King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame

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Welcome to the lost age of chivalry, where magic and myth is alive, and you are destined to be one of the living legends: Arthur, the son of Uther Pendragon, the Once and Future King of the prophecies. Fulfill your destiny and claim your rightful place on the throne of Britannia.

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Developer:
NeocoreGames
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Release date:
24 November 2009
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (441)

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Description

Welcome to the lost age of chivalry, where magic and myth is alive, and you are destined to be one of the living legends: Arthur, the son of Uther Pendragon, the Once and Future King of the prophecies.
Fulfill your destiny and claim your rightful place on the throne of Britannia. Recruit fabled knights to your Round Table: send them to adventures or battles, let them gather knowledge and artifacts, see how they become the most powerful heroes of the realm. Build the majestic Camelot, but beware: there will be enemies, both mortal and otherworldly that will try to destroy you. Send your heroes and their followers to battle with legendary warriors and monsters and see how the folk of the faeries and the saints set against wizards and evil knights.
  • Real-time fantasy battles: spectacular fight scenarios on grandiose battlefields, featuring thousands of soldiers and powerful heroes such as Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad or Merlin. Battles rely on the strengths and weaknesses of the different arms with several tactical possibilities, the abilities of the units and the heroes, monsters and most of all, spells.
  • Turn-based Campaign Map: Britannia is represented as a fully three dimensional topographic map where heroes move freely, conquer provinces or find adventures. In the turn-based campaign the changing seasons have effect on the gameplay and the graphics of the Campaign Map.
  • Create your own legend! The saga of King Arthur is an epic tale about the conquest of Britannia through a story-based campaign. The Campaign is divided into chapters, like a chronicle, each with a unique tone and theme. The chapters all have objectives, long- and short-term goals that also fit together to draw a grandiose picture of an unfolding storyline. There are many possible events and outcomes that all influence the legend itself and determine the ending of the storyline.
  • Morality Chart: Every decision in the game will influence the position of King Arthur on the Morality Chart. King Arthur might become a Christian ruler or the Follower of the Old Faith; a rightful or a ruthless monarch. These choices unlock special contents, allies, heroes, units and developments.
  • RPG elements: Heroes lead the armies and learn skills, spells and abilities from an ability tree for experience points. Heroes can also use magic items or become liege lords, entrusted with the leadership of a province, which is the best way to have them indebted. Arranging their marriages with the nice damsels of Arthur’s court also raises their loyalty.
  • Adventures: adventuring is the essence of King Arthur’s world. Quests pop up on the Campaign Map regularly. In technical terms it is a short story where the chosen knight has to make important decisions. Some adventures end in battles on special battlemaps.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows XP SP2/Vista/7
Processor:
AMD Athlon 3500+ or Intel Pentium IV 3.4 Ghz
Memory:
1Gb RAM (XP) 1.5Gb RAM (Vista/7)
Graphics:
Nvidia 6600 (256Mb) / ATI Radeon X700 (256Mb)
DirectX®:
9.0c or higher
Hard Drive:
8 Gb of free space
Sound:
DirectX 9-compliant sound card

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

hailmyself
Recommended | 23 Oct 2024
5.3h played

In the age before Total War Warhammer, the gamers yearning for a Total War like game but Fantasy. Their cry had been answered by... King Arthur - The Role-Playing Wargame. Despite all the Janks that one could expected

Helpful: 10
balengo87
Not recommended | 30 Jun 2024
213h played

It was a great game, but it's unplayable on modern pc. It has graphic problems and runtime errors. I spent hours online searching for solutions and test them all: some of them improved slightly the situation, but too

Helpful: 6
BeondTheGrave
Not recommended | 13 Feb 2025
5.3h played

Shame to give this game a negative review, as its otherwise a solid 8/10. But frequent, basically unfixable, crashing on modern systems has left this older title basically unplayable. Supposedly the GOG version is more

Helpful: 10
TheJukeboxHero
Not recommended | 17 May 2023
41.8h played

the audacity of having this game up still is astounding. it doesnt work. you cannot play it any longer due to how old the game is. the longest you can play is about 5 minutes before it crashes to desktop.

Helpful: 0
Caradog
Not recommended | 07 Dec 2024
3.1h played

Think purchasing this I was expecting something like heroes of might and magic but its more like crusader kings I think. Honestly all a bit dry and bloated. Does work on steam deck though "cutscenes" are completely

Helpful: 4
Wogus
Not recommended | 18 Aug 2023
109h played

If you are lucky and you can actually play this game (odds are you wont be, it crashes constantly), then it's okay, the setting is ok, the story is ok. But! You probably won't be able to play it, because it just doesn't

Helpful: 5