Manor Lords: The GERMAN Village Is Becoming A TOWN!

Today, we're continuing a multi-video journey on which we will be building historically accurate and authentic city designs in Manor lords, a highly anticipated city-building game! I will explain how the game works as I play and explain some historical details as we go!
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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.
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[@OneProudBavarian]

What should we name the German village btw? The name would look like this: [German Village]-Caseritz!

[@kaiseralermann2562]

Hatzenberg-Caseritz

[@whiteseptember4]

I think yellow field (Gelbfeld) or yellow field village (Gelbfelddorf) would be awesome, due to the tavern being a large part of the town. The town is surrounded by fields of wheat to make the beer in the taverns. Please excuse my German, I do not speak the language.

[@whiteseptember4]

Going on my other comment, maybe something also like Gelbberg, or would it be Gelburg idk but either one

[@kaiseralermann2562]

@@whiteseptember4 I think that it should refere at least to a point to the elevated position of the German Village wich should include the term Berg so maybe wie could go for Gelbberg or Goldberg to make it more Prestigeous

[@suiteciliano]

Hohenstein-Caseritz

[@Chopin1403]

These videos should be much longer , its refreshing to see someone playing this game using historical knowledge. This is the way it was meant to be!

[@magpie1466]

I agree! Could watch them all day

[@harcoom]

I think they are not longer bc the algorithm doesn’t like super long videos

[@JellyJamBoyGaming]

@@harcoom second this, algo hurts longer videos significantly!

[@emil3657]

according to who? did you speak with the developer?

[@Kaiquintos]

​@@emil3657 I mean, it is definitely one way to play this game but I imagine that the dev wishes for people to play in a more historical manner rather than min-maxing stats like most people tend to do. Regardless I do believe that in the end, the dev just wants people to play this in any free way they see fit because why else would one be allowed to make such dynamic and freeform planning?

[@AlexFoobar104]

Wow, this game is really realistic. Germans popping up somewhere and immediately brewing beer is historical accuracy at its best

[@indeedentertainment]

The area in China that was colonised by the Germans produces 400 million hl of beer per year and is home to the 9th largest beer company in the world.

[@adamshen_]

i really hope this game will allow you to eventually build castle towns

[@LowHangingFruitForest]

I think people underestimate how much development is left for this title.

[@intruder6570]

@@LowHangingFruitForest it has a long way but damn the ground pieces are amazing

[@luizarthurbrito]

I think the dev. Will update this game with new futures for at least a couple of years! Besides, with mods I can only imagine how great this game can become.

[@marcusaurelius3487]

Castles are confirmed

[@18996doug]

Iam already planning to build Rochester castle and the town

[@jonasferenc6847]

How about "Radau" for the German village, which means "Radau-Caseritz" for the area? The place for it was carved from the forest, which is where the first part comes from - prefix Rade- is used for a "clearing" in the woods (cf. English rod, rode, royde), suffix -au is Slavic one (from Slavic -ov, -ów, used by Polabian Slavs and West Slavs in general to refer to a village or place, common in German village names in areas that used to be Slavic). Radau was built mostly by Slavic villagers/workers from Caseritz and Germans were always telling them to go work on the "wood clearing" (go cut down trees) and they added their suffix to it to label the place amongst themselves "Yeah, I have to go to Radeau/ Radau today."... and maybe it stuck?

[@jarlnils435]

In german, we say rode, as in Marienrode. The clearing itself is a Rodung.

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

Modern German has the word "Radau" (means noise pollution, for example a loud party could be "Radau" to your not invited neighbours). Although it seems the word did not exist back in 1400.

[@jonasferenc6847]

@@jarlnils435 As a suffix it can be "-roth, -rath, -rode, -reuth, or -rade ". As a prefix, it is supposedly "Rade-". For example in Radebeul, Radevormwald.

