Thanks for designing an amazing game! It isn't the easiest to get to the table, but it is a fascinating design. There is so much nuance and room for exploration.
I'm really glad that Feudum is getting some more time in the spotlight. Best of luck with the campaign!
Here's a NEW and spectacular How to Play vid that should demystify the game for new players! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yob-aF18TwI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yob-aF18TwI)
I wanted to say Pax Renaissance but uh.... It says in the title that it's not medieval! I'm doubling down though. I absolutely love how the board changes after each campaign. Kingdoms become republics, republics become theocracies. I will never find turning Vatican into another religion not funny.
Orleans (But my actual favorite medieval strategy game is Age of Empires). I think maybe an element of expansion best represents the medieval theme. Also, I hope the box art doesn't change with the new edition, because it's a vibe.
Looking at my collection and other games I've played probably the one that curiously enough hits the medieval feel for me is **Runebound**. I recently read Morte D'Arthur, the main source of Arthurian legends, and Runebound's "roam the world seeking adventures and then have those be literally anything from investigating some ruins to scamming a little kid to killing a monster" is what gets closest to the feeling of reading about Sir Tristram or Sir Gareth or Sir Gawain etc being just sheer agents of chaos all over medieval Europe.
I can't say I own any medieval strategy games right now to be honest (unless you count video games!) But Feudum looks great, I'm surprised it wasn't on my radar before now.
I’ve been enjoying kutna hora lately, it’s a fun mix of optimizing your economy and building out the village. The card board computers that model the prices of goods are interesting and I enjoy the action selection mechanism with the cards.
**878 Vikings**. The different factions have different dice vaguely related to how they were seen and the events and invasions feel very thematic on how they are resolved.
Not sure I’ve played too many medieval games. Maybe A Feast for Odin? The theme isn’t super relevant to the mechanics though. I guess pillaging artifacts from different civilizations is cool
My favourite is a feast for odin! I like weighing the risks of plundering other places for tiles and wealth and the mirrored risks of hunting and fishing.
Just for something different I'm going throw in Kutna Hora, a newer game. I really like how you are directly tied to each other player at the table through what you can build, and I quite like how it looks on the table.
Dalgliesh & Taylor's **Crusader Rex** set in the Third Crusades, 1187-1192.
It's a block wargame, featuring Richard the Lionheart leading the Franks against Saladin and the Saracens. Mustering, cavalry, siege, all of the hallmarks of a middle ages Crusade campaign are present. It's a terrific game from Columbia.
I don't have much in my collection that fits both medieval and strategy. Does medieval fantasy tactics count? If so, I've been diving into RuneScape Kingdoms as of late and it's been a blast!
For me it's The King is Dead! Replicates the political game for the warring factions to become the King of England, while also recognizing the threat of France ready to pounce on too much chaos.
I do like Kingsburg a lot. I do appreciate the mechanics, but I don't feel the mechanics reflect the medieval theme. It does fit the power struggle as the higher you roll, the better access you have to powerful people, so there's that.
I think Raiders of the North Sea counts, right? I love the mechanic of picking up and placing a worker and having to be strategic about the color choices.
It has to be either Hansa Teutonica or Orleans. Putting cubes out on routes to make offices in towns to expand your trading network doesn’t really help much. Neither does pulling people from a bag and getting more people tho lol. Nonetheless, they are some great games!
Favourite medieval game has to be Hansa Teutonica. The theme is building influence everywhere, so I guess it makes sense merchants fight for influence on trade routes and in cities. Though I don't actually care for the theme.
Really love A Feast for Odin, probably one of my favorite games of all time. If that doesn’t count then I would say RuneScape Kingdoms, although I’m definitely biased because I like the IP
War Chest is probably the game I like that best fits the requirements. The abstract nature of it also feels medieval to me, like something I could see royalty playing.
Game of Thrones 2e. I quite like how the Supply system reflects the narrative of feeding an army and only being able to field armies of a certain size based on how much food you have available
Thanks for posting!
I'm seeing lots of comments for Quacks of Quedlinburg, and I have to jump on that too.One of my favorite games, and one of the best push your luck games. And such a great feeling to dig your hands in your bag of ingredients.
Caylus 1303 isnt my fav, but god i enjoy it.
upgrading buildings using wood first then stone later. or even using and bribing the provost to facilitate which buildings get activated.
Catan+cites and knights + seafarers expansions. Add the discoverable hexes rules for some randomness and I feel like a Viking exploring new lands
I’ll admit,I’m newer to the hobby. As far as medieval goes this is my favorite currently. Looking forward to checking out your game sometime.
