You Know globalisation has got out of hand when a developer from Bulgaria drops the u' in honour, US-style. Using our English marshal knights, we decided to create a grand army made up of burly peasants, skilled archers, masterful cavalry and siege equipment to take a leisurely pop at the King Sancho of Navarr. Once you've developed your towns, using the extensive tech trees and economic system to increase population learning, prosperity, happiness and wealth (somewhat reminiscent of Civilization), you can really start causing medieval mayhem by waging war against your neighbors. Every successful task completed by your knight gives him experience or fame points, which you can use to spend on useful skills, such as healing, tactics and leadership to boost your troops' morale. Or, you could murder him in his sleep just after he's 'coincidentally' married one of your lucky daughters, thus presenting you his entire kingdom on a silver platter complete with plague-free trimmings. However, the most intriguing role for a knight is becoming a spy, as you can then plot to overthrow a rival king by taking over his armies and forcing him to give you a town's keys without a battle.

Knights can have six different professions, including marshal (for raising and commanding armies), landlord (managing food production and tax collection) and cleric (converting local populations to your chosen religion). As monarch, you concentrate on the overall running of your countries and provinces within, while employing up to nine loyal knights to carry out your good/evil commands on a local level. You start in one country as king and use diplomacy, espionage, war, economic and trade management through the power of your knights to be crowned emperor of Europe.

Knights Of Honor begins in one of three medieval periods ranging from 1000AD to 1350AD, each with different political situations and national borders.

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