[@jarlnils435]

@@jonasferenc6847 most likely some eastern or southern dialects, which I do not speak. Modern standart high german, as well as the low german language and all it's dialects have it spoken as -rode or Rode- or Roden-/Rhoden-. But low german is something which most people do not consider. Some think that it is a dialect of the german language. They are wrong. Because it is it's own. For example, Village names on low german translated into high german and english. Astenbeck - Schneller Bach - quick creek Blakeborn - Schwarze Quelle - black spring (of a creek) Lutter - Plätscherbach - (I don't know how to translate Plätschern into english, perhaps bubbly creek) Bremen - Rand - Rim Petersenwierde - Petersohns Weide - Peterson's pasture.

[@KeenSays]

@@jonasferenc6847 Now Gatorade and Powerade make sense

[@soulminiatures7387]

It is so refreshing to see a player not only employ historical accuracy but also built the villages to be aesthetically pleasing. far too many players i saw built very much in grits or outright ugly because they dont care about beauty.

[@buttnuttz6119]

Same. As someone who can only build “ugly” cities in games I appreciate someone who can build a realistic town.

[@aiko0928]

Right:')

[@catsandgames9871]

My favorite Bayern dude, it seems like you thoroughly enjoy the game. I cannot wait for Apr 26.

[@AlexChec]

27:43 "This guy is confused, but he's trying." I felt that.

[@Nyhtii]

As a Dutch person, I really hope they add a map with lots of rivers and possibly beaches/lakes. However more importantly LESS ELEVATION I don't know how to build/deal with elevation.

[@janipiot]

Imagine you're building on the edge of a very flat dyke, that's how to deal with hills at least...

[@Denek_23]

I bet you deal with depression pretty well ;)

[@grandicus]

@@Denek_23well that was unnessesary

[@dr.vikyll7466]

​@@grandicus depression=area of ground lower than the surrounding land

[@Denek_23]

@@grandicus i meant that Netherlands have parts below sea level… didn’t want to offend nobody, just made a dad joke

[@TheRobRok]

I'm loving the mixed gameplay and history lessons! They add a lot of flavour to this very promising game❤

[@VanillaFeline]

Bavarian, I havent watched playthroughs of games since I was in highschool a decade ago. I've been looking forward to Manor Lords since I found out about it over a year ago, but your playthrough has quadrupled my excitement. I've tried watching through some other quality playthroughs in my downtime, but none compare to yours. Subscribed. First time I've actually anticipated someone posting a video on here since I was a kid. Keep it up!

[@TertiaryGlissande]

By far the best Manor Lords content. The only other streamer who comes close was Spiff, and that's a different type of content. I love the historical explanations, and the beauty of your settlement cannot be denied. Thank you.

[@arthurcarmo7546]

The germans just arrived and started to make beer... Yeah, that checks up... First year of imigration of german families to my country is also the year of the first National brewery.... COINCIDENCE!?

[@badgermoon9229]

Thank goodness for that, they have a talent for brewing excellent beer.

[@peterlem1]

When I first tried Tsingtao beer in China I was surprised and a little disappointed that it tasted good but very similar to a bunch of beers from my home in Germany. Then I learned what "ze Germanz" had done as their first order of business after occupying and leasing the Chinese city of Qingdao in the late 19th century.

[@Natediggetydog]

@@peterlem1That’s awesome, a much better cultural fingerprint to leave behind than anything else I can think of😂

[@indeedentertainment]

The area in China that was colonised by the Germans produces 400 million hl of beer per year and is home to the 9th largest beer company in the world.

[@ocbwhyte1871]

Your realism videos and Snap Strategy’s 1000 pop videos have inspired me to build a spacious, sprawling, realistic town covering the whole province. My main thought for beauty points is putting space between burgage plots rather than everybody living fences-to-fence and wall-to-wall. I definitely want to have a Rundling too 👍

[@stefankatsarov5806]

Towns at the time where oposite of spacious. Vilages where spacious on the otehr side.

[@oosgarragsoo3675]

38:05 This “erosion of rights” is a constant throughout history. It is based on the material interests of the owner class (the lord) and the working class (the peasant). This contradiction within Feudalism is what drove medieval history and led to its eventual collapse. This allowed for the rise of Capitalism (with its inherent contradictions) in its place. The setting of Manor Lords is so interesting to me because it is set at the beginning stages of this qualitative change in society. You can already discern elements of the new system within the old. Fascinating!

