In the year 1413, the new king of England, Henry V of Lancaster, has ambitious plans: The unification of England and the conquest of the French crown! Each player takes on the role of an ambitious aristocratic family. Who will be the best supporter of this young king, and the most powerful Lord of their time?

In Lancaster players want to proceed from simply being a Lord to the most powerful ally of the king. They may achieve this by developing their own knighthood as well as by clever deployment of individual knights in the counties of England, at their own castle, and to battles with France. In parliament, they will try to push laws from which they will benefit themselves most. The player with the most power points at the end is the winner.

Each turn, players send their knights to the different locations:

• Counties, where they compete with knights from the other players for rewards and the favor of the nobles.
• The castle, to receive new knights or income.
• Into battle with France, where all players combine their power and try to gain power points.
• In counties the strength of the knights is important as you can remove the knight of another player by placing a knight of your own with higher strength in the same location.