[Out Now] The German Chapter × The Palace Intrigue World — both launch today!
Dear players,
After months of development and playtesting, Choice of History welcomes two major pieces of content at once: the German Chapter of the Historical Worlds and The Palace Intrigue World — the first chapter of the Alternate Worlds — both are officially live today!
1. The German Chapter: 66 leaders, a thousand-year epic of Central Europe As a complete new civilization line in the Historical Worlds, the German Chapter brings 66 playable leaders across six great eras
The Migrations and the Prelude — the story begins with Hermann of the Teutoburg Forest; here an empire is founded;
East Francia and the Ottonian Dynasty — how the eastern Frankish realm carved out of division became the embryo of Germany;
The Salians and the Hohenstaufen — the investiture contest, Barbarossa's red beard, and the glory of the Empire;
Luxembourg and Habsburg — the game of the prince-electors, the golden age of the imperial knights;
The Age of Faith and Austro-Prussian Dualism — Luther's 95 Theses, the Thirty Years' War, the rise of Prussia and the echo of Austria;
From the Confederation of the Rhine to Reunification — Bismarck's three wars, the ruins of two world wars, and a nation rebuilt.
From a time when "Germany" was merely a geographic expression to an industrial power reborn from the ashes — this time, the fate of Central Europe is in your hands.
2. The Palace Intrigue World: the Alternate Worlds open with a brand-new Six-Dimension system This is the first chapter of the Alternate Worlds. The Palace Intrigue World does not cast you as an emperor — the power of decision passes into the hands of the Inner Court. 8 protagonists across four courtly dynasties:
The Two Han: Empress Lü, Lady Feng of Gouyi, Zhao Feiyan;
High Tang: Wu Cairen, Consort Yuan;
Ming: Consort Zheng, Empress Yi'an Zhang;
Qing: Empress Zhaosheng.
The Palace Intrigue World runs on a ground-up redesigned Six-Dimension system: attributes, the consequences of decisions, and the story chains are all rebuilt for an Inner-Court perspective. There are no armies here — yet a whispered word, a morning salute, a case long buried: every one of them is a decision between life and ruin. Ranked promotions, the friction of hearts, the long game of children and maternal kin — over 1,200 story nodes, every step calculated, every move irreversible.
3. This update also brings
A major art overhaul of the Choose Civilization screen;
A complete rework of the Tech Tree interaction (including Steam Deck controller support);
All new incremental content will be available in 14 languages in sync.
The event library of Choice of History now exceeds 70,000 entries — and this is only the beginning. With the Historical and the Alternate advancing on twin tracks, our ambition is to push this framework of decisions into every premise worth playing.
The update is rolling out now — restart Steam to download and jump right in. Tell us in the comments: the German Chapter or the Palace Intrigue World — which reign do you start first?
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