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

The history of all hitherto existing human society is the history of class struggles, after all

[@hitomisalazar4073]

"There are no mistakes, only Happy Accidents". That Farmhouse is very much in the Bob Ross wheelhouse.

[@1337-Nathaniel]

Petition to name at least one of the farmers there Bob Ross.

[@nikolazornic964]

I absolutely love this series, hope it never ends

[@boy_hispania]

YES!!! These videos are awesome! Your voice, knowledge, and passion for the game elevate these videos to greatness!!! Keep up the great work!!!!!

[@lovelylavenderr]

Absolutely adore this mix of gameplay, roleplay, and history lessons you manage to craft into every game and series! It makes me long for a similar game to Manor Lords set in the American West. Anyway, so excited to see where this series continues.

[@Oinnelstan]

Greetings from Australia! @7:11 I noticed on another Manor Lords gameplay video that you can indeed enter a numerical value DIRECTLY into the number field (10% in this case), allowing you to enter sub 10% incremental values, 3% for example. This allowed for a correspondingly lower Satisfaction penalty. I hope this helps. As someone of Dutch/Frisian heritage, I am enjoying the educational history aspect of your content. Be well.

[@1337-Nathaniel]

Fryslân boppe!

[@cuniving7831]

I'd really love to be able to buy flavour packs. Like here is an Iberian pack, or a French pack or an Irish pack. It would give new landscapes with new environments, new textures for the buildings etc.

[@russelljones3221]

Or even a Western/Eastern Slavic pack

[@bobzone09]

I think this is an extremely likely course for them to take when the game nears official release (as opposed to early access). It's pretty obvious as far as making new content goes

[@spencerharvey5787]

I believe Slavic Magic said over a year ago that it was to remain with German aesthetics. I may be incorrect though

[@fw-tri-2324]

Alright I was watching a few streams by now but you absolutely knock it out the park with the historical narration. So much more interesting to watch while waiting to get to play myself! Also great ideas for how to set up the village. I knew there was something about the round village centre I've been making instinctively for a few other games that allow that sort of thing (Ostriv, mainly) :D

[@gustafvonplaten6741]

35:45 - Funny that just as you comment on this, the song playing from the soundtrack, 'Mayenzeidt one neidt' by minnesänger Neidhart von Reuenthal, is about a man who is forced by his romantic rivals to go into exile and settle in Prussia :)

[@montanus777]

and one of his rivals is hildebolt von berenreute - (almost) like the rivaling AI (due to a typo it's called bereneute).

[@indeedentertainment]

This game is so freaking cool, the level of detail is insane considering this is an EARLY ACCESS VERSION. Cannot wait to see what happens in the years to come!

[@jwb_666]

What people fundamentally misunderstand about "colonization" is that it follows a period of severe depopulation. In Europe after the black death, and in the Americas after first contact. Disease did the "heavy lifting"

[@talscorner3696]

"Maciej, what's that smell?" *sniffs air* "Fermentation...?" "Oh, it's German-o-clock again?!"

[@cjh8792]

The smithy building only makes tools, armor and weapons can only be made in back yard extensions in burgage plots

[@atharwamalawade259]

What do the wooden parts and metal tools even do?

[@cjh8792]

@@atharwamalawade259 i honestly don’t think they currently have a purpose

[@pasikiiski]

At least in demo you need tools to build farmhouse or vegetable patches.

[@NipapornP]

@@cjh8792 Selling them, actually IS a purpose. ;)

[@boass]

Really, really, really enjoying this series of yours =), I like how grounded your logic for building is, not just min-maxing.

[@Awootistic]

"The Germans just moved in and they are already making beer" Me: "Dang" *cracks open an Erdinger Urweise

[@janipiot]

Es ist 1:22 und ein neues OPB Video droppt. Was ist Uni um 8:00 morgens? Die Village muss expanded werden!

[@Maximilian_R1]

Mein Bruder in Christus, was ist das fuer ein Deutsch bitte?

