If there’s one thing that can be said about Paradox Interactive, it’s that they’re not content to sit on their laurels. They’ve achieved virtually unmatched success in grand strategy by developing a litany of complex titles, and then doing what so many others fail to do: listen to their fans. The Paradox faithful will …
On a cold November day in France the last English soldier boards a ship to leave the European mainland. It’s the end of the 100 Years’ War and England is drained of treasure and manpower. She calls her sons to the isle to lick their wounds and shore up their pride. France has beaten her, for now, and while humiliating, she has other issues to attend to. The monarch, Henry VI, is ill. He has no heir, and with his death the fledgling nation will be plunged into the War of the Roses. Already Lancaster and York sharpen their swords for a war that will shake the island to its core.