Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Bannerlord is the most recent game released by TaleWorlds. Which has developed other installments of Mount & Blade. Bannerlord takes place before Mount & Blade I. The whole point of playing the game is to lead an army, conquer cities and then become a kingdom. You then would fight other kingdoms in hopes of defeating them, so then you can take their land. Then hopefully by the end of the game, you will have conquered the whole world. This can take weeks or maybe even months depending on the difficulty you play on. Though when you start playing the game, you start off by yourself. You would have chosen pre-determined skills that you want to work on or get an early start on. You also start with some starting money and equipment. You will have to recruit some low-tier units and fight them against bandits. Or you can do tasks for people. In order to get recognized by other kingdoms, kings, queens or lords. Is to build up renown, by either fighting, doing tasks, or fighting in tournaments.
The Old Realms Bannerlord Mod
This is a Total Overhaul Mod, which means that the game will be entirely different than the vanilla version of the game. Typically these mods are made by the community, who want to give other people the experience of other worlds and realms. The Old Realms Mod is based on Warhammer Fantasy. There is a lot you can do in this mod, like trying to become a Vampire Lord. Or maybe you just want to be a Witch Hunter based in the Empire, trying to sniff out some Chaos Cults or Vampires. They are working on an update to where you can play a Dwarves and Orks.