[@janipiot]

Astreines Denglisch

[@JoshYxVdM]

Been watching this whole series, your historical insights and slower approach to the gameplay are very refreshing compared to some more... eccentric, clickbaity creators. Would be awesome to see a couple more historical village layouts, and perhaps some suggestions for layouts for us peasants once the game releases!

[@TheBestPirateDrake]

Yo can make warbows for cheap, it only cost planks. They are also very good for export trades for that reason. However they will consume lots of planks if you don’t tell them to stop. You can put a building on pause if you want them to stop working for the time being instead of taking out everyone off the building. You can out the artisans on pause too from the building.

[@Jules_Diplopia]

I really appreciate your historical storytelling around these villages. Great stuff.

[@lordDenis16]

That Ave Maria, if I am not mistaken, in the background at the start of the vid is a chief's kiss ❤

[@Eagle-kp7fx]

You have the best playthough by far, keep it up!

[@SD-O]

The book scandinavian history in the middle ages gives a good look into how rights were in scandinvia where it was way more serfs in denmark and sweden, but free and landowning people in Norway

[@qpq9494]

Great playthrough, great history lesson! When you talk about how people were gradually deprived of freedom, it reminded me of how (if I remember correctly) wool became extremely profitable in the 16th century, which in turn led to peasants being brutally driven off common land. Eventually, this development led to the creation of the modern wage laborer. And here we are now.

[@Lnly-]

I LOVE THE LOVE YOU PUT IN THESE VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bigred1342]

Great playthrough and I will be using this historical inspired build style once the game comes out!

[@Karagianis]

20:17 To make beer, boiling water must be added to the malted grain (this is the main reason beer was safer to drink that water in the medieval, because the process sterilised it). That oven should have an opening in the top you could slot a large boiling pan of water into for a brewery.

[@gm2407]

To malt the hops do they not cook them in some way first as well?

[@Maximilian_R1]

@OneProudBavarian, are you able to report the three-family bug preventing migration to @LordsManor for bug fixing (assuming he's not already aware).

[@noradrenalin8062]

I really love the historical insights.

[@Cbart23]

Seasons greetings

[@TheKingofRome1]

just a note the pause button will stop production but it also stops the upgrading to level 3 once the construction begins so you have to unpause

[@MrRadioMuffin]

This is the best play through on KZbin hands down! The historical commentary is amazing!!

[@tahmed6052]

In the future (perhaps with different maps) I would LOVE to get viking raids!

[@ManuelFelipeMasiasRomero]

I wonder if the game is going to have dlcs with set in other regions, as the mediterranean or arab world. would be great

[@JohnyG29]

It's a one man development "team", so you might be waiting a while 😂

[@lukmat839]

Nice playthrough, enjoying the history lesson also!

[@SteveHausmann]

"these layouts tell stories," spoken like a true historian my man

[@TheREPPIX]

We have truly entered a video game renaissance with so many absolute bangers coming out lately beginning with leathal company and Palworld and now manor lords and content warnings while Victoria 3 is being reinvigorated with recent updates taking it from near unplayable to very enjoyable... truly a golden age

[@tacitus6384]

Wow, most fights of peasants/lords were because the lord was trying to infringe upon the peasants rights? The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Marx said as much

[@2KXMKR]

I am absolutely going to make a Witcher 3 style map with tiny settlements dotted all over the place with just two to four houses in each. A Witcher game in this genre would be a dream come true. Imagine you're just focusing on making a village somewhere and you get a notification that Ghouls have attacked one of your farms, or a Noonwraith has appeared in one of your fields. The settlements become abandoned if the threat isn't dealt with. Everyone has to chip in to pay a Witcher to come and slay the beasts before that settlement can recover. I want that game so bad !!

[@Sungirl801]

Summoning the modder community....! (Keeping my fingers crossed!)

[@JessicaGaspan]

i am learning so much from this series :o

[@Mer0ps]

This guy is working so hard to provide Manor Lord content every day. I love it!

[@anton826]

mit abstand die beste manor lords reihe. Selten so gewartet

[@mw5549]

I love the pace of this - great series. When the game is released soon will it be in this form or will it be more complete?

