Mount&Blade is a 3D, open-ended, single-player, third- or first-person, computer role-playing game in beta stage of development, created and distributed by the Turkish development house TaleWorlds. Mount&Blade has a medieval setting, without any fantasy elements. Mount&Blade is notable for its emphasis on realistic cavalry combat, which was common in the era, but is largely absent in most RPG titles.

The player can directly control only one player character, which is created when a new game starts. A character class only serves as a template for future character development. Each "class" differs only in its starting attributes, skill points and equipment. There are no in-game restrictions on equipment or skill use based on class and gender. The maximum level of a skill and the use of certain equipment is linked to a related attribute. The player character's facial features are customizable. The face and hair can be changed at any time, should the player wish to do so. The player character may take sides with any one or none of the factions present in Calradia: The Swadian, Rhodok, Vaegir, Khergit, and Nord armies, or hunt down the various bandits and rogues that plague the region.

The game play is open, similar to games such as Elite or Darklands. The game currently has a skeleton plot and the player is free to do as he wishes. While combat is the main draw of the game, it is for the most part optional.

Characters can make money and gain experience by trading goods between towns. The game features a basic dynamic economy based on supply and demand.

The player's party can be formed by recruiting unique non-player characters (NPC), known as a hero or companion, or more generic soldiers. The player can increase his maximum party size by either investing in certain skills, or earning renown by winning battles.

The player can develop the skills of his character and companions over the course of the game. Certain skills affect the party as a whole, so companions can be used to complement the skills of the player character. Skills can be improved by gaining levels or reading and holding books.

The player can also own a fief, a faction-related village given to the player by the faction leader. Mercenaries can also be obtained at a tavern, and prisoners can be rescued from enemy parties. Prisoners that the player character captures during battle can also be forced to join the player's party, though they will often desert the player. As these generic soldiers fight, they will gain experience and can be upgraded into stronger, more specialized soldiers. Soldiers will often have multiple upgrade paths.

The player can siege enemy castles, towns, and villages. If the player wins the siege, his faction takes control of the territory. Occasionally, the faction leader will reward a captured territory to the player. The player also has the option of declaring succession from his liege and owning an independent state. This option comes after being refused control of a fief that the player captured.

No multi-player option exists, nor is one planned.

Every kingdom also has a rival claimant to the throne. Should the player choose to back this claimant, then a civil war occurs between the rebels of that faction and the loyalists of that faction. The tournament system has been revised, the graphics overhauled, and the game rebalanced.

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The annual Paradox Catalogue sale has rolled around once more for 2011, from July 25th through to July 31st all the Desura supported titles are at a reduced price of 50% off. Paradox has long been a supporter of the Indie and Mod scene with most of the titles having enormous modding scenes like the Mount & Blade series, with great mods like the Darkest Hour game becoming Indie titles themselves.


Cities in Motion

Cities in Motion is a city-based mass transportation simulator for the PC. Players operate their own transportation company, building a public network with a variety of vehicle types, including buses, trams, and subway trains.By meeting the needs of city residents, the player tries to make as much profit as possible. Observing the changing and growing city, as well as the different types of people in it, is key to building a successful and efficient network.


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Cities in Motion: Tokyo 

Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, is one of the largest and greatest cities in the world. It has enjoyed many different eras and experienced changes never seen in the west. Public transport is always a challenge, but Tokyo offers excellent opportunities and exciting new vehicles.


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Dark Horizon

Disaster has taken its harsh grip and the universe is slowly dying. Systems cease to exist and there seems to be no way of stopping the threat. But a rumour is slowly spreading through the galaxy of a weapon against this menace - "the Light Core". The space action game Dark Horizon takes place in a breathtaking atmospheric universe with an epic storyline about the fight for survival.


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Darkest Hour

By fans, for the fans, Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox Interactive forums, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game featuring a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century, from the outbreak of the Great War up to the onset of the Cold War. Darkest Hour will introduce a new artificial intelligence that is now able to react to hundreds of different situations simultaneously, along with a dynamic diplomatic system that will allow the player to have a real impact on the course of history.  


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Europa Universalis 2

Europa Universalis II invites you to a global struggle for supremacy from the dark times of Jeanne D'Arc to the flaming wars of Napoleon. As the leader of a country you have to guide domestic and foreign policies. Engage in religious struggles, set up expeditions to claim the New World, lead your country to prosperity and victory. Send your Privateers to roam the seven seas, muster mercenaries to bolster your defences, and send missionaries to convert infidels to your State Religion.


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Europa Universalis 3

Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy. This epic strategy game lets players take control of a nation and guide it through the ages to become a great global empire. Unparalleled in its depth and historical accuracy, Europa Universalis III gives the player unprecedented freedom in how they choose to rule their nation from an impressive choice of over 250 historically accurate countries.


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For the Glory

Take up the reigns of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!


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Fort Zombie

Fort Zombie is a focused-scope, casual RPG title in which the game world revolves around a single building – your fort – and the mission specific chunks of the small town that surrounds it. Instead of a major city or a vast countryside, player’s focus their efforts on building up a single structure, finding and training survivors, and venturing out into town looking for supplies.


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Hearts of Iron

Hearts of Iron is the first ever World War II PC game of true Grand Strategic scope. The game map spans the entire world and allows players to take the War to any new front of their choosing. Any nation in the world is playable, but the game focuses on the epic struggle between the great alliances of the new world orders Fascism, Communism and Democracy.


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Hearts of Iron 3

Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.


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Knights of Honor

The opportunity to rewrite history waits for you in this epic, sprawling struggle for sovereignty, dominance and riches. Choose one of over 100 kingdoms and play through the Early, High, and Late periods of the Middle Ages during one of Europe’s most turbulent and fascinating times. Use any number of methods to achieve your goals and impose your will on others, including trade, diplomacy, subterfuge or brute force. Through words or steel, lead your nation to victory and make your mark on history. With numerous allies and foes to contend with and an entire continent to conquer, the path to ultimate domination is no simple feat.


