Europa Universalis: Crown of the North

Based on the award-winning Europa Universalis engine, Crown of the North is a real-time strategy game that takes place in the years between 1275 and 1340, at a time where nobility and the church held all power and Sweden was about to launch into its only civil war. Choose to be Norway, Sweden or Denmark, each of which has two different factions for you to play and plot to change the historical legacy of a region seldom explored. Develop your kingdom into an economic, political and military power, but be careful not to alienate the church, nobility peasants or the merchant class on your way to supremacy as you never know when you might need to join forces. To help you in your quest for supremacy you can recruit noble knights with their mighty castles, raise large hosts of spearmen to defend your realms, and ignore the papal ban on crossbows. Multi-player is available through a LAN or the Internet.