Gekokujo is a mod for Mount and Blade Warband set in the Sengoku period of Japan. The name is a term often translated as "the low-ranked taking over from the high" and was chosen because it was a running theme during that era: Oda Nobunaga descended from a clan of deputies to the nominal governor of their province, but the Oda usurped them and toppled their neighbors; Toyotomi Hideyoshi began his career as a cook and sandal bearer and ended up the ruler of Japan; Tokugawa Ieyasu was an upstart who probably fabricated a claim of descent from the Minamoto clan--the only ones allowed to be granted the title of Shogun. As a player of Gekokujo, you will start from nothing and attempt to gain control of the entire country, making the title fitting.
Fantastic mod.
Brilliant map, great soundtrack, fantastic units weapons and very visualy appealing. Its very well put together, I dont know much about the history of the time, but it seems convincing in its accuracy. And samurai warfare is just brilliant. Although the lack of sheilds in that historic time period does my head in slightly and archers will annoy the hell out of you until you get some heavy armour. Maybe some ability to place strategecy static sheilds across battles would be beneficial. Good trading system as well.