At the end of that uprising they signed the Treaty of Pereyaslav (Pereiaslav … spellings differ because all of it is translated from Cyrillic Script which is a completely different alphabet than what we are used to in the Western hemisphere) which allied them with Muscovy, although in reality they ended up being their subjects rather than allies and did not obtain actual independence until the fall of the USSR. The Cossack Hetmanate, led by Hetman Bogdan Hmelnitski ( Bohdan Khmelnytsky if you look him up on Wikipedia) and situated in the area of modern Ukraine, had risen up against their rulers in the Polish Commonwealth.

The newest title in the series, though, Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, takes place in Eastern Europe in the 17th century. Warband is fun but it takes place in a made-up land. I had so much fun with it that I bought the complete set of Mount & Blade titles before the free time was even up. I vaguely recalled seeing the title somewhere else and thinking it might be interesting, so I downloaded it.

Who knew being a Cossack would be so much fun?Ī couple of weekends ago, I was on Steam deciding which game to play, when I noticed that something called Mount & Blade: Warband was free to play for the weekend.

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