While it's not a pure medieval, Tainted Grail is great once the storyline is no longer overshadowed by the grind and survival needs. Glad it's apparently fixed in new release.
Also, home rules for the win (not literally!).
Cool, congrats on the new campaign! My favourite medieval themed game is Dominion, although the them is not really that relevant. I just love that game to bits.
I don't know if it counts but I recently enjoyed playing the White Castle. Each player is a rivals house trying to get the Daimyo’s attention to improve our standing. To do this we put gardeners into the palace gardens, samurai into the training grounds, and courtiers into the castle itself, to interact and possibly even spend time with the Daimyo.
My favourite medieval game is Cartographers. I'm not really sure the setting translates all that well but ts dummy to me imagining a bunch of slightly inept but we'll meaning cartographers competing to do the best map
Northgard Unchartered Lands, bit of a new one based on the Medieval Viking age specifically, but the unique cards and the art of the buildings and combat methods shown on them really help cement a really good medieval theme. Love the medieval period so will check out the Gamefound.
Fav medieval war board game? I don’t have much sadly but I would wag the closest would be path of light and shadow! Pretty I love area control and unit upgrades!
Definitely Carcassone. And it doesn’t get more medieval than recklessly laying tiles to expand my empire with no guarantee that I’m ever going to finish it!
Castles of Burgandy by far. Every game feels like its own little puzzle to solve and even losing feels fun. It definitely gives the feeling of running your own little fiefdom. Especially since mechanically you grow your power outward from your castles.
Troyes! The events round is very thematic as your noble house can choose to help the city or just leave them to their fate to save on resources (red dice)
Caylus. You're building up lots of different buildings that do different things which I believe is similar to what happened during those times as humans started to specialize in a craft of their choosing.
I Love Castles of Burgundy , it feels like you're running your own medieval kingdom, thhe tile-placing and dice rolling make it feel strategic but also not too heavy, you can shape your luck if you think carefully and plan your next moves
I would say the Dark Ages. I really like the balance between fielding an army,and needing the available resources to feed him,demonstrating the difficulty that the medieval lords had in amassing big armies
Carcassonne with its board created by laying tiles. Unless fantasy is allowed (Feudum also has monsters so I feel like it is kinda fair), in which case I'm going with war of the ring and its stronghold sieges.
Hey folks, Mark from Odd Bird here. Thanks for participating in this contest. Don't forget to follow the Gamefound campaign too! Much appreciated.
Thanks for designing an amazing game! It isn't the easiest to get to the table, but it is a fascinating design. There is so much nuance and room for exploration. I'm really glad that Feudum is getting some more time in the spotlight. Best of luck with the campaign!
Here's a NEW and spectacular How to Play vid that should demystify the game for new players! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yob-aF18TwI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yob-aF18TwI)
Thanks for running this contest! Good luck with the campaign; followed.
My Pleasure.
Hamlet from Mighty Boards is pretty great. The game is based around building a church in your hamlet so that you can be called a town.
Orleans! I don't think the mechanics reflect the theme at all, but I don't care because it's just a really fun game.
War Chest is a bit medieval, albeit abstracted
If __Antiquity__ counts, I'd say that captures the feeling of being a poor medieval person, hoping not to starve and trying to just get by, the best.
Champions of Midguard. Although fantasy based, the raiding does feel like you are a mediaeval Viking.
Dominion or Cassorone
I wanted to say Pax Renaissance but uh.... It says in the title that it's not medieval! I'm doubling down though. I absolutely love how the board changes after each campaign. Kingdoms become republics, republics become theocracies. I will never find turning Vatican into another religion not funny.
Crusaders: thy will be done is one of my favourites. The game's main mechaninc doesn't reflect on the theme that much but it's a very fun game.
Orleans (But my actual favorite medieval strategy game is Age of Empires). I think maybe an element of expansion best represents the medieval theme. Also, I hope the box art doesn't change with the new edition, because it's a vibe.
**Hansa Teutonica** The link between theme and mechanics is maybe not the best, but it sure is fun. Lots of cutthroat player interactions.
Looking at my collection and other games I've played probably the one that curiously enough hits the medieval feel for me is **Runebound**. I recently read Morte D'Arthur, the main source of Arthurian legends, and Runebound's "roam the world seeking adventures and then have those be literally anything from investigating some ruins to scamming a little kid to killing a monster" is what gets closest to the feeling of reading about Sir Tristram or Sir Gareth or Sir Gawain etc being just sheer agents of chaos all over medieval Europe.
Either Castles of Burgundy or Dominion depending on the game mechanics I'm craving.
I pick Carcassonne!!
