The basic premise behind Dawn of Discovery is that you're one of two princes competing for your father's approval at a time when your nation is facing its greatest crisis. The lands your kingdom occupies are in chaos. Famines and crowding push your people ever northward, toward unfriendly borders and possible military conflict. You could certainly strive for hostile expansion, but the last thing anyone needs on top of the current hardships is the even greater one that would be caused by war. 7/10