Bernard's Back, Back Again | Norland - Part 1 (Crusader Kings Meets Rimworld - Early Access)
531Norland returns, this time with the Early Access version of the game, so we rejoin King Bernard and Queen Betty because, let's be honest, we have unfinished business with Norland. After the weird behaviour and then game-breaking bug last time we never really finished things properly with our dynamic duo so let's see what we can get up to this time round!
Once again we begin to discover that Queen Betty has been kidnapped, so King Bernard makes it his number one priority to get her back. However this does require us to hire some mercenaries because our initial warriors aren't that great and they'll take a while to arrive, so Bernard gets a little bit of time to show Jeff around.
That's right, Jeff! We have a new member of the team, Bernard's brother Jeff, who is particularly good at management. Jeff begins to sort out CupboardVale, our new settlement, and Bernard visits another King so they can have a nice chat.
Eventually the mercenaries arrive and join our army, which means Bernard can lead the mission to rescue his beloved Betty! But will everything go smoothly or will it end in tragedy?
NOTE: This is the Early Access version of the game.
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The Empire has fallen, leaving in its place multiple successor kingdoms. The lords and ladies of these petty kingdoms squabble for control and influence – whether with cloak and dagger or sword and shield, families feud amongst themselves and against each other as greater threats cast a shadow across the land. Famines wreak havoc on the lives of the peasantry, warfare and disunity threaten the social order, noble families fall to decadence and hedonism, and beyond the borders of the old Empire, great armies of pillage and destruction form under the banners of invader-kings.
In these uncertain times, you must lead your small kingdom to greatness – and the members of your noble family to survival – in this medieval colony sim focussed on generating stories of great valor and vile treachery.
The common folk of Norland are the backbone of any kingdom, serving their noble lords on the battlefield and around the city with deference and loyalty… until their bellies become empty or the beer runs dry. With different backgrounds, needs, and thoughts of their own, the peasants are difficult to please and easily manipulated into rebellion, crime, and controversy – will you address their complaints as a benevolent lord or answer them with the executioner’s ax?
Norland is set in a rich world with a vibrant past – its inhabitants form a tapestry of different cultural backgrounds with checkered relations, and the power vacuum left in the wake of the Empire’s collapse has given rise to uncertain times. In the distance, an Unholy Horde grows ever stronger, pillaging and burning all in its path, while elsewhere the Church of Saint Sophia uses faith to maintain an iron grip on vast resources.
Through a multitude of scenarios to choose from and a plethora of options that define your nobles and the world around you, Norland allows you to build a society and tell a unique story of any kind – warmongers with penal legions fighting for their freedom, highly educated religious zealots trying to spread the faith, wealthy multicultural idealists hoarding tomes of knowledge, treacherous spymasters plotting assassination and intrigue… what tale will you tell?
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