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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5857467" data-attributes="member: 52734">Though I never got to run a game, Birthright seems right in league with what you are looking for.&nbsp; You could rule countries, temples, set up your own wizard academy or control the ley lines of magic, run your own merchant/smuggler's/thieve's guild and the like - supposedly.Also, during the d20 glut, AEG put out a series of books about different aspects of the D&amp;D game.&nbsp; Some of the ones that might be of interest are:&nbsp; War (AEG8508), Guilds (AEG8519) and the book Empire (AEG8518).Back in 1E/2E, there was Battlesystem, which handled mass combat for D&amp;D, though I'm not very fond of it overall. The modules H1 - Bloodstone Pass, H2 - Mines of Bloodstone and H3 - Bloodstone Wars use this system while also providing an adventure in establishing a kingdom.&nbsp; From Dragonlance, the adventure DL8 - Dragons of War has both a simplified mass combat resolution system and employs several scenarios using Battlesystem.&nbsp; It also has one of the most intriguing and gorgeous castles (The Tower of the High Clerist) this side of Castle Ravenloft.The Castles boxed set (TSR1056) contains some nice statted-out castles (and detailed maps + standups) that could be used for the lynchpin of a kingdom, with Battlesystem stats for the troops and forces contained within.There's also Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but if you're planning to implement it in a D&amp;D game, you'd have to do a bit of conversion for troop types (though the basic rules should work fine).&nbsp; For a campaign/rulership mode, look into GW's Mighty Empires.There is also BECMI's D&amp;D War Machine rules for handling mass combat.&nbsp; They also had a section or two on ruling dominions in the Cyclopedia and Companion/Master's set.&nbsp; CM1 - Test of the Warlords focuses on setting up a kingdom.&nbsp;&nbsp; X10 - Red Arrow, Black Shield provides a combination adventure/Risk-style war using the War Machine rules that could possibly be adapted for play in in other realms.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5857467, member: 52734"] Though I never got to run a game, Birthright seems right in league with what you are looking for. You could rule countries, temples, set up your own wizard academy or control the ley lines of magic, run your own merchant/smuggler's/thieve's guild and the like - supposedly. Also, during the d20 glut, AEG put out a series of books about different aspects of the D&D game. Some of the ones that might be of interest are: War (AEG8508), Guilds (AEG8519) and the book Empire (AEG8518). Back in 1E/2E, there was Battlesystem, which handled mass combat for D&D, though I'm not very fond of it overall. The modules H1 - Bloodstone Pass, H2 - Mines of Bloodstone and H3 - Bloodstone Wars use this system while also providing an adventure in establishing a kingdom. From Dragonlance, the adventure DL8 - Dragons of War has both a simplified mass combat resolution system and employs several scenarios using Battlesystem. It also has one of the most intriguing and gorgeous castles (The Tower of the High Clerist) this side of Castle Ravenloft. The Castles boxed set (TSR1056) contains some nice statted-out castles (and detailed maps + standups) that could be used for the lynchpin of a kingdom, with Battlesystem stats for the troops and forces contained within. There's also Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but if you're planning to implement it in a D&D game, you'd have to do a bit of conversion for troop types (though the basic rules should work fine). For a campaign/rulership mode, look into GW's Mighty Empires. There is also BECMI's D&D War Machine rules for handling mass combat. They also had a section or two on ruling dominions in the Cyclopedia and Companion/Master's set. CM1 - Test of the Warlords focuses on setting up a kingdom. X10 - Red Arrow, Black Shield provides a combination adventure/Risk-style war using the War Machine rules that could possibly be adapted for play in in other realms. [/QUOTE]

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