[@jimith9913]

These videos have become the highlight of my day! Keep it up! Can't wait to play the game myself 😁

[@purpledevilr7463]

‘Just before we dip’ ‘just an overview’ Proceeds to be 1/3 of the video. A very satisfactory third.

[@okeanos6391]

I loved the history lesson!

[@NicNac723]

Awesome video as always! I especially loved to learn about the history of the sorbians and their history of being colonized by different germanic groups. Would you consider talking more about history of the teutons in relation and treatment to the slavic peoples they were colonizing? I honestly haven't learned much about that topic before, so I'd be interested in what you'd have to say on the matter :)

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

Super happy to get the German history lesson at the end! As an American, when I hear "colonization", I usually picture the British sailing somewhere to reap the benefits. Learning this old history in another region of the world is fantastic!

[@maidenminnesota1]

English tip: Ox = singular, Oxen = Plural. One ox, many oxen.

[@Sabastian2000]

Are there any English language books on the subject of medieval German towns or just Germany in general? Loving these videos?

[@richman2601]

Can you add episode tags? Or matbe a playlist would be appreciated

[@Annatar_the_admirable]

You mad Bavarian! It's past midnight, this is not ordnung :(

[@Drking-mz5yp]

i hope the next patches of this game makes u customize ur lord

[@alecity4877]

bug report the 3 families in the 2 family house thing. I think it could be interesting to have overcrowded houses if certain circumstances are present like a booming agricultural town atracting settlers when there's no available housing, creating issues for the player. but currently pretty sure it's a bug, specially with it preventing new settlers to come.

[@ShivTea]

In todays news- A landlord destroyed a house once squatters were found!

[@sjwoo13]

I honestly don't watch for the gameplay, but the historical knowledge being spittin. You're probably my favorite ManorLords content creator. Please make more vids like this. Maybe in the future make more RP playthroughs.

[@JohnyG29]

Great play through, you are certainly the best Manor Lords KZbinr! The history is very interesting as I know nothing of the history of this part of Europe. Why did the Germans invade this area? Did the poor old Slavs ever get the lands back that were stolen from them? If not, I think they should if at all possible.

[@skyebendorf915]

The slavs from these regions are basically fully integrated into German society but you'd be happy to know a lot of these lands were ceded to Poland after WW2 although the Polish are hardly the original inhabitants of the lands they are a completely different kind of Slav

[@JohnyG29]

​@@skyebendorf915 Well that's some good news I guess.

[@ericlk47]

The mills seem to occupy very little space. Shouldn't a mill demand a bit of an enclosed space, with storage and a house? It seems weird that the fields extend to the very bottom of the windmill

[@sidc.3817]

whoa....this wasn't just gameplay...it was a short historical lesson

[@ozfifer7392]

Yes, the United States did have a job like locators, but it was not quite the same. (Though I can't remember the job title,) this job was paid by the Federal Government to relocate families. Many people were lured out west with "Manifest Destiny," where they were given something like a $100 check (quite a lot of money back in the mid to late 1800's) and told that they had to police themselves so they would not be paying taxes like most people on the Eastern Seaboard. So, in modern terms, you are given $3,000, told to settle both uncharted and unclaimed land, then to develop that land as you see fit, and you don't have to pay taxes, not to mention that you must also administer the law of natural rights as necessary for protection of persons or property.

[@Christian_Bagger]

Become a Manor Lord KZbinr. It’s time to divert from Paradox. In the demo, I usually made farms to flattened my surroundings and then I just deleted them again. They did that back then, so they could see enemy approaching in the far distance, as well as getting raw materials.

[@ZaxCal]

Probably the best series I’ve seen for Manor Lords.

[@JohnDoe-vy3hy]

You should be a history teacher! You have a knack for explaining German mediaeval history in a relatable way! Best Bavarian since gerd muller!

[@manuelmartensen]

New settlers arriving at the village looking for work: "Senk you for traveling to deutsche barn" :D

[@AndrzejGieraltCreative]

Love these videos, finally game that I want to watch videos about haha, that hasn't happened since Minecraft like 10+ years ago xD although, the one things is that I have become convinced that "that's so cute" has become a completely meaningless phrase.

