This game is about the clashes of war kings and politics queens, princes and princesses during the growing pains of the Renaissance. It is set in the period of 1475-1510 in an era where the medieval world still had some sway in Europe but new tools like banking, gunpowder and humanistic statecraft challenged them. A straight forward game about the middle ages would be Kings fighting each other on the battlefield. A straight forward game about the Renaissance would be a war of ideas. Both approaches are equally valid in this open ended game and throughout the 35 year period of the game you might want to switch stances more than once.