GAME PROFILE

Samhan: Where Korea Began

900 AD — The Three Han Fall Apart Once More Torn by bloody feuds among its nobles and crushed by ruinous taxes, Silla can no longer make its royal writ heard beyond the walls of its capital. Gyeon Hwon takes up the grudge of Baekje at Wansanju; Gung Ye cries for the rebirth of old Goguryeo. Bandits and local lords rais…

900 AD — The Three Han Fall Apart Once More

Torn by bloody feuds among its nobles and crushed by ruinous taxes, Silla can no longer make its royal writ heard beyond the walls of its capital. Gyeon Hwon takes up the grudge of Baekje at Wansanju; Gung Ye cries for the rebirth of old Goguryeo. Bandits and local lords raise walls of their own in an age of warlords. Who will unite the Three Han again?

Rule the Realm

Develop your settlements — Cultivate farmland, trade and order, and raise 23 kinds of buildings.
Keep your people fed — Let living standards collapse and your tax income dries up—until your towns rise in revolt.
Policies and taxes — Set your course with 12 policies. Heavy taxes fill the granary but cost you the people's hearts.
Supply chains — Mine iron, forge tools, and breed horses to field cavalry.

Wage War on the Map

A 3D peninsula built from real elevation data — Mountains and rivers, roads and fords decide your marching routes and battlefields.
Armies, marches and supply — Field infantry, archers, cavalry, crossbowmen and navies. An army cut off from supply starves.
Field battles — Clash with unit counters, formations and 15 tactics, and challenge enemy generals to single combat.
Sieges — Starve the defenders out, or batter the walls and storm them?

Win Hearts, Win the Realm

500+ historical figures — From Gyeon Hwon, Gung Ye and Wang Geon to forgotten castle lords, each with their own stats, traits and biography.
Offices and treasures — Appoint a Grand General and a Strategist, and bestow 32 legendary treasures such as the Seven-Branched Sword to secure loyalty.
Captives — Recruit the enemy generals you capture, or execute them?
Diplomacy and intrigue — Alliances, truces, tribute and vassalage; political marriages and hostages; sowing discord and bribery.

Five Eras, Twenty-Six Factions

From the age of warlords in 892 to the eve of the final war between Goryeo and Hubaekje in 927, choose one of five scenarios and 26 factions and rewrite history. Historical events and passages from the Samguk Sagi and Goryeosa bring each era to life.