Best medieval game where you gain land and manage stuff?

Mount and Blade: Warband. Grand strategy where you own fiefs, castles, cities, join a faction, become a noble, get married, start your own faction. Battles are played in first or third person with you leading an army, sieges, mounted combat, tournaments, it has everything. Play it.

You do gain lands and have to manage money in Medieval 2: Total War, which is the best one. I could also recommend the action RPG Mount&Blade Warband (you gain land and with mods there is some empire management as well) and maybe even the RTS Age of Empires 2 (You manage stuff and well you can build where you destroyed the enemy town.

You could also play civilization while it features all eras. You can start in the medieval era and set the settings so that you can also beat the game in the medieval era. Europa Universalis begins in the Medieval Era or Reneisance but ends in the industrial.

M2TW campaign allows you to take over citys and expand your empire

There's a mod called Deus Lo Vult which adds a lot more depth to the whole economic and resource area of the game as well as the diplomatic side, you can try that. Mount & Blade Warband is another good choice, though that's more from a first person perspective then a strategic.

Does it HAVE to be recent? Coz Stronghold is still the best medieval themed game I've ever played. It's 2D and max resolution is 1024x768, but voice acting more than makes up for all that.

Anno 1404 is nice if you want a game dedicated to economy play.skrat_01

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]Anno 1404 is nice if you want a game dedicated to economy play.JN_Fenrir

romance of the 5 kingdoms series

[QUOTE="JN_Fenrir"][QUOTE="skrat_01"] I really wish they would get rid of the god-awful DRM licensing scheme in that game. I'd love to play it, it looks fantastic. :xDanielDust

According to Wikipedia, there is, at least in the digital versions:

A restrictive aspect of the game is its rigorous DRM system based on Tagès. It forces users to activate their game online once by submitting an activation code after each installation on a different computer or a significant hardware change. The activation can be performed on any PC with an internet connection. It can only be activated three times by default and unlike many other DRM systems it does not support revocation of already used licenses. Further licenses can be requested free of charge by contacting Ubisoft.

The copy protection has been completely removed with patch v1.1 for the DVD version. Digital download versions retain the copy protection.Wikipedia

You might enjoy King Arthur: The Roleplaying Wargame.

Knights of Honor is great too.TentacleMayor

[QUOTE="lightshiv"]Sorry to go off on a tangent, but i'm looking for medieval NON- fantasy rpgs. the sort where u can do quests, manage property, and has swords n archery n stuff. M&B warband is good, but it has absolutely no land manging and building options. Any suggestions? Thanks. Ikavnieks

how long does it take to get to that phase? I've played that game for hours and the best I could do is get missions from royalty, order around my company of men (about 80 of them), and take on raiders and bandits.

Do you need reputation/prestige to get land to build on or something?

[QUOTE="Ikavnieks"][QUOTE="lightshiv"]Sorry to go off on a tangent, but i'm looking for medieval NON- fantasy rpgs. the sort where u can do quests, manage property, and has swords n archery n stuff. M&B warband is good, but it has absolutely no land manging and building options. Any suggestions? Thanks. mrbojangles25

how long does it take to get to that phase? I've played that game for hours and the best I could do is get missions from royalty, order around my company of men (about 80 of them), and take on raiders and bandits.

Do you need reputation/prestige to get land to build on or something?

[QUOTE="Ikavnieks"][QUOTE="lightshiv"]Sorry to go off on a tangent, but i'm looking for medieval NON- fantasy rpgs. the sort where u can do quests, manage property, and has swords n archery n stuff. M&B warband is good, but it has absolutely no land manging and building options. Any suggestions? Thanks. mrbojangles25

how long does it take to get to that phase? I've played that game for hours and the best I could do is get missions from royalty, order around my company of men (about 80 of them), and take on raiders and bandits.

Do you need reputation/prestige to get land to build on or something?

Basicly as soon you get a fief you also gain the ability to build stuff on it, the stuff you build cost a few thousand denars and a some days to complete dephending on what you are building. How much reknown do you have? If you have around 100-200 (cant remember the exact amount) you can go up to any King whose faction you would like to join. Ask him and he will give you the weakest fief in the empire, this fief you can build stuff on.

Also if you are the ruler of your own faction you can convert vassals of other factions or turn your companions into vassals and then give them fiefs. Also if you have the diplomacy mod you can add "civics" (like civ 4) to your empire with a slider determining how free your people are and a bunch of other stuff.

M&B Warband with mods

Minecraft, best medevil game out there right now I reckon

romance of the 5 kingdoms series

ionusX

try out stronghold,stronghold 2 and stronghold 3 best economy game and big scale war many types of resources have fun :D

Mount & Blade games are some of the best out there right now and they also have a great and diverse mod community.

Play the Mount & Blade: Warband single player. When you get bored of that, get the cRPG mod. When you get bored of that, get Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword.

You should check out Medieval 2 Total Wars.

Play Crusader kings 2. It's complicated, but it's worth it.

Here's the demo.

http://www.fileplanet.com/224596/220000/fileinfo/Crusader-Kings-II-Demo

I second Stronghold. The original is great.

try out stronghold,stronghold 2 and stronghold 3 best economy game and big scale war many types of resources have fun :D

cristianmape13

wtf another necro :(

wtf another necro :(

jakes456

Medieval 2 total war is a great game! One of the best war games out there. As for Anno 1404, you should definitely buy that one!

Both games can be picked up from the bargain bin and are guaranteed to keep you out of bed for months.

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