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{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Conqueror A.D. 1086
|image = Conqueror A.D. 1086 Coverart.png
|caption = Cover art of ''Conqueror A.D. 1086''
|developer = [[Software Sorcery]]
|publisher = [[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra On-Line]]
|designer =
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|1995|EU|1995}}
|genre = [[Strategy game|Strategy]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[MS-DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
}}
'''''Conqueror A.D. 1086''''' is a medieval strategy computer game released in 1995 by [[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra On-Line]], Inc.
==Gameplay==
The player must control a [[lord]] as he tries to develop an [[army]] of [[knight]]s and [[soldier]]s in order to challenge the [[King of England|king]] for the throne of [[England]]. Travelling on the medieval [[road]]s is not like traveling on today's [[highway|superhighway]]s (and requires months to get from one end of England to the other). Rivers also provide a quick path to get to the target [[village]] but the player must watch out for [[outlaw|bandit]]s that will attack him and his hired men. Starting the game as a 12-year-old boy, you are given only some money and a basic [[sword]]. The player can either answer a variety of moral questions or choose a pre-generated character.
At the age of 18, the player is assigned a [[fief]]dom to oversee in addition to a substantial amount of [[real estate|land]]. All games end at the player's 30th birthday. If the player doesn't slay a [[dragon]] or overthrow the King of England by then, the game is considered to be lost. While not fighting in battles or [[tournament]]s, the player can develop his fiefs with agricultural and civic developments similar to ''[[SimCity]]''; examples of these buildings include [[chapel]]s, [[stable]]s, [[Warehouse|storehouse]]s, and [[farm]]s. Marriage is also possible as the player can acquire his [[wife]] through socializing with the ladies prior to the [[jousting]]. The [[moneylender]] can provide the player with loans at 50% [[interest]].
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| CGR = 66/100{{efn|In ''Computer Game Review'', three critics gave ''Conqueror A.D. 1086'' different scores: 60, 58, and 79.<ref name=cgr>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221184224/http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9602/conquer/conquer.htm | url=http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9602/conquer/conquer.htm | title=Ne, Ping and Nyu-whom | date=February 1996 | author1=Snyder, Frank | author2=Chapman, Ted | author3=Gehrs, Scott | work=[[Computer Game Review]] | archivedate=December 21, 1996 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| Hyper = 60/100<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schoffel|first=Julian|date=March 1996|url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-029/page/52/mode/2up|title=Conqueror: A.D. 1086|magazine=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]|issue=29|pages=52–53|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}</ref>
}}
''[[Computer Game Review]]'' argued, "The scope of this project was more than either its budget or its talent could handle."<ref name=cgr />
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090309095126/http://www2.worldvillage.com/wv/gamezone/html/reviews/conq.htm Worldvillage Review]
*{{moby game|id=/conqueror-ad-1086}}
*[http://www.csoon.com/issue13/conqad86.htm Coming Soon magazine archived issue reviewing the game]
[[Category:1995 video games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Sierra Entertainment games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Strategy video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games set in medieval England]]
[[Category:Windows games]]