The Disciples World Expands… is a press release from Strategy First announcing plans for two new stand-alone expansion packs for Disciples II: Dark Prophecy. Here's the word: "The first expansion, Disciples II – Guardians of the Light lets gamers play as the two 'good' races in the franchise: the Empire and the Mountain Clans, and the second expansion, Disciples II – Servants of the Dark, features the game’s two 'evil' races: the Undead Hordes and the Legions. Both stand-alone expansions, Guardians of the Light and Servants of the Dark, can also be combined so gamers can play all four races." Word on scheduling is that Guardians of the Light will ship in May 2003 and Servants of the Dark will follow in June 2003. Here's a bit more on planned content:

The two expansion packs will each include 2 new high-level mini campaigns, a random map generator, 16 skirmish/multiplayer maps including 10 never-before-seen maps, and all the updates for Disciples II – Dark Prophecy. Art enhancements will include 3 new special characters, new capital backgrounds, new battle backgrounds, new music tracks and more.