[@NathanS__]

You can put your taxes to single digits. You can click the white box and manually type the number in.

[@JuergenGDB]

I would also like to see the random Cat or dog running around. :) Just saying... my cat would appreciate it.

[@NexusNoxCS]

The best LP of this game so far. Would not expect anything less from OPB.

[@roranmc9514]

Maybe you should let viewers suggest names for the villagers (only if they are authentic)

[@PeterMatthess]

so refreshing to find someone who is so passionate about the history you are trying to play. So many people don't have a clue about the historical background and context in these games. I will definitely be watching all your Manor Lord content! thankyou

[@leecannon5680]

What time period is this roughly? Also where could I read more about the history of town development in Germany/Europe during this time?

[@aroma13]

It seems to be set during the high middle ages, 1200-1400, the Ostsiedlung that keeps getting name-dropped happened around 1300

[@Т1000-м1и]

Why the 100k view drop, tho the other vodeo got quite a bit more then average

[@Inucroft]

Serf =/= Tennant Farmer Tennant farmers still had to farm their local lord's land, while "owning" their own land.

[@oopsallluke]

I love that despite the dev saying visit mode is an experimental bonus feature and the game should be played in bird’s-eye view, the game’s details still hold up with how often you’re using it. Ignoring the mystery oven…

[@yeetthatmolotov]

cant wait to get my hands on this game, been watching this series itching to play myself and build my own medieval towns

[@2Links]

You know, it's a shame I don't know a lot of people who would love your content, because this channel really is something special.

[@jarlnils435]

I've always learned that the smith is, like the charcoal burner, outside the village, to prevent the sparks to cause house fires.

[@iceyixicold]

you make beautiful villages how are you so good at it?

[@Strigulino]

If you’re cool with pronunciation comments, you were pronouncing “orchard” a little oddly in the previous video. “Orchard” has a “ch” like “church”. So it’s like “oar-chud”. Amazingly fluent English otherwise though! I love visits to Bavaria. I went to the Landshut Hochzeit one year. Great fun!

[@MilanThiele]

Which civ6 soundtrack am I hearing?

[@MSCreationz]

Perfect first video of the day, I love this series!

[@JuergenGDB]

Excellent video. With a territory so rich in farmlands... this territory of Caseritz is great for advancing anything Farm or food-related (Farming/Commerce), while another territory can handle the manufacture of Weapons and such (Smithing/Commerce), and another territory can handle whatever else you need.

[@iplaygames8090]

42:50, yep definetly a medieval german feudal lord

[@ragnarrskulkrew6232]

OPB, as a history buff, I LOVE these kind of games and the history lessons you provide during this series is Effin Awesome! Please keep up the amazing work and much love from a German American!

[@ThePrinceofParthia]

Love your work OPB. One thing though, quintessential is typically split quin-tessential, rather than quint-essential. Up to you if you want to change how you pronounce it. Best Manor Lords series I've seen on YT!

[@pdp117O]

Amazing video, it amazes me how much effort this probably takes to do all this research on this stuff. But i think you could improve by being more specific becase it wasnt JUST the sorbs there were many others like for example the wends that were a mix of polish and ukrainian people who moved to modern day mecklenburg vorrpommern.

[@starguy321]

38:27 as far as I understand as well, the Middle Ages often saw people whose land were settled negotiate their own rights and privileges. It wasn’t a case of just naked one way colonisation, but the meeting of two world systems. Local slavic tribes may well have used the Germans for their own ends, instead of the Germans using them. This was also a time where custom and tradition could and did carry the force of law, as if a practice was as old as time then it would be an affront to God’s order to innovate it away. Peter Wilson even claims that, in the Holy Roman Empire especially, nobody ever ‘gained’ rights but instead worked out how laws applied to them and instead asserted rights they always had, which makes sense as to why people were so cross to see them taken away. To put it another way, people claimed to always have rights, they just hadn’t asserted them in a particular way as they hadn’t been challenged.