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<p>The Might and Magic role-playing games have a long-lived fan scene. Most of its work centres on <a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm6/might-and-magic-vi-the-mandate-of-heaven/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm6/might-and-magic-vi-the-mandate-of-heaven/" data-wiki-page-id="22128">Might
and Magic VI</a>, <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm7/might-and-magic-vii-for-blood-and-honor/"
href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm7/might-and-magic-vii-for-blood-and-honor/">VII</a>
data-wiki-page-id="22131">VII</a>
and <a class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm8/might-and-magic-viii-day-of-the-destroyer/"
href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm8/might-and-magic-viii-day-of-the-destroyer/">VIII</a>
data-wiki-page-id="22132">VIII</a>
, whose engine fans have patched, extended with scripting and are rewriting from scratch. This category collects the most prominent projects; each listed source is a project page, its release thread or independent coverage.</p>
<h2>Overview</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/grayface-patches-and-mmextension/">GrayFace
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/grayface-patches-and-mmextension/" data-wiki-page-id="22140">GrayFace
patches</a></td><td>MM6–8</td><td>unofficial patches</td><td>by 2010<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://web.archive.org/web/20100418072716/http://sites.google.com:80/site/sergroj/mm" data-cite-title="Internet Archive: GrayFace's Might and Magic page (18 April 2010)">[1]</span></td><td>2.5.7 (March 2022)<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://api.github.com/repos/GrayFace/Misc/releases" data-cite-title="GitHub API: GrayFace/Misc releases (dates and download counts)">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/grayface-patches-and-mmextension/">MMExtension</a></td><td>MM6–8</td><td>modding
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/grayface-patches-and-mmextension/" data-wiki-page-id="22140">MMExtension</a></td><td>MM6–8</td><td>modding
environment, level editor</td><td>September 2009<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/10423" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MMExtension v2.2 + MMEditor v2.1 Level Editor (GrayFace, from 25 September 2009)">[1]</span></td><td>2.2 (June 2019)<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://grayface.github.io/mm/ext/" data-cite-title="GrayFace: MMExtension">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-6-7-8-merge/">6
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-6-7-8-merge/" data-wiki-page-id="22139">6
, 7, 8 Merge</a></td><td>MM6–8</td><td>merge of three games</td><td>November 2017<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/16657" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: Might and Magic 6, 7, 8 merge based on mm8 engine (Rodril, from 13 November 2017)">[1]</span></td><td>active<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://gitlab.com/cthscr/mmmerge" data-cite-title="GitLab: cthscr/mmmerge — MMMerge Revamp">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/openenroth/">OpenEnroth</a></td><td>MM6–8</td><td>open-source
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/openenroth/" data-wiki-page-id="22141">OpenEnroth</a></td><td>MM6–8</td><td>open-source
engine</td><td>2016<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://api.github.com/repos/OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth" data-cite-title="GitHub API: OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth repository metadata">[1]</span></td><td>nightly builds, MM7 only<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth" data-cite-title="GitHub: OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth (README)">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-vi-the-chaos-conspiracy/">The
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-vi-the-chaos-conspiracy/" data-wiki-page-id="22144">The
Chaos Conspiracy</a></td><td>MM6</td><td>total conversion</td><td>June 2009<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/10107" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: The Chaos Conspiracy — Beta2 release (Big Daddy Jim, 5 June 2009)">[1]</span></td><td>finished (2010)<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/10760" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: The Chaos Conspiracy, Part 2 (15 January 2010)">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>MM7Rev4mod</td><td>MM7</td><td>content mod</td><td>January 2008<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/8194" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM7Rev4modR1 a mod for might and magic 7 has been released! (asterix15, 19 January 2008)">[1]</span></td><td>finished<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/8194" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM7Rev4modR1 a mod for might and magic 7 has been released! (asterix15, 19 January 2008)">[1]</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Amber Island</td><td>MM7</td><td>expansion</td><td>January 2022<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/17442" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: Might and Magic VII: Amber island is finally out! (neutonm, 26 January 2022)">[1]</span></td><td>active<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/neutonm/might-and-magic-amber-island-mod" data-cite-title="GitHub: neutonm/might-and-magic-amber-island-mod">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-viii-redone/">MM8
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-viii-redone/" data-wiki-page-id="22143">MM8
