The player must control a lord as he tries to develop an army of knights and soldiers in order to challenge the king for the throne of England.
Rivers also provide a quick path to get to the target village but the player must watch out for bandits that will attack him and his hired men.
At the age of 18, the player is assigned a fiefdom to oversee in addition to a substantial amount of land.
If the player doesn't slay a dragon or overthrow the King of England by then, the game is considered to be lost.
Computer Game Review argued, "The scope of this project was more than either its budget or its talent could handle.