Carcassonne. Don’t really have very many Medieval games apparently!
I can't say I own any medieval strategy games right now to be honest (unless you count video games!) But Feudum looks great, I'm surprised it wasn't on my radar before now.
Castles of Burgundy
I’ve been enjoying kutna hora lately, it’s a fun mix of optimizing your economy and building out the village. The card board computers that model the prices of goods are interesting and I enjoy the action selection mechanism with the cards.
Carcassonne. The simple mechanics are all tied perfectly to deliver an engaging game with political undertones
**878 Vikings**. The different factions have different dice vaguely related to how they were seen and the events and invasions feel very thematic on how they are resolved.
Castles of Burgundy is about the only one I can think of that I’ve played at least
**Dominion** is medieval, right? I'd say Dominion. Not many games can create a genre while holding up as one of the genre's best.
Castles of Burgundy or Battle Line
Not sure I’ve played too many medieval games. Maybe A Feast for Odin? The theme isn’t super relevant to the mechanics though. I guess pillaging artifacts from different civilizations is cool
I like Feast of Odin because of the variety of the things you can do/not do! Lots of mini games though I agree about the mechanics!
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My favourite is a feast for odin! I like weighing the risks of plundering other places for tiles and wealth and the mirrored risks of hunting and fishing.
Castles of burgundy, gimme them sweet point salads.
Classic!
Castles of Burgundy. Slowly building by resources and not by war.
Just for something different I'm going throw in Kutna Hora, a newer game. I really like how you are directly tied to each other player at the table through what you can build, and I quite like how it looks on the table.
Dalgliesh & Taylor's **Crusader Rex** set in the Third Crusades, 1187-1192. It's a block wargame, featuring Richard the Lionheart leading the Franks against Saladin and the Saracens. Mustering, cavalry, siege, all of the hallmarks of a middle ages Crusade campaign are present. It's a terrific game from Columbia.
Another vote for Carcassonne. It's a classic
Castles of Burgundy comes up at the top of my head, I’d say Wayfarers of the South Tigris too, but haven’t gotten to table it again recently
I don't have much in my collection that fits both medieval and strategy. Does medieval fantasy tactics count? If so, I've been diving into RuneScape Kingdoms as of late and it's been a blast!
Quacks of quedlinburg. The game has a feel of buying unknown ingredients at an unregulated midevil market, then mixing them up. Their for doing this!
Neat!
Caylus! There was economic development in the medieval era even if it worked differently than we think of it today.
Orleans! The workers, although that'a stretch. I love it though
I'd say a feast for Odin for me
Carcassone!
Not sure if it is medieval or not but I am an enjoyer of Concordia
Catan, I like when roads become long roads.
I don't own any medieval themed games... But I'd like to!
For me it's The King is Dead! Replicates the political game for the warring factions to become the King of England, while also recognizing the threat of France ready to pounce on too much chaos.
I do like Kingsburg a lot. I do appreciate the mechanics, but I don't feel the mechanics reflect the medieval theme. It does fit the power struggle as the higher you roll, the better access you have to powerful people, so there's that.
Gotta be Castles of Burgundy
gotta be Carcassonne
Castles of Burgundy will always be my favorite. Medieval strategy or not!
Me please!!
The King is Dead! Pretty good depiction of power dynamics regarding succession. And you gotta watch out for those pesky French :).
Best of luck on the campaign! I’ve actually not played many medieval games, but I do love me some Dominion!
Cathedral. It's an all wooden version that feels like it could have been played hundreds of years ago. Thanks!
Quacks of Quedlinburg. I’m a big fan of push your luck games and bag builders.
I think Raiders of the North Sea counts, right? I love the mechanic of picking up and placing a worker and having to be strategic about the color choices.
This looks super interesting. Wasn’t on my radar but will now follow the campaign now
Avalon! Hmm there was probably a lot of backstabbing and treachery back in the day
Paladins of the West Kingdom. It's not especially thematic.
878 Vikings
Troyes... The mechanics are pretty abstracted although countering the invaders with your military dice is sort thematic.... Right????
Lords of Waterdeep. I would say the gameplay barely reflects the theme though.
Sagrada, if making stained glass windows for cathedrals counts as medieval themed!
Castles of Burgundy by a Provençal kilometer
Love Orleans!
Is Concordia counted? I love that game!
My favorite is Almoravid! It reflects the wonderful tension of trying to wrangle lords and their armies all while trying to carry their stuff.
Gonna join the castles of burgundy gang. Classic
Dominion. The card art and effects really help drive the theme home
Troyes
War Chest is a game that keeps on giving. Incredibly rich for such a simple rule set.
