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I enjoyed Lords and Villeins because it is a solid colony sim, and it received a surprising new expansion today! The new Great Houses DLC expands upon the base game significantly, far beyond the original scope, and now, it has been released!

Building up my own kingdom was already pretty fun in the original game, but the Great Houses DLC dials all that up to eleven. There are multiple AI opponents to contend with through diplomacy or fire and negotiating complex relationships within your family line. Should enemy factions prove annoying, there are more violent ways of dealing with them. The Great Houses DLC allows players to participate in turn-based combat with their armed forces should the need for war arise, and there is always the option of raiding other kingdoms for resources.

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This is a pretty extensive expansion for the main game and should be an easy recommendation for anyone interested in colony sims.

Lords and Villeins: The Great Houses DLC is currently 15% off at $5.94 until July 9th. And you can get the full version of the game at a 75% discount for $6.24. Or you can get a bundle with both of them included for $10.97.

The game is rated Steam Deck Playable due to small in-game text, showing incorrect controller icons, needing a community controller configuration, and needing to manually bring up the virtual keyboard.

Have you played Lords and Villeins? What do you think of the new DLC? Let us know, and have a great day!

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TheThousandScar
As a British guy in his mid-thirties, Michael has played and reviewed games as long as he can remember. Narrative Designer at Grimlore Games 2019-2020 (Spellforce 3 franchise, Plarium Games 2023 as Lore Editor). His favourite game genres are strategy, RPG, simulation and RTS.
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