Lords of the Realm

I don't get it.

GOTY

I used to play this back in the 90s and its sort of a precursor to Warcraft style games. In comparison, the world is less open as you capture the Realm county by county, and you dont micromanage your armies as much. Instead of dragging workers to specific mines, there are icons that allow you to manage your peasants, raise armies, decide which weapon they are making, what crops/resources your lands are growing, and you can build custom castles. In fact, the castle building is one of the coolest parts of the game as you can basically build your own, or choose from pre-existing templates. Your opponents include the Bishop, the Countess, etc. You can form alliances and/or threaten them by dispatching messengers. Mid and late game introduces additional nuance like moving your armies around, sending grain between different parts of the realm, trading with merchants, hiring mercenary armies, and so forth.

I think I first played this game on CD though I wouldn't be surprised if it was on 3.5 inch floppy. I loved it thenm and I love it now. it's a simple game, with some micro managing for those of us who love a good micro manage, and you can either play the avid conqueror or the 'imma hold up in this castle and ignore the world' hermit easily. Plus you may learn a thing or two about UK geography. Like the vague location of Lancashire. Though I'm still not sure about it's relation to the M25.

There's a reason it was only 69 cents (before taxes). Just go play Medieval 2 Total War instead and mod it and thank me later. This was the Boomer's version of Total War before good games were invented.

BUY IT! For less than $1 on the current sale you have a charming, deep and incredibly addicteve game. Feel your self taken back to the golden age of PC games, let the midi loops sweet over you as you play just one more turn. The interface is a bit of a bear, but its gets the job done. 10/10 Would allocate peasant labor again.

Always a good game to relax with

Is good

ok

I found it's design and UI too hard to enjoy playing