Redone</a></td><td>MM8</td><td>HD graphics and quests</td><td>July 2021<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/17353" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM8 Redone (DaveHer, from 31 July 2021)">[1]</span></td><td>finished<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/17353" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM8 Redone (DaveHer, from 31 July 2021)">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Echo of Destruction</td><td>MM8</td><td>content mod</td><td>June 2011<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/12085" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM8,5 - Echo of Destruction (vladimir-maestro, from 15 June 2011)">[1]</span></td><td>not released<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://www.mmgames.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165%3Amm7augmentation&catid=60%3A2009-09-18-19-16-42&Itemid=273&lang=ru" data-cite-title="MMGames.ru: Меч и Магия 7: Аугментация">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>TELP patches</td><td>MM9</td><td>unofficial patches</td><td>2003<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://telp.org/mm9/home.html" data-cite-title="TELP's MM9 — Home (The Erathian Liberation Party, 2003)">[1]</span></td><td>historical<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://telp.org/mm9/home.html" data-cite-title="TELP's MM9 — Home (The Erathian Liberation Party, 2003)">[1]</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-tribute-book-of-ceth/">M&
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-tribute-book-of-ceth/" data-wiki-page-id="22142">M&
;M Tribute</a></td><td>—</td><td>stand-alone fan game</td><td>July 2003<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://www.castlegobs.nl/wiki/" data-cite-title="MMTributeWiki (Castle Gobs)">[1]</span></td><td>dormant since 0.5 (2009)<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://www.mmtribute.castlegobs.nl/downloads.shtml" data-cite-title="Might & Magic Tribute: Downloads">[1]</span></td></tr>
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<li><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/grayface-patches-and-mmextension/">GrayFace
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/grayface-patches-and-mmextension/" data-wiki-page-id="22140">GrayFace
patches and MMExtension</a> — Sergey "GrayFace" Rozhenko's unofficial patches for MM6–8 and his Lua-based modding environment, used by many MM6–8 mods<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://grayface.github.io/mm/" data-cite-title="GrayFace: Might and Magic — Sergey "GrayFace" Rozhenko homepage">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/16657" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: Might and Magic 6, 7, 8 merge based on mm8 engine (Rodril, from 13 November 2017)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/openenroth/">OpenEnroth</a>
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/openenroth/" data-wiki-page-id="22141">OpenEnroth</a>
— an open-source rewrite of the MM6–8 engine; Might and Magic VII is already playable<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth" data-cite-title="GitHub: OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth (README)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><strong>ScummVM</strong> runs the older games: Clouds of Xeen, Darkside of Xeen, World of Xeen and Swords of Xeen since version 2.1.0 (11 October 2019), and <a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm1/might-and-magic-book-one-the-secret-of-the-inner-sanctum/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm1/might-and-magic-book-one-the-secret-of-the-inner-sanctum/" data-wiki-page-id="22123">Might
and Magic Book One</a> since 2.8.0 (30 December 2023), when the engine was renamed from "xeen" to "mm"<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/blob/master/NEWS.md" data-cite-title="ScummVM: release notes (NEWS.md)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.scummvm.org/news/20231230/" data-cite-title="ScummVM news: ScummVM 2.8.0 (30 December 2023)">[1]</span>. ScummVM rates all five as "good"<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/" data-cite-title="ScummVM: compatibility list">[1]</span>; Might and Magic II and III are not supported<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility/" data-cite-title="ScummVM: compatibility list">[1]</span>. The engine's credits list Paul Gilbert and Benoit Pierre<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/blob/master/AUTHORS" data-cite-title="ScummVM: AUTHORS">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><strong>TELP patches for <a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm9/might-and-magic-ix/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mm9/might-and-magic-ix/" data-wiki-page-id="22133">Might
and Magic IX</a></strong> — The Erathian Liberation Party set out in 2003 to fix as many of MM9's bugs as possible, stressing the work was not official or endorsed by 3DO<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://telp.org/mm9/home.html" data-cite-title="TELP's MM9 — Home (The Erathian Liberation Party, 2003)">[1]</span>. Its 1.3 series kept compatibility with the official 1.2 patch, and its 1.4 series aimed at the game "the designers wanted to make"<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://telp.org/mm9/patches/ptchintro.html" data-cite-title="TELP: MM9 patches — introduction (14 June 2003)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.gamebanshee.com/news/68421-patch-for-might-and-magic-ix.html" data-cite-title="GameBanshee: Patch for Might and Magic IX (5 April 2002)">[1]</span>.</li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-6-7-8-merge/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-6-7-8-merge/" data-wiki-page-id="22139">Might
