: You can tell your archers to hold a hilltop for a height advantage while ordering your infantry to form a protective wall in front of them.

: The overworld map moves in real-time as your character travels, allowing you to react to approaching bandits or enemy lords.

Within the gameplay itself, a particularly useful tactical feature is the , which you can access by pressing Backspace . This allows you to:

A helpful feature of the Mount & Blade series on GOG is its , which means you don't need a launcher (like Steam) or an active internet connection to play once it's installed.

: You can recruit basic peasants and train them into elite units like Nord Huscarls , which are widely considered the strongest infantry in the game. Mount & Blade with TotalBiscuit on Twitch/tv/GOGcom mount-and-blade-gog

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