Rise of Kings is a revolutionary total conversion modification for Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots that recreates the Medieval era. Set across 3 ages and with 24 factions to choose from, this is one of the largest and most ambitious mods for Rise of Nations.
In Rise of Kings, weak but cheap levies are available to all nations. There are the peasant levies, made up of armed peasants with little training, basic weapons and almost no armour and also the skirmishers, who are armed with a mixture of bows and javelins and are almost just as weak. These conscripts hardly stand any chance against trained soldiers and they stand no chance at all against armoured knights. However, because they are easy to recruit and replace, they can be quickly amassed and can potentially be used to overwhelm the enemy with their sheer numbers.
Some factions can recruit unique levies and skirmishers such as the Byzantines with their Akritae and the English with their Longbow Levy which can actually be quite useful. Most factions though are stuck with the mainstream cannon fodder. On a more positive note, it can be quite fun using them as literal cannon fodder and making them attack culverins!
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