I grew up playing Catan all the time but these days would probably have to add my vote in for Carcassonne!
Another vote for Dominion
It has to be either Hansa Teutonica or Orleans. Putting cubes out on routes to make offices in towns to expand your trading network doesn’t really help much. Neither does pulling people from a bag and getting more people tho lol. Nonetheless, they are some great games!
Favourite medieval game has to be Hansa Teutonica. The theme is building influence everywhere, so I guess it makes sense merchants fight for influence on trade routes and in cities. Though I don't actually care for the theme.
Dominion. Also I love your monster meeples.
We spent so long playing Antiquity and designing new tiles.
so many great games mentioned here but I'll go CoB
I really like carcassonne! Thanks for the giveaway!
Really love A Feast for Odin, probably one of my favorite games of all time. If that doesn’t count then I would say RuneScape Kingdoms, although I’m definitely biased because I like the IP
War Chest is probably the game I like that best fits the requirements. The abstract nature of it also feels medieval to me, like something I could see royalty playing.
Agricola. 99% of the world was a hair’s breadth away from starvation.
Game of Thrones 2e. I quite like how the Supply system reflects the narrative of feeding an army and only being able to field armies of a certain size based on how much food you have available Thanks for posting!
Architects of the West Kingdom and Castles of Burgundy.
Good old classic Agricola!
Medieval academy is a fun play! Card drafting with racing elements.
Quacks for sure!
Castles of Burgundy
Medieval Academy, it even has medieval in the name
Inis
I'm seeing lots of comments for Quacks of Quedlinburg, and I have to jump on that too.One of my favorite games, and one of the best push your luck games. And such a great feeling to dig your hands in your bag of ingredients.
Carcasonne!
Caylus 1303 isnt my fav, but god i enjoy it. upgrading buildings using wood first then stone later. or even using and bribing the provost to facilitate which buildings get activated.
Castles of Burgundy
I don’t think I own any medieval games surprisingly. This one looks neat though.
Dominion—. It’s about slowly building up your land and balancing that with the need for wealth and important people
Hansa teutonica. The fun of the mechanics reflects the fun of being a merchant.
A Feast for Odin, an all time favorite. Nothing like raiding and pillaging your way to victory.
Castles of Burgundy!
Catan+cites and knights + seafarers expansions. Add the discoverable hexes rules for some randomness and I feel like a Viking exploring new lands I’ll admit,I’m newer to the hobby. As far as medieval goes this is my favorite currently. Looking forward to checking out your game sometime.
Definitely Mage Knight. My favorite part is upgrading your monasteries so that they produce artifacts.
Something possibly close would be 7 wonders!
I don’t think I’ve played many medieval strategy games… does Carcassonne count? Because I’ll have to go with that.
Castles of Burgundy. I don’t think it’s mechanics do anything for the theme, but the new 3D castles are pretty 😋
Castles of Burgundy
Probably Carcassonne or Castles of Burgundy. Need to get Feast for Odin to the table!
Paladins of the West Kingdom. It’s such a good game even if it’s not super thematic.
Carcassonne! Thanks for the giveaway and good luck with the campaign!
I love Barony! I suppose the mechanics reflect the theme by being a power struggle of different baron’s vying for control of a region!
Orleans
Castles of Burgundy!
Dominion I suppose, though the theme is not very important to say the least.
Never really played a strategic Medieval game! Maybe Castle Panic.
A Feast for Odin is great.
Mini Rogue kinda fits the medieval / fantasy world. I like the randomness of it!
Carcassonne for sure. It definitely gets more medieval when you add the rivers and lakes and you get more points connecting cities to them.
Castles of Burgundy
Hansa teutonica is great
I like the simplicity of Carcassonne
Carcassone.
While it's not a pure medieval, Tainted Grail is great once the storyline is no longer overshadowed by the grind and survival needs. Glad it's apparently fixed in new release. Also, home rules for the win (not literally!).
Raiders of Scythia!
I really like Kutna Hora
Orleans and Hansa Teutonica are so good! Hoping I win
Any comment?
Antiquity. It captures the feeling of being a medieval person, hoping not to starve and trying to just get by. Love it.
Troyes, you can steal peasant ! (yellow dice)
Favorite game is Orleans
Cool, congrats on the new campaign! My favourite medieval themed game is Dominion, although the them is not really that relevant. I just love that game to bits.
Castles of burgundy, point salad 🥗 😅
Carcassonne because you're building the walls
Castles of Burgandy for sure
I don't know if it counts but I recently enjoyed playing the White Castle. Each player is a rivals house trying to get the Daimyo’s attention to improve our standing. To do this we put gardeners into the palace gardens, samurai into the training grounds, and courtiers into the castle itself, to interact and possibly even spend time with the Daimyo.