and Magic 6, 7, 8 Merge</a> — Rodril's merge of all three games on the MM8 engine (2017), with the most-replied thread in Celestial Heavens' Might and Magic forum and several active branches<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/16657" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: Might and Magic 6, 7, 8 merge based on mm8 engine (Rodril, from 13 November 2017)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10?sk=r&sd=d" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: Might and Magic section, topics sorted by replies">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-vi-the-chaos-conspiracy/">The
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-vi-the-chaos-conspiracy/" data-wiki-page-id="22144">The
Chaos Conspiracy</a> — a two-part total conversion for Might and Magic VI (2009–2010)<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/10107" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: The Chaos Conspiracy — Beta2 release (Big Daddy Jim, 5 June 2009)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/10760" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: The Chaos Conspiracy, Part 2 (15 January 2010)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><strong>MM7Rev4mod</strong> — released on Celestial Heavens by asterix15 on 19 January 2008: about 30% of the game's event code and half of the map areas were changed, and the party can return to Emerald Island<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/8194" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM7Rev4modR1 a mod for might and magic 7 has been released! (asterix15, 19 January 2008)">[1]</span>. GameBanshee reported it as adding new quests, map areas and graphic enhancements<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://gamebanshee.com/k89d4" data-cite-title="GameBanshee: Might and Magic VII: MM7Rev4Mod (19 March 2008)">[1]</span>. Later modders call it Big Daddy Jim's mod and built on it, including Maestro<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/8947" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: Maestro MOD (vladimir-maestro, 2008)">[1]</span> and DaveHer<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/18380" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM7Rev4mod A Radical Redone (DaveHer, from 24 April 2024)">[1]</span>; a port for the Merge exists<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/Eksekk/MM7-Rev4-mod-for-MMMerge" data-cite-title="GitHub: Eksekk/MM7-Rev4-mod-for-MMMerge">[1]</span>.</li>
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<li><strong>Might and Magic VII: Amber Island</strong> by neutonm — an expansion with new outdoor maps, dungeons, quests and mercenaries, released on 26 January 2022 and still updated<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/17442" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: Might and Magic VII: Amber island is finally out! (neutonm, 26 January 2022)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://github.com/neutonm/might-and-magic-amber-island-mod" data-cite-title="GitHub: neutonm/might-and-magic-amber-island-mod">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-viii-redone/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-viii-redone/" data-wiki-page-id="22143">Might
and Magic VIII Redone</a> — DaveHer's HD graphics and quest mod for MM8 (2021)<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/17353" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM8 Redone (DaveHer, from 31 July 2021)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><strong>Echo of Destruction</strong> («Меч и Магия 8,5: Эхо Разрушения») — an MM8 mod that vladimir-maestro presented under this name in June 2011<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/12085" data-cite-title="Celestial Heavens forum: MM8,5 - Echo of Destruction (vladimir-maestro, from 15 June 2011)">[1]</span><span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://www.mmgames.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=10&Itemid=166&lang=ru" data-cite-title="MMGames.ru: Меч и Магия 8,5: Эхо Разрушения">[1]</span>; it was never released, and its author later published <em>MM7: Augmentation</em>, a reworking of MM7<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://www.mmgames.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165%3Amm7augmentation&catid=60%3A2009-09-18-19-16-42&Itemid=273&lang=ru" data-cite-title="MMGames.ru: Меч и Магия 7: Аугментация">[1]</span>.</li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-tribute-book-of-ceth/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/fan-projects/might-and-magic-tribute-book-of-ceth/" data-wiki-page-id="22142">Might
and Magic Tribute: Book of Ceth</a> — Castle Gobs' freeware RPG set in the Might and Magic universe (2003–2009)<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="http://www.castlegobs.nl/wiki/" data-cite-title="MMTributeWiki (Castle Gobs)">[1]</span>.</li>
<li><strong>Swords of Xeen</strong> (1995) started as a fan-made modification of the World of Xeen engine by Catware, later authorised and published by New World Computing<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Might_and_Magic:_Swords_of_Xeen" data-cite-title="Might and Magic Wiki (Fandom): Might and Magic: Swords of Xeen">[1]</span>.</li>
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<h2>Might & Magic X</h2>
<p><a href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mmx/might-magic-x-legacy/">Might
class="wiki-link" href="/wiki/might-and-magic/mmx/might-magic-x-legacy/" data-wiki-page-id="22129">Might
& Magic X: Legacy</a> came with an official modding kit during early access in November 2013, but using it required a copy of Unity Pro<span class="wiki-cite" data-cite-url="https://rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9237" data-cite-title="RPG Codex: Might & Magic X Early Access patch with modding kit (14 November 2013)">[1]</span>.</p>
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