November 23, 2014 (Android)[3]
Genre(s)	Card battle, turn-based strategy, turn-based tactics
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Etherlords (Russian: Демиурги) is a series of fantasy turn-based strategy and card-dueling video games for the PC, by Russian developer Nival Interactive. The first game was published November 15, 2001 by Ravensburger Interactive Media under their mature game label Fishtank Interactive. Prior to worldwide release it was released in Russia one week earlier (November 9) as Demiurges (Russian: Демиурги). It was followed two years later by a sequel, Etherlords II, which was published in Europe by DreamCatcher Interactive and in North America by Strategy First. A third game for the iOS and Android was released in 2014 titled Etherlords, a free-to-play game with automated battles.

The game features a card-based dueling system that borrows heavily from Magic: The Gathering. While the game can be played in a pure dueling mode, the major appeal of Etherlords stems from the scenario mode which utilizes a strategy/adventure map, similar to the one used in Heroes of Might and Magic. Nival later became the developer of Heroes of Might and Magic V.