Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom cover

Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom 1998

Released: September 18, 1998
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Simulator · Strategy
Platforms: Linux · PC
Developer: Joymania Entertainment
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Is it still worth playing?

A 1998 medieval real time strategy game, in which you are the captain of the palace guards and lead soldiers and citizens to victory. Its 20 single player scenarios last from around 5 minutes to 7 hours or more, depending on difficulty. The economy is the heart of it. Resources run from wood and stone to sausages and wine, many of them carried between buildings to be refined, and every building has to be connected by roads. Technology is simple by comparison, with most of it arriving when a new building is finished, starting from a school house that trains basic workers. In every match the computer begins with a technological advantage. A medieval economy of roads and carried goods still gives anyone who likes managing details plenty to manage today.