History VideoGame / KingArthurTheRolePlayingWargame

* {{Druid}}: Present and accounted for, in the form of heroes.
* EasyLogistics: While there are no supply lines in the games, armies have a seasonal upkeep. In the Saxon and Welsh campaigns, army upkeep is doubled when marching through hostile territory. After a province has been conquered, the double upkeep continues for 1 year and the new ruler cannot recruit units during the year.

''King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame'' is a video game by Neocore Games (later the creators of ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing'') based on the exploits of KingArthur himself, chronicling his rise to power in a Britain divided among bickering kingdoms. The game itself is a mix of strategy (in the vein of the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series) and role-playing (which is reminiscent of text-based adventure games). It also features hero characters that lead the armies and level up [[RPGElements in a manner similar to RPGs.]] The gameplay of the main campaign more strongly favors the real-time battles with its units' varied capabilities and heroes' magic compared to ''VideoGame/TotalWar'''s empire management, with the gameplay following hard-coded plot quests that your armies undergo rather than players going about their conquering goals entirely of their own accord. However, the 2 [=DLC=] campaigns (featuring the Saxons and the Welsh respectively) offer a "sand-box" experience, along with some gameplay changes as compared to the main campaign. The first game also offers multiplayer skirmishes, where 2 players can craft their own armies and fight against each other. The ''Fallen Champions'' [=DLC=] is essentially a skirmish pack (with fixed armies for both sides), which serves as the bridge between the original and the sequel.

** Then there's physical attacks that bypass armour, such as weapons from the Crossbowmen and Axemen.

* DamselInDistress: More than a few. Once rescued, they can be married to your heroes, and their traits can either benefit or weaken the fiefdoms governed by their husbands.

* KingArthur: He's in the title.

* KillItWithFire: Plenty of spells along this line.

* ACommanderIsYou: The Morality trees, outside of actual role-playing implications, provide different benefits to certain strategies to tailor your style.

* RiskStyleMap: Both games uses this. However, this factor is more significant in the first game, as Strongholds can house buildings which affect the county they are in, as well as surrounding counties.

* ScrewYouElves: Whichever ending you reach, you'll be defeating at least one of the Courts of the Sidhe and possibly both.

* DamselInDistress: More than a few.

* ACommanderIsYou: The Morality trees, outside of actual role-playing implications, provide different benefits to certain strategies to tailor your style. Christian favors ''Brute Force'' and gives knights and heavy infantry along with defensive abilities to aid them, Old Faith helps out as ''Guerilla'' with archers and infantry units that tend to be good in the woods or difficult weather as well as tricky spells, Rightful provides ''Generalist'' benefits with a variety of infantry units and various benefits to use as you will, and Tyrant provides more ''Brute Force'' with lots of damage or melee bonuses - even its archers are better in melee.

* AnachronismStew: Good grief, yes. Apart from the usual Arthurian tradition of medieval equipment, terms and attitudes in just post Roman Britain, we have units called "Crusaders" centuries before the First Crusade ([[RuleOfCool although the name does make a cool shorthand for "Christian warriors"]]), Irish gods being worshiped in Britain, Christian Saxons long before their widespread conversion and Viking raiders.

* AnnoyingArrows: Averted, other than heroes and Giants, nothing matches the hitting power of the various archer classes. Both nonhuman archers are especially devastating and can wipe out even the most heavily armoured armies off the map without much effort. An tickbox to weaken archers was patched into the game. It is also very possible to have the majority of your force's casualties be caused by ''friendly'' archers who fire into the melee.

* ArmorAsHitPoints: The only reason why low-end troops can harm a Knight of the Round Table, is that armour for your Knight only increases their hit points (though usually a huge number) unlike regular units that treat armour as damage reduction.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: As usual the [[TheFairFolk Sidhe]] follow this trope.

* BribingYourWayToVictory: Downplayed, but there are a [=DLC=] for the Arthurian campaign of the first game which allows you to recruit additional troop types (including otherwise unavailable heavy cavalry) and heroes once you reach certain thresholds. Another grants artifacts as rewards if you clear the associated optional quests.

** Unfortunately, knights are only reliable in the front and therefore immediately in combat of Wedge formations. For the other ones...be sure to take a close look at your knight's unit to make sure they'll be fighting whenever you activate skills that are based around themselves.

