Crowns & Calamity

Overview

Crowns & Calamity

A Medieval Dynasty, Diplomacy & Warfare Simulation

The crown is contested. Kingdoms are divided. Alliances are fragile. And history is yours to command.

Welcome to Crowns & Calamity, an immersive historical strategy simulation that transports students into the turbulent world of medieval Europe during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453).

Assume control of one of eight powerful dynastic houses, each with its own ambitions, rivalries, territorial claims, and political advantages. Your mission is to preserve your family's legacy while navigating a world where loyalty can be bought, alliances can be broken, and even the mightiest kingdoms can collapse.

Inspired by strategy games like Risk and Crusader Kings, this interactive experience challenges competing houses to conquer territories, command armies, negotiate secret treaties, arrange political alliances, and manage valuable resources. Through a dynamic campaign map, unpredictable fate rolls, and covert communications, every decision carries consequences.

But war is only one threat to your dynasty. The Black Death will devastate populations, peasant rebellions will challenge feudal authority, rival popes will divide Christendom, and a call to Crusade will force rulers to choose between religious duty and political survival.

Across eight historical chapters, students will confront authentic medieval crises while creating their own alternate paths through history. There are no guaranteed victories, no predetermined alliances, and no certainty that history will unfold as it once did.

Victory requires more than military conquest. It demands strategic thinking, diplomacy, economic management, political leadership, and the wisdom to recognize when survival matters more than glory.

Will your house rise to greatness, or will its ambitions become its downfall?

The fate of medieval Europe rests in your hands.

ASSIGNMENT: Crowns & Calamity Historical Role Report

Historical Roles Dossiers

House of Albret

House of Blois

House of Burgundy

House of Flanders

House of Montfort

House of Navarre

House of Plantagenet

House of Valois

Game Mechanics

Sealed House Orders

Historical Messenger Dispatch

Battle Calculator