

Use the pathways as illustrated for a quick victory.

Capture their food settlements and they will start to suffer attrition. Chase the enemy army with your kings own and use the secondary army to the south. Lucky for you, they do not have any allies (yet) and are an easy picking due to their only one army. If you have some spare coins and food, also try to reinforce your secondary army with 2-3 units of spearman.Īfter defeating the rebels you should receive a mission to end the reign of the faction to your west. Build your kings army to the food limit with preferably axe infantry and spearman. FOOD is the key ressource to start your campaign with. Fortunately, you are a mighty warlord and have this guide.Īfter defeating the first rebel army, immediately start by spending every possible gold coin to improve your food chain buildings. You are surrounded by English factions, which quite frankly sucks because of the Here king mechanic. You start your campaign with a very good starting position, even tough it doesnt look like it. This battle can easily be won with the right tactics. Like with every faction you have to start by killing of the small rebel force. I will properly explain this in the section “Battle”. Your axemen really can bash enemy lines if used correctly. Two things to remember: NEVER sack an English city and never ransom English prisoners even if it might be tempting. Going around and killing everything (obviously) makes your English people unhappy.

The single most important and annoying thing about playing the Great Viking Army is the here king mechanic. So even tough it really helps you boost your income, it is NOT you main goal to sack and loot everything. But dont be fooled, vikings were also famous for trading. Mid and late game, this does not really concern your gameplay as you hopefully have amassed enough gold to easily buy their loyalty.īe a real viking! Vikings were famous for their raiding and therefore also plays a vital part in Thrones of Britannia. As the base loyalty is randomly generated, you might have to kill of quite a few generals, who want to improve “their standing within the realm”. The starting screen might be confusing, but there are really only 4 points you need to know for vikings:Įarly Game this might get tricky from time to time. My first step was to get used to my new faction. Therefore I will spare you this time and let you read my guide. Lots and lots of reading and getting used to the new mechanics. I did not know, what to expect and had a hard time getting around the first few turns. So i started my campagin on vh, vh settings.