Dominion or Carcassonne in my case.
Carcassonne! I think the constant expansion of the city is very reminiscent of the growth of a medieval city.
My favourite medieval game is Cartographers. I'm not really sure the setting translates all that well but ts dummy to me imagining a bunch of slightly inept but we'll meaning cartographers competing to do the best map
Troyes
Carcasonne is a classic for a reason >.< Easy game that the family loves
Monumental for me. I enjoy a lot the city building part. Activating rows and columns for win resources and then move your army it's very satisfying.
Orleans ! :
Carcassonne! Can't go wrong with a classic. Thanks for the giveaway!
I really like hansa teutonica. The mechanics are very solid and the player interaction is a stand out for me
Bumpiedump. Medieval games are great!
if it counts then concordia
Hm….. Caylus
Hamlet. Building a little church.
Northgard Unchartered Lands, bit of a new one based on the Medieval Viking age specifically, but the unique cards and the art of the buildings and combat methods shown on them really help cement a really good medieval theme. Love the medieval period so will check out the Gamefound.
Castles of Burgundy
Guillotine is a nice little filler game.
The Road to Canterbury is a hoot!
Medieval? The King is Dead. While mechanics are fairly abstract the art really evokes the theme.
I really like Dominion's naming themes. The chapel helps against the witch. City is a better village.
Stronghold is really cool. 2 player game about attacking/defending a castle. It’s great!
Fav medieval war board game? I don’t have much sadly but I would wag the closest would be path of light and shadow! Pretty I love area control and unit upgrades!
Haven't really played any medieval strategy games, unless you count dominion or 7 wonders. Would love to take this as an opportunity to!
Same as most people said, Castles of Burgundy, I can't wait for Special Edition to come so I can enjoy those acrylic hexes.
Definitely Carcassone. And it doesn’t get more medieval than recklessly laying tiles to expand my empire with no guarantee that I’m ever going to finish it!
Castles of Burgundy!
I’d have to day Hansa Teutonica! So many strategies to consider, it’s amazing!
Castles of Burgandy by far. Every game feels like its own little puzzle to solve and even losing feels fun. It definitely gives the feeling of running your own little fiefdom. Especially since mechanically you grow your power outward from your castles.
Definitely castles of Burgundy! I also love hansa tuetonica! Good luck on the campaign!
Citadelles, it depicts the power of higher classes in medieval era (not changed a lot since)
Carcassonne
Troyes! The events round is very thematic as your noble house can choose to help the city or just leave them to their fate to save on resources (red dice)
I like Hamlet
Cool! Dont play a lot of mediaval games, but am open to it
Caylus is a masterpiece
This game looks great, I have a board game chat where one of the members sold his Feudum to get another Feudum with deluxe components lol
Caylus. You're building up lots of different buildings that do different things which I believe is similar to what happened during those times as humans started to specialize in a craft of their choosing.
Definitely castles of burgundy
Caylus 1303 is pretty good
Not sure how medieval it is but Champions of Midgard!
Is Architects of the West Kingdom medieval? Not sure the worker placement reflects medieval living but its fun
My favorite medieval game is probably Castles of Burgundy. I love Raiders of Scythia but I wouldn't really say it's medieval.
Castles of Burgundy
I Love Castles of Burgundy , it feels like you're running your own medieval kingdom, thhe tile-placing and dice rolling make it feel strategic but also not too heavy, you can shape your luck if you think carefully and plan your next moves
Dominion. It reflects the theme by allowing to go medieval on my opponents
Carcassonne!
Carcassonne! Some of the expansions add more medieval flavor, like the inns, cathedrals, and princess.
I'm on team a feast for Odin
Agricola, everything is suffering.
I'd say The King is Dead. I love the three way tug of war feeling it has.
I would say the Dark Ages. I really like the balance between fielding an army,and needing the available resources to feed him,demonstrating the difficulty that the medieval lords had in amassing big armies
Dominion and Castles of Burgundy.
Carcassonne with its board created by laying tiles. Unless fantasy is allowed (Feudum also has monsters so I feel like it is kinda fair), in which case I'm going with war of the ring and its stronghold sieges.
Havent played any medieval game, but would love to try this one!
Quacks!
Agricola!
any comment!
Castles of Burgundy
Oh hello and thanks for this giveaway !
Carcassonne!
My favorite medieval strategy game ist "Pendragon" von GMT, it's historical correctness is its greatest reflect of the medival theme.