* FoeTossingCharge: Cavalry can gain momentum as they gallop to a location. Momentum is consumed as they reach an enemy unit on the way to try to trample the enemy, immediately causing damage (though also to themselves) and potentially killing lighter infantry. However, momentum is lost from veering off-course or moving up a hill, and dense formations will be more able to hold against the trampling charge more effectively.

* IAmAHumanitarian: Giants eat human flesh. This act means that honourable Knights of the Round Table will take a hit in their morale if they're forced to work with Giants

* LowestCosmicDenominator: Averted. Both Christ and the Tuatha De Dannan are named.
* TheMagicComesBack: What happened when Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, which caused the Sidhe to come back, and various weird things happen all over Britain. This is partly why things are so chaotic.
* MagicStaff: Most of the magic centred heros carry one.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Only in story backgrounds for the first game but showing up in person in the sequel.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Mostly appear as enemies but several occasions allow you to recuit them.

* DarkFantasy: The sequel descends wholeheartedly into this at times. The first game was both LighterAndSofter as well as slightly more toned-down concerning the fantasy elements.

* {{Druid}}: Present and accounted for.

* FoeTossingCharge: Cavalry can gain momentum as they gallop to a location, consumed as they reach an enemy unit on the way to try to trample the enemy, immediately cause damage (though also to themselves) and potentially kill lighter infantry. However, momentum is lost from veering off-course or moving up a hill, and dense formations will be more able to hold against the trampling charge more effectively.

* GeoEffects: Anything aside from flat ground affect the troops standing on them. Difficult terrain like forests or water slow units down, consume more stamina to run through, and afflict their combat stats (though more to heavy infantry and cavalry than light infantry). The usual logic of what happens when you run up or down a hill applies, with cavalry gaining momentum faster from going down a hill or losing from going up one. If hidden in a forest for at least a minute, units will gain an ambush bonus when the enemy sees them (and the units hopefully start to attack).

* GrimUpNorth: In the original all the land from the Midlands to Hadrian's Wall is covered with the forest of Bedegraine, the dangerous home of the Sidhe. In the sequel, we find out what's above the Wall and it is not pretty...

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: The attitude of most tyrant leaning knights and possibly Arthur himself if you go that way.
* InstantWinCondition: An army's morale going to nothing causes it to immediately lose, no matter how much they outnumber their adversaries. A player can kite an enemy's army or occupy them away from the victory points to win a battle they'd have no chance at otherwise.

* KnightErrant: The Knights of the Round Table spend the time their not leading armies into battle behaving like this.

* TheLegionsOfHell: The Formorians are technically not demons but you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Not so much Arthur, who mostly just hands out orders via the player's decisons, but King Mark, one of the earlist recuitable heros, is a reliable leader and combatant.

* SituationalSword: The Excalibur. It can't be used as a weapon and its sole power is to bless a site of arcane power and allow you to build a base for government there. There's less than a handful of these sites, but empowering the Excalibur [[spoiler: enables Arthur to begin recruiting troops and collecting income from the lands under his control.]]

* ScrewYouElves: Whichever ending you reach you'll be defeating at least one of the Courts of the Sidhe and possibly both.

** Actually all the Knights are this trope. In the logbook, it explains that all the Knights were normal people but either by prayer, studying magic, finding a magical item or creature they have been touched by the supernatural and empowered according to their talents. That's why the Knights have such incredible stats and powers; there is no CharlesAtlasSuperpower for them.

* WeatherOfWar: Weather can changed by skills. Fog, storms, night, or a clear day can be caused. Fog reduces sight, benefits Unseelie units and hampers archers; storms benefit seelie units and greatly hampers archers, knights and heavy infantry; night reduces sight and benefits Unseelie units, and a clear day hampers Unseelie units.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: For the first game, the Saxons and Welsh campaigns are easier than the Arthurian one, as the Saxons and the Welsh starts with a Stronghold (while Arthur has to conquer one and his campaign is scripted to have AI kingdoms become more aggressive once he has done so). In addition, due to their starting positions, the Saxons and the Welsh can easily control ''2'' Strongholds early in their campaigns, and both sides are given armies with veteran units.