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Mount & Blade

Mount and Blade is a 3D, open-ended, single-player, third- or first-person, computer role-playing game, created and distributed by the Turkish development house TaleWorlds. Mount and Blade has a medieval setting, without any fantasy elements. Mount and Blade is notable for its emphasis on realistic cavalry combat, which was common in the era, but is largely absent in most RPG titles.


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Mount & Blade: Warband 

Mount and Blade: Warband is the first sequel for the action role-playing video game Mount and Blade. First announced in January 2009, the game was developed by TaleWorlds and was published by Paradox Interactive on March 30, 2010. Warband expands on the original game by introducing a sixth faction, increasing the political options, allowing players to start their own faction, and incorporating multiplayer modes.


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Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

With Fire & Sword is the thrilling sequel to the action role-playing hit Mount & Blade: Warband. Be a mercenary or join one of the five battling factions to conquer, destroy or create empires. In an open sand box world you choose your allies, your enemies, what provinces to conquer, what castles to siege and what quests to embark on.With Fire & Sword also greatly builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband.


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Penumbra: Black Plague

Trapped in a shadowy, underground complex, intrepid explorer Philip continues the search he began in Penumbra: Overture, to discover the truth behind his father’s disappearance. Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.


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Penumbra: Requiem

In the puzzle oriented expansion Penumbra: Requiem long lost friends will return and aid Philip on his quest, but can they really be trusted? In the bizarre world of Penumbra: Requiem players will experience another psychological thrill on a level unheard of. This time telling what is real and what is not will be even harder and not always trusting your senses will be essential in order to survive.


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Penumbra: Overture

Penumbra is a first person horror adventure focussing on story, immersion and puzzle solving. Violence and combat is hardly an option - the player has to use wits to guide Philip through his final test, and this makes the series unique in offering a truly dangerous and terrifying experience.


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Mount&Blade 1.011 / Fall 2009 Enhanced Version

Mount&Blade 1.011 / Fall 2009 Enhanced Version

Sep 25, 2011 Full Version 11 comments

This is the famous silently fixed (and secretly released) version from TaleWorlds. They're currently distributing an older game (although with the same...

Gangs of Glasgow - Massive Slash

Gangs of Glasgow - Massive Slash

Jan 19, 2011 Full Version 4 comments

*Warning: This mod is intended for Adults Only* This is a large comedy mod for Mount and Blade v.1.011, set in modern-day Glasgow, Scotland, where medieval...

Gangs Of Glasgow - The Old Firm - part 1

Gangs Of Glasgow - The Old Firm - part 1

Jan 13, 2011 Full Version 21 comments

*WARNING* This mod is intended for Adults Only. It contains dismemberment, depictions of real-life sectarian bigotry, and language and songs that may...

Mount & Blade v1.011 full install

Mount & Blade v1.011 full install

Dec 3, 2008 Full Version 49 comments

Taleworlds are offering Mount&Blade through a try before you buy model. You can download the game and start playing right away. What you download is not...

Mount and Blade 1.010 patch

Mount and Blade 1.010 patch

Oct 30, 2008 Patch 2 comments

This will upgrade M&B verrsion 1.003 to 1.010. Version 1.010 should be savegame compatible with version 1.003 although we haven't tested that throughly...

M&B 0.960 upgrade.

M&B 0.960 upgrade.

Jun 26, 2008 Patch 2 comments

This patch will upgrade any 0.950+ M&B to M&B 0.960

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UncleMayonnaise
UncleMayonnaise May 21 2012, 10:50pm says:

Ok. DLed the tutorial, and loved it so much I bought it. Now that I've been playing for a few days, I wanted to ask: Is there ANYBODY here who can help me sift through the seemingly endless sea of mods? I hate downloading stuff only to have it suck, and have really no way of separating the chaff from the wheat. PMs and responses to this would be very much appreciated!

Kamin

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fenrisnovus
fenrisnovus May 20 2012, 7:46am says:

someone should really make a game of thrones mod

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Arenafire
Arenafire Mar 4 2012, 11:26pm says:

when I try to run a mod i get an error saying something like Error: failed to open C:\Computer\Program Files (x68)\Mount&Blade\walk_sideways or something like that. Help?

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Master_Of_End
Master_Of_End May 18 2012, 4:37am replied: Online

also when you run desura installation?

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Frontier_Game_Lead
Frontier_Game_Lead Dec 30 2011, 10:01pm says:

do you actually fight battles in Hearts of Iron?

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kidden
kidden Jan 2 2012, 12:39pm replied:

nope, they're simulated like the victoria series and EUIII

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skypatrol
skypatrol Dec 17 2011, 1:22pm says:

weres do you find serial number

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brolee
brolee Nov 4 2011, 3:36pm says:

Oks anyone know some good M&B mods I already got Europe1200, 1257AD, Britain at War, Eagle & Radiant Cross, 100 years war, War for Calradia Conquest, Wedding Dance, Expanded Gameplay 3, Rise of Kergits 2, Sword of Damocles. Also some fantasy based mods Taleria, Prophesy of Pendor and two Total conversion mods 1866 and Star Wars Conquest. Is there anymore good ones I could try? :)

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Mckiller2
Mckiller2 Oct 12 2011, 12:13pm says:

Sadly the game was good when i first started playing it,now its getting old even with mods,maybe i finally should buy Warband,because With fire and sword is useless since mods already provide guns

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Mainwolf9
Mainwolf9 Apr 25 2012, 6:28pm replied:

Try to repair in control panel if that dosn't work, re-install.

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