Open field battles tend to be fairly simple affairs. When two armies meet, you’ll enter the real-time battle mode. The problem is, mercs are costly, won’t work together and never seem to show up when you really need them. Mercenaries show up at your county centers, and are a great way to wage war without mucking up a county’s economy. Mercs are another method of building up armies. Yes, abusing the peasantry in LotM is fun. In times of war, you can hand them weapons and send them off to die. Those peasants are lucky to live under your banner, so don’t hold back on taxing the hell out of them. In addition to raising food, you’ll need to put your peasants to work gathering resources and building weapons. Ample food means your peasants will be happy and healthy, and consequently, population will increase. You move armies and supplies, build an economic infrastructure or engage in diplomacy.Įach county has a set amount of arable land, which you can use for farming wheat or raising cattle to feed your peasants. You manage your empire in LotM on a county-by-county level using the world map. Indeed, that rather modern series owes more than its fair share of tricks to LotM, a strategy game evenly split between turn-based empire-building and close-up battle management. Design your own castles and build them using actual historical blueprints.Then lay siege to your neighbors’ castles and fight out land battles in tactical details.Envision the Lords of the Realm series as a sort of proto-Total War.
Assign them to farming, herding, building, military and other tasks. Reap the benefits of successful feudal governing, castle building, castle sieging and land battles to conquer your rivals and claim the kingdom. You and 5 lords are locked in a struggle for the crown. The English throne lies empty in 1262 A.D. You automatically get when creating an account 10 free GOG games added to your account (from which 9 also for the Mac) so you have nothing to loose, only to receive! Awesome good old strategy game! This game is released now for the Mac now on GOG.com Click on the links mentioned here, create an account using the signup in the top bar on the GOG.com website and buy the game.
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