Arming The Army | Manor Lords - Part 7 (Medieval City Builder - Early Access)

Manor Lords continues and we tool ourselves up with all sorts of new weapons and armour that we've made ourselves! The finest Cupboardian weaponry!
To do this we have to build some more artisan buildings at the end of people's gardens, plus we add an extra brewer too just to make sure we've got plenty of ale, but really it's all about the spears, shield, bows and swords we make.
All of this does come at a cost though, so we have to tweak our trade setup a little bit, holding back on the spending for a while and trying to make some good cash from selling iron ore, of which we have a gigantic amount!
Also we make a slightly wasted trip to a bandit camp, we welcome many new families and we plant MANY vegetables!
NOTE: This is an Early Access version of the game.
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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 shaped 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 region will be subdivided based on your roads and the allotted space, and homes will scale accordingly.
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 population.
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 crush rebellions or suppress banditry, and at other times you will lead your men into battle to conquer or defend territory. When needed, mercenaries are a costly option to bolster your ranks.
A robust diplomacy system will allow you to communicate with other lords, using influence or threats to sway their actions. These competing lords have their own goals and will seek you out as well, and your response to their offers or insults can mean the difference between war and peace.
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[@1979MDG]

Botherations....out of episodes to watch :P looking forward to the next. 💯

[@anthonyr.1568]

To wonder whether you can give some of your personal wealth to your villagers, and end up taxing them, is a very Geek Cupboard thing to do.

[@wwlaos]

Just a note, but when you turned those plots into your fancy artisans, both families living on those plots turned into artisans. So you have two families working the bowyer, two families working the blacksmith, two families working each brewery, two making cloaks, two making shoes... which is why your workforce took such a huge hit. You have twice as many families refusing to do any other labor for you.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Ah that's fine, we need lots of shoes and cloaks and ale!

[@wwlaos]

Especially ale!

[@sukicly]

This series is very enjoyable indeed~ Hurrah to claiming new land! The even bigger cupboard!

[@michaelritzen8138]

Your new province has an area that is great for Barley, if I recall correctly from your last episode. If you can produce large amounts of barley, you could trade that with Cupboardia and wouldn't need to buy it from an outside group.

[@DavidDrouant]

Shooty shooty stabby stabby

[@dynomike727]

This was a good play through Penge. I love this game personally there’s a lot to do and see. You can adjust the contour of the roads if you want.. and If you do a final play claim the free land around you and make Baron Von Poopypants pay!

[@JoeySwartz-xk5qg]

Make more please I am loving this series.

[@user-yd9di3kg2j]

Such fun!

[@Tekkaz82]

You don't need trade routes to sell items in a 1 off scenario you just need somebody in the trading post and set it to export where possible, only items that say trade route required need you to pay 25

[@saethman]

Now that you have claimed a new region you could multitask between the regions

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I could do but alas the Press version of the game I have is going to be deactivated soon which will break our save file, so I've got time for one more video before the mini-series ends! I think we'll try to have a bit of a fight with old grumpy-pants if we can.

[@saethman]

@@TheGeekCupboard Saved by the bell? :) I think Baron von Grumpy-Pants will live up to his name if you're allowed to take your new army and pay him a visit! (haven't got the game myself, but I fear that you might need a bunch of influence to pay him a visit)

[@sallythekolcat]

yaaaarn. music to a knitters ears. (btw, have you considered come cute sheep? )

[@PeterDay81]

Did the money from the bandit camp go to your new land?

[@mr.different7494]

8 family plots. longer plots! Much longer! End hunger problems.

[@mr.different7494]

Sheep.

[@mr.different7494]

The other faction took out them raiders. You got to the camp first! Money is floating around one of yer cities.

[@mr.different7494]

As long as you want! 2 families will work it

[@anthonyr.1568]

Are you good there, Mr. D?

[@anthonyr.1568]

26:55 They're all German names, except for Cupboardia.

[@danielleoliver1734]

I don’t think you fight the baron, I’m pretty sure you just have to claim all the tiles

[@Tekkaz82]

Shame this is coming to an end, maybe you can carry on if youve got xbox gamepass?

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I've got the full game, that's fine, but when we started playing we had access to a special 'Press' version of the game, so all of our save games are only compatible with the Press version. The special Press version of the game is being switched off soon so our saves won't be compatible any more. I think we've had a pretty good look at the game as it is now, what we'll do is park it for a while and come back when it's been updated quite a bit.