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Veil of Crows is a sandbox-style real-time strategy game set in a chaotic medieval world. You lead a faction, develop heroes and command armies as you seek to conquer the world and take the throne. Battles feature destructible castles and buildings, while your dealings with other factions can involve trade, bribery, extortion and force.

The campaign world

The campaign map contains more than 75 towns and villages to conquer. You can explore, take on quests from lords and village leaders for bounty and better relations, or face random encounters. You can hunt down the bandits who raided your village for resources and prisoners, or destroy their camps to stop further raids.

The world persists after your character dies or you start over. In the main game, if your hero dies, you start again as a new character with a new faction, while the world remains as you left it. Your former kingdom still exists, but you return as another peasant in a land of corpses.

Battles and armies

You command large armies and besiege castles with siege engines. Buildings and walls can be destroyed, and each unit type has its own strengths and weaknesses. Weather, geography and other battle conditions also affect fights.

Manage your faction

Your villages can produce six types of resources, which you can trade or use to upgrade castles and train stronger units. You can form alliances or threaten and betray other factions; each action changes their opinions of you. You can also bribe or extort enemy armies in the hope that they leave you alone, desert or join your forces.

Develop your heroes

You train heroes and generals to lead armies and grant bonuses to towns when you grant them as vassals. At the armoury, you can customise their equipment and send them into battle.

In the main game, you customise the main character at the start and must keep them alive and put them on the throne to conquer the world. Their death ends the run.

Game modes

• Prologue: a tutorial game with some guidance along the way.
• Veil of Crows: the main game, where you begin with a hero and a small group of units. Keep your hero alive and put them on the throne; if they die, you must start as a new character with a new faction, while the world remains as you left it.
• Sandbox mode: choose your starting conditions in this more casual mode.
• Custom Battle: set the units, battle type, location, time of day and weather for a battle.