Knights & Merchants is a game very similar to Settlers II, and that's not really a coincidence, as they were made by the same lead programmer, who started his own company (Joymania).

In K&M you start building a base and gain resources, and after that you make an army and try to attack the enemy. It's a mix between a godsim and a RTS game.

The game features resolutions up to 1024x768 with high-detail landscapes in 3D, with 2D-bitmap buildings placed upon it.

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Alternate Titles

"Война и Мир" -- Russian spelling
"Vojna i Mir" -- Russian title
"Rytíři a Kupci" -- Czech title
"Chevaliers et Camelots" -- French title
"Cavalieri e Mercanti" -- Italian title
"Cavaleiros e Mercadores" -- Brazilian title

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Knights & Merchants series

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom	Windows	$8.00
	Knights and Merchants	Macintosh
	Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom
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User Reviews

Do I see innovation? Nope. Nice try though.	Windows	Indra was here (15038)
The demo is better	Windows	Open_Sights (380)
Painfully slow	Windows	IP Freely (4)
Be a king	Windows	Buuks (180)

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The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Oct, 1998	89 out of 100	89
PC Action	Windows	Aug 19, 1998	84 out of 100	84
Power Play	Windows	Sep, 1998	83 out of 100	83
Gamezilla	Windows	Dec 26, 1998	82 out of 100	82
CyberJoy	Windows	Nov 28, 1998	4 out of 5	80
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 1998	80 out of 100	80
Gamesmania	Windows	1998	80 out of 100	80
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 1998	77 out of 100	77
AppleLinks.Com	Macintosh	Sep 05, 2002	3 out of 5	60
GameSpot	Windows	Oct 21, 1998	5.5 out of 10	55

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Trivia

Joymania planned to release an add-on for Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom entitled Mission CD. This add-on was supposed to include new gameplay elements and a lot of new missions. It was canceled because of financial problems at TopWare. What happened to the material that had already been completed is unknown, but it is thought that it was used as base for Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion.

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