From the official website After more than seven years in development, Medieval 2: Total War is the fourth instalment of the award-winning Total War series of strategy games. Take command of a massive army featuring an unprecedented 10,000 dynamic characters on epic 3D battlefields, while reigning over some of the greatest medieval nations of the Western and Middle Eastern world. Spanning the years 1080-1530 the most turbulent period in European history your quest for power takes you through Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and even onto the shores of the New World.