Knights and Merchants - RARE PC Game

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You are the captain of the palace guard, and with the King himself unable to lead his forces to war against the rogue prince, responsibility for defense of the realm falls on you. To do this, you'll need to draw from your tactical & management skills. Develop a trade system and take towns from poverty to prosperity. Use the tax money from this system to equip your soldiers and train them in the arts of war. Then lead your men to war against the rival forces in a bloody civil war -- use your strategy to emerge victorious over the rebels and bring peace to the land

The game consists of a series of 20 missions with diverse objectives. Your character is in the service on a king whose kingdom has been reduced to a small area and the overall the aim of the game is to reconquering the entire kingdom. The gameplay involves resource management, town building and strategic combat. The multi-player mode allows up to 5 people to play via hotseating, modem/serial connection, LAN or on-line. The graphics are reasonable, although they have been surpassed by more recent games. Play is accompanied by a medieval-style musical sound tracks.

Features:
* Empire-building sim.
* Middle ages simulation and Real-time strategy
* Skirmish Mode and 10 Multiplayer-Maps
* About 25 different types of buildings
* More than a dozen different types of characters
* Over 10 different troop types, including archers, scouts, knights, bowman and barbarians
* Multiplayer battles with up to 6 players in LAN or through the Internet

This rare game is a bit old, so may require compatibility mode, virtual PC, or an older PC to run.

Released: 1998
Genre: Strategy

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Unfortunately the original case is not included, hence the discounted price. All my discs are in mint/near mint condition.

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