High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! King`s Bounty is a turn-based fantasy computer and video game designed by Jon Van Caneghem of New World Computing in 1990. The game follows the player`s character, a hero of King Maximus, appointed with the job of retrieving the Sceptre of Order from the forces of chaos, led by Arech Dragonbreath. King`s Bounty is notably considered the forerunner of the Heroes of Might and Magic series of games.