00:02:50.000So if you can get that and if you can find motivation from games such as this it's perfect.
00:02:57.000But then again if you are skipping other things such as the gym because you want to be at home gaming then it's not a good thing.
00:03:08.000So it all depends on if you can do it successfully or not.
00:03:12.000Obviously I have always been interested in British history and that's for the reason that I have read a lot of historic fiction of British history.
00:04:40.000I suppose we can read through this little faction information too.
00:04:46.000Because after all the charm with these games is the historic context.
00:04:52.000After decades of Viking raids, the West Saxon succession passed from brother to brother down to Alfred, whose temperament, some say, was best suited to a life of piety and learning.
00:05:06.000However, having defeated the Vikings in battle, he now negotiated for a lasting peace.
00:05:11.000Unfortunately, the Vikings renegade and their raids have since intensified, even driving the West Saxon king from his capital for a while.
00:05:24.000Naturally, Alfred is preparing to fight back.
00:05:28.000So that's the starting position for the West Saxons right there.
00:05:34.000And quite cool map, so we will go into the actual campaign map after we have read the other factions.
00:05:43.000Aha, you can choose here Mercia as well.
00:05:50.000And they have also the same cultural features.
00:05:53.000A few different faction features that are special to Mercia.
00:05:58.000Or Mercia, perhaps you pronounce it as.
00:06:01.000Once the greatest Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Britannia, Mercia has fallen on hard times.
00:06:08.000The glory days of Offa and Penda are long gone.
00:06:11.000And the Vikings have annexed much of Mercia's eastern territory, while the Welsh threaten from the West.
00:06:19.000Mercia's recent rulers have been accused both of hiding behind the West Saxon skirts and of using Mercia's dwindling riches to appease the Vikings.
00:06:29.000Sea Wolf walks a difficult path, but pride still burns in his people's hearts.
00:06:36.000Alright, yeah they are in a bit of a predicament there.
00:06:41.000If you look at the map, stuck between a rock and a hard place.
00:06:45.000Having a look at the Welsh kingdoms, we have two.
00:08:27.000Strat Clut is a kingdom of the Old North.
00:08:31.000And while much of Northern Britannia was ravaged by invaders or infighting, it has stood firm.
00:08:37.000Whether Ron, Strat Clut's new king, can resist the Vikings remains to be seen.
00:08:42.000His father died in mysterious circumstances and Ron has been fighting a rearguard action ever since raiders from Duflin, Dublin, besieged his stronghold and carried off his family as hostages.
00:08:56.000However, they may have pushed him too far.
00:09:00.000Alright, a bit of a bad situation there and the initial challenge hard for him.
00:09:15.000Sirsen is a land of misty hills and open moors.
00:09:19.000Its folk a mixture of Gaels, Picts and others driven to the edges of Britannia by invaders.
00:09:25.000So far, however, they have resisted the Viking incursions.
00:09:28.000Skoan, the capital of Sirsen, was once home to the legendary Stone of Destiny, said to bestow divine strength.
00:09:37.000Ayed, Sirsen's new king, will need all the strength and divine support he can, not just against the Vikings, but to face potential threats closer to home.
00:09:50.000And the Stone of Destiny, if I'm not completely mistaken, that was actually stolen back to Scotland by some Scottish nationalists just a few decades ago.
00:09:59.000It was kept in London since the Middle Ages, I suppose.
00:10:04.000But it has since been returned to England, yet again, if I'm not completely mistaken.
00:10:11.000Anyway, we'll look at the east angle and then we'll head on into the campaign itself to have a look at the game.
00:10:25.000And you have the cultural features, Great Viking Army, income plus 200% from raiding and sacking.
00:10:32.000And plus 6 melee skill for all units when in enemy territory.
00:11:30.000Since killing Edmund, the last Anglian king, nearly a decade ago, the Vikings have made themselves at home in East Anglia.
00:11:38.000Now Guthrum, not content with his eastern holdings, has ambitions to become the most powerful Viking warlord in English territory.
00:11:47.000As well as making considerable inroads into Mercia and challenging the borders of Northumbria, he has raided as far as Wessex, even hitting Alfred in his capital in a surprise attack.