Some tales, whether fictional or historical or a mixture of both, prove to be timeless. The Chinese epic, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, has proven to be such a tale as it’s been retold many times and is the basis for several properties. One of the original, and most popular, is the strategy game of the same name that has just seen its fourteenth installment, with more to come next year for those of us in the west.

The expansion for the game, Diplomacy and Strategy, was announced at TGS 2020 and includes more content and scenarios to play through, which you can read more details about through here. The game is set to come to Japan in December, but those of us in the west will have to wait a tad until February before we can play it as confirmed in a press release by the publisher. You’ll also be able to get a bonus scenario, “The Fall of Shu Han,” for free for the first two weeks.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14: Diplomacy and Strategy will release on February 11th, 2021. It will release as both a standalone product and expansion to the original release for PlayStation 4 and PC and only as a brand new singular release on the Switch. You can check out our take on the base game, which is available on PS4 and PC now, through here.

It’s hard to believe, but thousands of years later, the saga of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese history and lore continue to feed into popular games. There’s Dynasty Warriors, of course, as well as the latest mainline Total War title, but the original is always the Romance of the Three Kingdoms strategy game from Koei Tecmo. The fourteenth entry came to the west earlier this year (and in Japan in 2019), but we’re far from over with as a new expansion with lots of new material is on the way.

As announced by the company, the game will have a Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack that will come for both the PS4 and PC, which the vanilla game released on, as well as add the Switch. For those who purchased the game already, you have two options, either the Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack which includes the new expansion pack or the Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack Digital Deluxe, which also includes the second season pass.

If you are getting the game on the Switch or never purchased the original release, you have three options, all of which include the full base game: the Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack Bundle that also includes the expansion pack, the Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack Bundle Digital Deluxe that also includes the second season pass, and then the Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack Bundle Double Digital Deluxe that includes all of that and the original season pass that was already available.

With the expansion pack, there’s lots of new strategic locations, the ability to trade with Eurasia in a series first, the ability to further power up your units, and an all new “War Chronicles Mode” where you must test your skills in short scenarios with limited resources and map. The season pass content also includes new difficulty modes, map editors, additional scenarios and more. You can see the full season pass breakdown below or read in full through the official website here.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14 and the first season pass are available now for PlayStation 4 and PC. The Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack will come to those platforms and Switch on December 10th in Japan, and early 2021 for other regions.

Season Pass

A pass available at a discount including paid downloadable content released with Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14.

• February 28, 2020 – Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 Officer CG Set
• March 19, 2020 – Scenario [Battle of Tong Gate] & Event Set, Editor – Historical Officers
• May. 28, 2020 – Difficulty [Veteran] & Scenario Settings Set, Editor – 2nd Wave (BGM Editor & bonus BGM Set), Scenario [The Lu Bu Campaign] & Event Set
• July 30, 2020 – Editor – 3rd Wave (Game Editor), Scenario [Hebei Conflict] & Event Set, Scenario [The Battle of Hefei] & Event Set
• September 24, 2020 – Three additional scenarios, additional difficulty

*This content is the same as the Season Pass released for Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14.

Season Pass 2

A pass available at a discount including paid downloadable content released from February 2021.

• February 2021 – Scenario & Event Set – 1st Wave
• February 2021 – Editor – 4th Wave, War Chronicles Mode Exclusive Scenario 1
• February 2021 – Scenario & Event Set – 2nd Wave, War Chronicles Mode Exclusive Scenario 2
• March 2021 – War Chronicles Mode Exclusive Scenario 3, Additional Events (set of 5) 1, Watercolor Style Officer Set (Wei, Wu, Shu)
• April 2021 – Scenario & Event Set – 3rd Wave, RTK13 Officer Face CG Set, War Chronicles Mode Exclusive Scenario 4, Additional Events (set of 5) 2
• May 2021 – War Chronicles Mode Exclusive Scenario 5, Additional Events (set of 5) 3