In the age referred to as the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan vied for the emperor's throne. Taking pieces of actual events from the time frame portrayed, this program challenges players to change history. And like most games of this type, combat is not the end-all. You will also have to develop laborers (and build houses so you can have more laborers), collect resources, build a national academy for research purposes, build a workshop to develop the equipment you have researched, appoint officers to upgrade your technology and civilization.