The setting is Renaissance Italy, with countless independent city-states, sometimes allied with each other, sometimes at war, such as the Duchy of Milan or the Republics of Venice, Genoa and Florence. In this age, the condottiere, the mercenary leaders, appeared, who offered themselves and their troops to the strongest cities. They were trained soldiers, strategists with a formidable reputation, and after a while they were no longer satisfied with renting out their knowledge and the swords of their soldiers, and they went higher. They reshaped the map of Italy with their intrigues, alliances, battles and sieges. The most daring of them founded dynasties: Francesco Sforza occupied the duchy of Milan, and Giovanni di Medici made a kingdom out of Florence.

The game evokes this excited, bubbly, incredible age when nothing seemed impossible to a handful of determined people. You yourself take on the role of such a condottiere, and your goal is none other than conquering Italy's most famous cities. But be careful, you are by no means alone in your endeavor! To be successful, you have to take into account the ambitions of the other condottiere in your plans. The strength of your teams alone is not enough to succeed: if you want to win, you will also need your diplomatic skills.