* LosingTheTeamSpirit: Rather than individual morale, an army's morale provides an alternate victory condition aside from killing all of them. Both armies have a morale bars which, much like the ticket system in the ''{{VideoGame/Battlefield}}'' series, go down if one side is holding more points and as they take losses. An army's reaching zero causes them to immediately lose.

* LowestCosmicDenominator: Averted. Both Christ and the Tuatha De Dannan are all named.
* TheMagicComesBack: What happened when Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, which caused the Sidhe to come back, and various weird things happen all over Britain. This is part of the reason things are so chaotic.

** Actually all the Knights are this trope. In the logbook, it explains that all the Knights were normal people but either by prayer, studying magic, finding a magical item or creature they have been touched by the supernatural and empowered according to their talents. That's why the Knights have such incredible stats and powers, there is no CharlesAtlasSuperpower for them.

''King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame'' is a video game by Neocore Games (later the creators of ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing'') based on the exploits of KingArthur himself, chronicling his rise to power in a Britain divided by bickering kingdoms. The game itself is a mix of strategy (in the vein of the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series) and role-playing (which is reminiscent of text-based adventure games). It also features hero characters that lead the armies and level up [[RPGElements in a manner similar to RPGs.]] The gameplay of the main campaign more strongly favors the real-time battles with its units' varied capabilities and heroes' magic compared to ''VideoGame/TotalWar'''s empire management, with the gameplay following hard-coded plot quests that your armies undergo rather than players going about their conquering goals entirely of their own accord. However, the 2 [=DLC=] campaigns (featuring the Saxons and the Welsh respectively) offer a "sand-box" experience, along with some gameplay changes as compared to the main campaign. The first game also offers multiplayer skirmishes, where 2 players can craft their own armies and fight against each other. The ''Fallen Champions'' [=DLC=] is essentially a skirmish pack (with fixed armies for both sides), which serves as the bridge between the original and the sequel.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: For the first game, the Saxons campaign is easier than the Arthurian one, while the Welsh campaign is easier than the Saxons one. This is due to the Saxons and the Welsh starting with a Stronghold (while Arthur has to conquer one and his campaign is scripted to have AI kingdoms become more aggressive once he has done so). In addition, due to their starting position, the Welsh can easily control ''2'' Strongholds early in their campaign.

* GrimUpNorth: In the original all the land from the Midlands to Hadrian's Wall is covered with the forest of Bedegraine, the dangerous home of the Sidhe. In the sequel we find out what's above the Wall and it is not pretty...

* SequelDifficultyDrop: The Saxons campaign is easier than the Arthurian one, while the Welsh campaign is easier than the Saxons one. This is due to the Saxons and the Welsh starting with a Stronghold (while Arthur has to conquer one and his campaign is scripted to have AI kingdoms become more aggressive once he has done so). In addition, due to their starting position, the Welsh can easily control ''2'' Strongholds early in their campaign.

* BribingYourWayToVictory: Downplayed, but there are a [=DLC=] for the main campaign of the first game which allows you to recruit additional troop types (including otherwise unavailable heavy cavalry) and heroes once you reach certain thresholds. Another grants artifacts as rewards if you clear the associated optional quests.

* DarkFantasy: The sequel descends wholeheartedly into this at times. The first part was both LighterAndSofter as well as slightly more toned-down concerning the fantasy elements.

* ForcedTutorial: The main campaign of the first game has this; you cannot even ''recruit troops'' until you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur]], and you cannot build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: conquer a stronghold]].

* HappilyAdopted: Arthur by Sir Ector, as in the myth. Ector himself acts as your advisor throughout the first game and Arthur's foster brother Kay is your first hero.
* HellGate: [[spoiler: The Samhain gate. Also the Formorian's gates.]]

* KnightTemplar: Some heros are over zealous.
* TheLegionsOfHell: The Formorians are technicaly not demons but you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Only in story backgrounds in the first game but showing up in person in the sequel.

* SituationalSword: The Excalibur. It can't be used as a weapon and its sole power is to bless a site of arcane power and allow you to build a base for government there. There's less than a handful of these sites, so the Excalibur is essentially worthless from a gameplay perspective.

