Warcraft Story

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment [1] in 1994. The real-time strategy genre had been pioneered by Dune 2, among other games, but Warcraft (along with Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer) is widely credited for the genre's rise in popularity. Warcraft and its sequels went on to become one of the most successful franchises in computer gaming history.

The game is set in the Kingdom of Azeroth, part of the fictional Warcraft Universe. The events that take place in this game are known in Warcraft lore as the First War or the Great War.

Units & Structures
As with most real-time strategy computer games at the time, Warcraft featured two opposing factions, the noble Humans and the savage Orcs. Warcraft was unique in that it dealt with fantasy settings and archetypes, including melee battles and spell-casting. Again, as in other games of this genre, each faction’s units and buildings have a counterpart within the other faction. With the exception of some spells, each unit is basically the same as its counterpart, with only slight variations. For example, orc spearmen do slightly more damage than human archers while having a slightly reduced range.
Productes
There are several games and products related to Warcraft:

* Four sequels:
o Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
o Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
o Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
o Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
* The MMORPG World of Warcraft
o World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
* A set of four books (simply titled Warcraft), related only by their placement in the Warcraft Universe
o Warcraft: Day of the Dragon, Richard Knaak
o Warcraft: Lord of the Clans, Christie Golden (adapted from the storyline of the cancelled Warcraft Adventures)
o Warcraft: The Last Guardian, Jeff Grubb
o Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor, Chris Metzen
* A trilogy of novels, Warcraft: War of the Ancients, Richard Knaak
o 1)The Well of Eternity
o 2)The Demon Soul
o 3)The Sundering
* A trilogy of manga, Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy, Richard Knaak (with illustrations by manhwa artist Jae Hwan Kim)
* Several lines of action figures
* A Warcraft tabletop role-playing game (Warcraft the Roleplaying Game)
* A Warcraft strategy board game
* A World of Warcraft adventure board game
* A World of Warcraft Trading Card Game(TGC)
* Various other merchandise