Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Published collection: 7 games

Profile

Series debut: Unknown
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Overview

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical strategy series about governing cities, recruiting officers and directing armies in divided China. Some entries put an entire faction in your hands; others let you pursue an individual officer's career within the struggle. Representative games: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1985): Builds its struggle for unification around recruiting officers and putting their different strengths to work. Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII (2000): Shifts the viewpoint to an individual officer, whose position shapes available actions and ambitions. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV (2020): Makes connected territory and supply lines central to keeping armies effective on one large map. Suitable for: For players who enjoy long plans, historical what-ifs and deciding whom to trust with a difficult assignment. Expect to spend time preparing a campaign and reconsidering it when a neighbor changes the balance.