The plot is very simple. There are different heirs to the throne. The one who is the most powerful will reign supreme. You’re one of the four barons who are trying to seize the royal scepter by conquering the land.
The graphics of the game are nice enough, but I really miss the animation. The sounds are nothing special, but you’ll probably keep them turned on. The gameplay is nothing special either, but it runs smoothly and it’s quite easy to understand. The game even offers you to change the language (it can be either in German or English). You control the game with the mouse.
So what do you need to do?
First of all, you need to set the whole thing up. You get to choose the number of players and their attributes (like the attitude towards the royal party). There’s alot of things to adjust, so you can save them and next time simply play with the same alignment (if you wish). This also adds to the replayability of the game (not to mention it’s always fun to have some friends over to show them off by beating them senseless).
You need to build up your army, conquer other provinces, make sure you don’t loose them once they’re under your control and finally beat the hell out of the other three opponents who wish to snatch the throne from your royal behind.
The game is turn based and you’re in some control of the attacks (you can break off the attack or continue it - that’s it). There were many such games made and this one doesn’t really stand out from the rest, that’s why it also gets the average mark of 3, but it’s still a fun game that you’ll probably enjoy (snatching the land from other people).
The manual is included if by chance you’ll feel like you need it (but most things in the game are self-explanatory). Enjoy playing!
To run the game simply run the START file. The game works fine in WinXP as well (but without sound). The sound has been turned off (because otherwise the game crashes if run in WinXP), but if you’ll run the game with DOSBox (or in real DOS) you should turn the sound back on again (by running the PSMCFG program).
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