You are a
monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant
kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have
hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with
more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all
directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of
land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring
civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.
But wait! It must be
something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same
idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible,
fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions,
construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your
treasury. Your parents wouldn’t be proud, but your grandparents, would
be delighted.