Knight's Honor is a role-playing browser game. It is a little different from most RPG games in that when you register you get a PC, which is your character in the game world. The setting is sand-box in nature, which gives the player a great deal of freedom to explore and do myriad other activities and interactions with other player characters.

You will begin as a young knight, male or female. Your age is 16 years. You will need to join a kingdom to get off to a good start. Fortunately there are many veterans in the game willing to help newbies and the boards are very well moderated, both tech and RP. So if you have questions about game mechanics or role-playing the answer is just a question away.

So what happens next..? Well, once you have become a vassal (joined a kingdom) you must build your fief, train your knight by fighting duels, equip your knight with armour, weapons, a war-horse and fancy clothes if you so wish. The time will soon come when your king blows his war-horn and summons his vassals to war. No dice-rolling here, the armies of Knight's Honor are moved on a massive map of Europe by the kings, chancellors and counts of the various kingdoms.

Battles are fought; some are won, some are lost. Kingdoms rise or fall on the strategic skill of their leaders. If your king is a good war-strategist chances are your nation will do well, but then if he's the twin brother of the court jester you better start thinking about breaking your oath of vassalage and joining a winner cos the world of Knight's Honor can be cut-throat!

There really is no limit to what or who your character can be. Though your PC starts as a young knight, he or she will age in-game. The game clock is 15 in-game days for every 1 real life day, so an in-game year passes every 24 real life days. That means your PC will age as time goes by, eventually dying between the age of 45 - 60.

Over the course of your PC's life you can marry other PC's and have children (who can succeed you upon your death and carry on your bloodline). You can marry out of love or, if you are a king or queen, to forge a military alliance between two kingdoms.

Basically, Knight's Honor is an open-ended world of medieval awesomeness. I've been playing it for about 3 years and absolutely love it. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has a passion for the medieval era and writing.



Features of the game include:

- Building a fief; the fief is your main source of income in the game. It takes a long time to complete. It requires patience and a lot of silver invested in it.

- Equipping your knight with armour, weapons and fancy clothes; armour, weapons and fancy clothes are expensive, so your fief will have to be well on its way before you can afford such luxuries. In the beginning you might have to settle for a bent cudgel and a dodgy leather shirt.

- Buying a war-horse; there are a number of different horse breeds in Knight's Honor, most are regional meaning they can only be purchased in certain parts of the world. In other words you have to travel to buy one. You can buy a nag anywhere for between 100 - 300 silver, but the nag is not a strong horse. A war-horse will cost you anything between 1500 - 3000 silver.

- Fighting duels with other knights; the knight who does not fight duels will be nothing more than a meat-shield on the battle-field. If you want to gain glory and notoriety for your knight you will have to fight duels. Fighting duels gives you experience and also increases your weapon / armour skills. Battles are determined by the quality of the knights in the army.

- Fight in tournaments; kings and counts of shires can proclaim tournaments around the world. If you think your knight is made of the right stuff you can enter the tournament and fight in the melee, the duel and the joust (providing you own a horse). Prizes of silver are awarded to the victors of each competition.

- Marriage and children; you can marry other PC's and have children. Your children will be your heirs, thus your legacy can continue in the next generation.

- Wars between kingdoms; wars occur for different reasons. The world is made up of conflicting religions, cultures and enemies. Christians lead crusades against the Muslims, the Muslims lead Jihads against the Christians. The viking kingdoms raid the Christians, then the Christians lead their armies north. You get the picture...it's chaos!

- Role-playing; is done by writing the life of your knight on the boards. There are 4 different boards. 1) Knights - pretty much just about the individual knights' story. 2) Nations - on this board you can write about your kingdom. 3) Diplomacy - only kings and chancellors have access to this board. This is where alliances, declarations of war, treaties and peace agreements happen. 4) Tournaments - a dedicated board relating to the various tournaments happening in the world.

- Rising through the ranks; most newcomers start as a vassal and join an existing kingdom. In time and if they prove their loyalty they can become a count of a shire, a chancellor of the nation or perhaps even king of the nation. It really depends on how you want to play your PC and what you want to achieve.

- Coup d'etat; if your king or queen has failed in your eyes you can challenge them for leadership. To do so you'll need the support of the majority so make sure you have it, cos if you lose you'll be banished from the kingdom.

- Starting a kingdom; it is possible for newcomers to start a kingdom upon joining the game. However the game mechanics can seem difficult for newbies so it's usually not the best thing to do. That said it doesn't take long to pick things up and you can always ask veteran players or the mods for advice.

- Religion; there are 8 types of religion in-game. Catholic, christian-orthodox, nordic, muslim, slavic, jewish, nature-linked, multicultural and the default (no religion). Basically religion is used to differentiate kingdoms. Typically the kingdoms in the north of Europe are all nordic (vikings), while those in middle-Europe are catholic, those in the middle east are muslim etc, etc.

- 53 playable kingdoms; the world map is massive and is home to 53 playable kingdoms. There are many opportunities for those bold enough to conquer the world.

Knight's Honor is primarily a war-game where kingdoms go at one another until one side submits by signing a peace treaty. It is a lot of fun and quite addictive once you get going. But it requires a lot of patience and dedication to be successful. While you can perform all your actions for each day in 5 minutes, you will be spending more time if you become an active role-player.

This game is for people who love to write and have a passion for the medieval era. I highly recommend such folk to pay us a visit and join our little world.

My in-game name is Thora Ravenblood and I play a viking. I would be happy to help any newcomers with questions about the game so just send me a private message.

Cheers for reading my rant

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Quote from: Revnblood;883772It is a little different from most RPG games in that when you register you get a PC, which is your character in the game world.

I don't get how this is different to other games.

Thanks for the review

Welcome to theRPGsite Revnblood!

Thanks for the review!