I Tricked an Entire Nation Into Surrendering to My Army of Just 11 People - Manor Lords

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I Tricked an Entire Nation Into Surrendering to My Army of Just 11 People - Manor Lords

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More about Manor Lords (from Steam):

Manor Lords is a strategy game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord. Grow your starting village into a bustling city, manage resources and production chains, and expand your lands through conquest.

Inspired by the art and architecture of late 14th century Franconia, Manor Lords prioritizes historical accuracy wherever possible, using it to inform gameplay mechanics and visuals alike. Common medieval tropes are avoided in favor of historical accuracy in order to make the world feel more authentic, colorful, and believable.

Manor Lords provides a gridless city-building experience with full freedom of placement and rotation. Building mechanics are inspired by the growth of real medieval towns and villages, where major trade routes and the landscape influenced how settlements formed and developed.

Spreading outward from a central marketplace, build your residential, commercial, and industrial districts following the natural lay of the land. Establish farms based on soil fertility, position hunting grounds according to animal populations, and ensure access to adequate resource deposits and forests to provide the raw materials needed for growth.

Assign areas for housing and watch your residents build their homes in accordance with the historical burgage plot system. Each area will be subdivided based on your roads and the allotted space, and homes will scale accordingly.

Build extensions behind larger homes to generate resources that would not otherwise be available. Homeowners don't just pay taxes – they grow vegetables, raise chickens and goats, and otherwise supply themselves and other townsfolk with essential needs beyond what your managed farms, pastures, and industries can provide.

Guide your settlements through the unique demands and opportunities of each season, enjoying the bounty brought by spring rains and preparing for the harsh snows of winter.

From boots to barley and hides to honey, Manor Lords features a great variety of goods fitting of the era. Materials need to be transported and processed into finished products through production chains, and you must balance the basic needs of your people against the desire to produce luxury items to ensure happiness, manufacture trade goods for export, or forge arms and armor to aid in your conquests.

Resources are littered across the map, encouraging you to expand and establish multiple specialized settlements. Extract valuable ores from your mining colonies, while villages devoted to agriculture, herding, or hunting supply the grains and meats needed to feed your growing populations. Will you spend your hard-earned influence to first acquire a rich source of iron for your smiths, or will you prioritize regions with fertile soil to serve as your breadbasket?

Establish trade routes and sell surplus goods to traveling merchants to enrich your population. Manufacturing and exporting a variety of goods will provide wealth with which to upgrade your peoples’ homes, import goods you can’t produce yourself, and through taxes on said wealth, fill your own coffers.

Yours is but a small parcel of land in a vast territory, and the competing ambitions between you and rival lords will inevitably lead to conflict. Lead your people into battle, not as expendable units to be easily replenished, but as your beloved loyal subjects where every death is a cost worth considering.

Train a retinue of skilled warriors to fight battles alongside the levies you raise from the town militia. At times these soldiers will be needed to suppress banditry, and at other times you will lead your men into battle to conquer or defend territory.

[jacobpendergrast]

The funniest part is how well made the falling animation is for a character who shouldn't be falling at all

[tillson]

Waldbrand was already a perfect name for his starting town. Translates from German to English to "Forest Fire"

[pencilwatchesstuff]

As someone from Europe I can confirm our history books do indeed tell of our favorite diplomacy and military instruments: the passive-aggressive letter and the staring contest

[danieltan]

"early access" and "josh" is the best combination ever

[MrTwoojStary]

Josh: Starts to make stuff as hard and inconvenient for locals as possible

Also Josh: "Look at that idiot, he put that market stall far away, so inconvenient for him"

[RelativelyBest]

I like to think that due to poor communication and a few misunderstandings, Hildebolt is convinced that Sir Sweatsalo is this mighty rival lord whose strategic genius makes him a force to be reckoned with.

[ForceOfSilver]

The game allready knew what was coming for it with Josh, given that it chose "Forest Fire" as the starting name for the village.

[Nightstick]

I love that you can just follow other people’s actual “proper” armies around like a puppy, and despite declaring war on you 43 times, if you come running they’ll still save you every time. And then give up the land to you.

[tinystalker]

Unironically the addition of a third person mode to explore your city is a fantastic addition. More tycoon/colony sims would benefit from this

[PBJellyBoi]

Imagine being part of a country that just gained its independence, you’re gathered in a crowd with everyone else to see who the new leader is, and the first words that come out of his mouth are “Hey there it’s Josh.”

[Cloudyman]

I love that Josh’s first act when playing this game was rediscovering the farlands.

[kayleighschwend]

We need an inspiring, feature-length film about the brave 11 randos whose stares won their battles for them

[Pumpqueen]

0:49 was confused why Josh changed the name because "Waldbrand" is such a fitting name for his gameplay ("Forestfire") but then remembered he probably doesnt know what it means.

[aroalgezion]

Josh's Medieval accents caught me off guard LMAO! it gets better when he starts to crack and giggle at times

[sink]

If Josh only knew that the auto-generated name of his village "Waldbrand" literally translates to "bush fire", which resembles his style of gaming in the most accurate way.

[danvzare]

With the pointless winding roads, insane boundaries for housing plots of land, and the complete absence of trees, Josh has managed to perfectly recreate the British countryside.
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I'm not even kidding.

[NamesAreForFriends-kioi]

Another army, that Josh had been repeatedly declaring war and then peace with, helping Josh's militia take out every batch of enemies he brings is the most Josh thing ever

[Frosty_]

Josh is the equivalent of “I did some mining off camera”

[Quinnwin]

I admire the courage of a game studio that takes their game that's still in "early early access" and hands it to Josh sight unseen.

[koquarian]

I love that Josh clears all the trees to make it look barren, when it just grows into a beautiful pasture. I love the look of this game. Can't wait for it to finish cooking.