In the late 18th century, tensions between the British Empire and its colonies on the eastern coast of North America were reaching a critical point. From Georgia to Massachusetts talk of revolt hung heavy in the air, and the threat of war lingered on the horizon. The colonists were about to suffer the bloody birth of a nation, a nation that would eventually shape the course of human history. But this couldn’t be known by the peoples of the time, who went about their everyday lives much as anyone has through the ages—one day at a time, their only goal to make their way in the world into which they were born… a world which was about to receive a catastrophic shock that could only be expressed by the word on the tip of everyone’s lips: “revolution.”

This is the world into which you are born. The year is 1773, the place is a town in Virginia. Over the next ten years you will face the toughest decisions of your life. There is no guarantee you or even your family will come out of it alive, but your fate has not been yet decided. You will struggle within the throes of History. Are you a wealthy farmer whose loyalty to the Crown will be tested by a son who joins the rebels? Or are you a slave who sees the coming social chaos as a possible bid for freedom? Are you a politician who is struggling to protect the community through diplomacy? Or are you a merchant who seeks to exploit this war for personal gain?

All this is possible within Revolution, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game set during the American War for Independance.