Mud & Crowns

Live a whole life in a medieval kingdom, one year at a time.

Be born a serf in a muddy village, a smith's child, a merchant's heir or a royal prince. Each year you have three deeds: work your trade, court a sweetheart, pray, train, scheme, feast or march to war. Then turn the page and see what the year brings.

A WORLD THAT LIVES WITHOUT YOU Kings age, marry and die. Heirs fight over empty thrones. Plague and famine sweep the counties, outlaws and knights make their names, and your neighbours have lives of their own. The chronicle tells you all of it.

NEARLY 300 POSTS TO RISE THROUGH Farm labourer, apprentice, blacksmith, apothecary, monk, minstrel, thief, sailor, knight, merchant, royal guard, chancellor, pirate queen. Careers have real steps: learn the work in one post to earn the next, or find a way around it through noble birth, the king's favour or a powerful patron.

SHIPS, TRADE AND HIGH OFFICE Captain a pirate ship and raid the coasts. Send trade runs across six markets. Serve the crown with duties of your own.

WAR AND CONQUEST Raise an army, choose your tactics and take counties on a living map of nine kingdoms. Rule as a lord, then as a monarch with a council, taxes and decrees.

LOVE, FAMILY AND DYNASTY Court, marry and raise children. When you die, carry on as your heir. Your graveyard remembers every life.