I've always found the Mount & Blade series pretty intimidating, so it's only recently that I finally gave Mount & Blade 2 a proper shot. And now, about 300 hours deep, I must admit I feel like a right dingus for not diving in earlier.

So if you're in the same boat, or if you

After forty hours of epic battles and embarrassing failures, I realized that Mount & Blade 2 is an awesome game that simply doesn't teach you how to have fun with it. So with this guide I'd like to help you skip past the learning curve and get to the good stuff.

While both the original game and Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord are a nice bit of fun all on their own, it's the absurd amount of quality mods that gives these games such an immense amount of replay value. As such, I'm very pleased to say that Bannerlord's latest and likely final pre-release

[Update]: Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has added Steam Workshop mod support a week ahead of launch.

Two years and many updates later, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is now slowly

[Update]: After two years in Early Access, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will be unleashed on October 25th, 2022.

After spending a considerable amount of time

[Update #2]: It took a fair bit longer, but Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord will be unleashed on October 25th, 2022.

[Update]: If all goes well,

[Update]: The long wait is now finally over - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has now arrived onto Steam Early Access!

After what feels like an actual eternity of

[Update]: The long wait is now finally over - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has now arrived onto Steam Early Access!

As the legends have foretold many, many eons

[Update]: The long wait is now finally over - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has now arrived onto Steam Early Access!

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's release

[Update]: The long wait is now finally over - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has now arrived onto Steam Early Access!

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has initially

[Update #2]: The long wait is now finally over - Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has now arrived onto Steam Early Access!

With the ...