Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom 1998
Developed by Joymania Entertainment
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Historical
Knights and Merchants recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard. A conspiracy against the king catapults the captain into a situation where he finds himself responsible for the defence of the last royal province. This is all that remains of the shattered kingdom, which has been split into numerous small principalities and fiefdoms. And now even the king himself, ensconced in his capital, is threatened by enemy armies. This is the starting point of your Middle Ages adventure. Now you must win back all those provinces which once belonged to your king.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategyHistoricalmedievalresource managementeconomymiddle agesLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Earnest, plot-driven, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Joymania Entertainment
- Publisher
- Interactive Magic, Linux Game Publishing, TopWare Interactive
- Released
- September 18, 1998
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 8.8/10 from 38 ratings.
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