WHAT'S THE STORY? Orchestrate full-scale castle sieges, contract the Bubonic Plague, burn heretics at the stake and engage in violent free-for-alls 999999999999 times the size of a Year 11 school playground bundle.

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Stunning, unashamedly brutal RTS game, spanning the Middle Ages of 1080-1530. Every continent and conflict covered. It's huge, we tell you.

HAS GOT: Diplomacy. Discovery. Religion. Gore. The ability to lob diseased cows over castle walls. Lots of multiplayer.

HASN'T GOT: A 'nuke' button.

FREEBIES: We've got 5 PC copies of this great game, to give away!. Just email your details to webmaster.maxim@dennis.co.uk and we'll enter you into our giveaway draw. Closing date: 23 November 2006.