Scenario 1: Conquest of Mongolia[edit]
In the first scenario, it is the year 1184 AD in Mongolia; the player has the option of controlling four different characters. Your job is to become ruler of the Mongolian steppes (basically control all of Mongolia). At the end of this scenario, if you beat it by 1212 AD, you can take on the rest of the world in the fourth scenario, World Conquest. You get to lead the fight with the ruler you chose, and your choice of eight generals, and an advisor.
Playable Factions:
- Mongols - Temujin
- Jadarans - Jamukha
- Keraits - Togurul Khan
- Naimans - Tayan Khan
Players are also given the option of leading various other nations in all of the worldwide scenarios. These nations suffer from a lack of relatives as a generals, and significantly weaker leaders. Also absent is the ability to hire the elite Mongol units, largely viewed as the most powerful of all units in the game.
Scenario 2: Genghis Khan's Grand Ambition[edit]
The Mongol Empire faded into history.
—The game after the Mongols are wiped out
This scenario enables the player to take over the world (that part of the world which was known at the time, including Europe, North Africa, and mainland Asia). The player can select to lead one of several countries, each with their varying strengths and weaknesses (for example, only when occupying Japan can you draft Samurai, and Japan is the starting point for the Kamakura Shogun). In the Korean version of the game the player is able to play as the Goryeo Kingdom, the Korean dynasty during the Mongol invasions.
Playable Factions:
- Mongols - Genghis Khan
- Kamakura Shogunate - Minamoto (Minamoto Sanetomo)
- Khorezm Empire - Ala al-Din
- Ghore Sultanate - Ghuri
- Angevin Kingdom - John I (John Lackland)
- Capetian Kingdom - Philip II
Scenario 3: The Birth of the Yuan Dynasty[edit]
In the third scenario, you are at the point of the Yuan Dynasty (1274 AD), where Kublai Khan is the ruler of Mongolia, and China. You are trying to rule the world.
Playable Factions:
- Yuan Dynasty - Kublai Khan
- Kamakura Shogunate - Hojo
- Il-Khan Empire - Abaga
- Mameluke Sultanate - Baybars
- Byzantine Empire - Michael VIII
- Sicilian Kingdom - Charles I
Scenario 4: Load World Conquest Data[edit]
The fourth scenario, World Conquest, is unlocked for the year 1185 AD, but only after you've successfully completed the conquest of Mongolia in the first scenario. The ruler you chose in the first scenario now attempts to take over the world with his Mongol hordes. In this scenario, Genghis Khan is the default leader of the Mongol Empire, with the eight best generals and the best advisor of all the scenarios.
Playable Factions:
- Mongols - (Whichever faction you played in Scenario 1)
- Kamakura Shogunate - Minamoto (Minamoto Yoritomo)
- The Ayyubids - Salah al-Din (Saladin)
- Byzantine Empire - Isaacius II
- Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa)
- Angevin Kingdom - Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted)