Hero Academy is the tiny screen version of an online multiplayer role playing game. There are two teams from which you can choose: Council (human) or Dark Elves. Each team has its own strengths and weaknesses, not to mention cool armor and avatars, but that is up to you to choose.

SRRN Games’ Ash was one of the more pleasant surprises in iOS gaming, managing to capture the nostalgia of Zelda-style NES role-playing games while working it into a unique story and system that never felt like a rip-off. Now, with Konami Digital Entertainment, SRRN has announced the release of the next chapter in the story—Ash II: Shadows—while reducing the price of the original to only $0.99.

Genre: Role-Playing game (RPG) Format: Download and CD Developer: Spiderweb Software Mac Publisher: Spiderweb Software System Requirements: Mac OS X v10.4 or later, 800 MHz processor (minimum 1.6 GHz processor recommended), video card or processor with OpenGL support and 32 MB video RAM (64 MB recommended), 512 MB RAM, 200 MB hard disk space, and more »

Regret is back. Gamevil announced today that Zenonia 4: Return of the Legend is now available for iPhone and iPod touch. The popular RPG series has gone HD for the first time, with an exotic and colorful world that “comes alive with visuals more stunning and clearer than ever before, as crisp graphics are now optimized for Retina displays on the latest iPhone and iPod touch.” Oddly enough, it’s still not optimized for iPad, but it is free.

Spiderweb Software has released Avernum: Escape From The Pit for the Macintosh, a role-playing game which tells an epic story of a world far beneath the surface. The first game in a new trilogy, you’ll experience life in Avernum as you struggle for survival against your many enemies, look for a way to escape, and even get revenge on the cruel Emperor Hawthorne of the Empire who cast you and so many others underground.

Avernum: Escape From the Pit from Spiderweb Software is due to be released before the end of the year, just in time for Santa Claus to (digitally) deliver. If you’re a fan of adventure games, role-playing games, and/or any game that features turn-based combat and an epic story with multiple endings, dozens of quests, and innovative character creation, then you should be eagerly counting down the days.

Avadon: The Black Fortress—an epic, old-school role playing game—is now available on Steam for both Mac and Windows for a limited time price of $8.99,10% off the regular price of $9.99. If you read Appletell’s review and thought The Black Fortress looked interesting, but you held back because of the cost, this is a great time to buy a game that will provide a lot of enjoyment.

Avernum: Escape From the Pit is a ground-up rewrite of Spiderweb Software’s popular game Avernum which was released in 1999. Fight to complete up to three game-winning quests. Explore a massive nation of tunnels and caverns, seeking out eighty towns and dungeons. Master over 50 spells and battle disciplines and hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts.

Spiderweb Software, Inc., has been releasing some of the best old-school RPGs for the Macintosh for many years. And now, they’re brining their epic, fantasy role-playing games to a new audience with the release of Avadon: The Black Fortress HD for iPad. Adventure through a strange and dangerous world where you are a spy and a warrior, tasked to fight the enemies of your homeland.

If you’re into role playing games, either as a player or a DM, sometimes you just need a good map. Whether it is to give the players a fighting shot of surviving your dungeon, or simply because it saves you a lot of time and effort in describing locations, few people can deny their value. Creating them by hand, however, can be a hassle and next to impossible if, like me, you lack artistic skills beyond the creation of stick figures.