User Guide

Mercenaries
Ships
Each Asset is listed by its name, and
several have a numerical value
attached-these are the Troops which
that Asset automatically and perma-
nently bestows on the Faction. Other
benefits may also come from possessing
that Asset.
Independent Towns under your con-
trol are not shown in the Faction Box.
Instead, your Faction’s flag is placed
above the town on the Area Map.
You can learn more about any Noble
or Asset by positioning the mouse
pointer over its icon (the pointer
changes shape to a Question Mark as
you do sol. Click the Left Mouse But-
ton. You
can now read the Chronicle
information about that item.
Once you are satisfied that you
understand the strength of the Assets
in your Faction, you must allocate
these to your Nobles. A Noble may only
have one Title, and only Titled Nobles
may have Offices. Apart from that, you
can combine these forces as you wish.
Select a Noble by clicking on his
name with the mouse pointer; he
becomes highlighted, and the Castles
which he possesses flash on the All-
Britain map.
Now you can allocate your resources
to capture Royal Heirs and to frustrate
the enemy. No one strategy in KING-
MAKER works better than others, so
you should group your resources in
pursuit of a number of key goals- the
rapid capture of Royal Heirs, regional
supremacy, and security.
An unfortified town and
port of the south coast
of England.