''King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame'' is a video game by Neocore Games (later the creators of ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing'') based on the exploits of KingArthur himself, chronicling his rise to power in a Britain divided by bickering kingdoms. The game itself is a mix of strategy (in the vein of the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series) and role-playing (which is reminiscent of text-based adventure games). It also features hero characters that lead the armies and level up [[RPGElements in a manner similar to RPGs.]] The gameplay of the main campaign more strongly favors the real-time battles with its units' varied capabilities and heroes' magic compared to ''VideoGame/TotalWar'''s empire management, with the gameplay following hard-coded plot quests that your armies undergo rather than players going about their conquering goals entirely of their own accord. However, the 2 [=DLC=] campaigns (featuring the Saxons and the Welsh respectively) offer a "sand-box" experience, along with some gameplay changes as compared to the main campaign. The first game also offers multiplayer skirmishes, where 2 players can craft their own armies and fight against each other. The ''Fallen Champions'' [=DLC=] is essentially a skirmish pack, which serves as the bridge between the original and the sequel.

''King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame'' is a video game by Neocore Games (later the creators of ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing'') based on the exploits of KingArthur himself, chronicling his rise to power in a Britain divided by bickering kingdoms. The game itself is a mix of strategy (in the vein of the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series) and role-playing (which is reminiscent of text-based adventure games). It also features hero characters that lead the armies and level up [[RPGElements in a manner similar to RPGs.]] The gameplay of the main campaign more strongly favors the real-time battles with its units' varied capabilities and heroes' magic compared to ''VideoGame/TotalWar'''s empire management, with the gameplay following hard-coded plot quests that your armies undergo rather than players going about their conquering goals entirely of their own accord. However, the 2 [=DLC=] campaigns (featuring the Saxons and the Welsh respectively) offer a "sand-box" experience, along with some gameplay changes as compared to the main campaign.

It has a sequel, which has Arthur becoming gravely wounded in a magical attack, and his son-cum-heir has to re-unite the kingdoms and deal with supernatural threats, the Fomorians. The sequel also has a [=DLC=] campaign featuring a version of [[{{TheRemnant}} a Roman colony left behind after the Roman retreat from the province]]. The sequel also no longer offers multiplayer skirmishes, where 2 players can craft their own armies and fight against each other.

* AnachronismStew: Good grief, yes. Apart from the usual Arthurian tradition of medieval equipment, terms and attitudes in just post Roman Britain, we have units called "Crusaders" centuries before the First Crusade (although they are a shorthand, Irish gods being worshiped in Britain, Christian Saxons long before their widespread conversion and Viking raiders.

It has a sequel, which has Arthur becoming gravely wounded in a magical attack, and his son-cum-heir has to re-unite the kingdoms and deal with supernatural threats, the Fomorians. The sequel also has a [=DLC=] campaign featuring a version of [[{{TheRemnant}} a Roman colony left behind after the Roman retreat from the province]].

* BribingYourWayToVictory: Downplayed, but there are a [=DLC=] for the main campaign of the first game which allows you to recruit additional troop types and heroes once you reach certain thresholds. Another grants artifacts as rewards if you clear the associated optional quests.

* AnachronismStew: Good grief, yes. Apart from the usual Arthurian tradition of medieval equipment, terms and attitudes in just post Roman Britain, we have units called "Crusaders" centuries before the First Crusade, Irish gods being worshiped in Britain, Christian Saxons long before their widespread conversion and Viking raiders.
** In particular, religion, as the game has the Welsh as pagans and the invading Saxons as Christians, in complete reversal of what was the case historically.

* AnnoyingArrows: Averted, other than heroes and Giants, nothing matches the hitting power of the various archer classes. Both nonhuman archers are especially devastating and can wipe out even the most heavily armoured armies off the map without much effort. An tickbox to weaken archers was patched into the game.

* SavageWolves: Wargs are a not uncommon troop type to face in the Orkney/Viking armies.
* SealedEvilInACan: In the sequel the Formorians in general and particularly Balor.

** This is also significantly affected by how lighter units are less affected by [[GeoEffects difficult or rough terrain]] while heavier units' sheer stats do best in open terrain (The scale goes from light infantry, spearmen, light cavalry, heavy infantry, knights by the degree they get hampered by terrain). Scrubland or forests provide cover against archers' fire, making them places archers not want to be around.

* BlackKnight: A few.