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This product includes Mount and Blade: Warband. The top 3 reasons to play Mount and Blade: Warband Mount and Blade: Warband is a stand alone expansion pack for Mount and Blade. Enjoy a new single-player campaign where you rule a faction and convince lords to join your side. Enjoy updated and all-new features including new abilities and mechanics. About Mount and Blade: Warband Graphical overhaul: Support added for HDR, FSAA, depth of field, soft particles, tone mapping, and many other effects New models with greater detail and high-quality textures Multiplayer battles with up to 64 players. Multiplayer modes include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Conquest, Battle, and Siege A campaign allowing you to become the ruler of a faction and convince lords to become your vassals The ability to upgrade your companions to vassals by granting them lands The ability to marry a lady of the realm for romance or cold political gain. Try to win a lady’s heart through poetry or bravery Improved mechanics for soldier morale: Soldiers will break and run away if their morale gets too low Pick any projectile off the battlefield for use as additional munitions New motion-captured combat animations Numerous improvements to the combat system: Your shield will still stop arrows even if you are not actively defending The ability to play multiplayer matches on random maps as well as hand-designed ones Multiplayer equipment system: Earn money by fighting opponents or accomplishing goals The ability to use most throwing weapons in close combat: Switch to using a javelin as a short spear when the enemy gets close Spend gold on more powerful equipment, using a carefully balanced system that will make combat more exciting without giving too much of an advantage to the leading team Read