Well, the answer to that is yes, to a certain extent. It also includes a Battle Editor and a Symbol Editor, but more on those gems later. So, Medieval is turn-based. Well, there goes half the crowd. The way this game is structured, most games last less than 30 turns, and can be played in less than a few hours.
Turns run very quickly, and some battles take much less than that.
One of the great things about this game right from the outset is its flexibility. It is so flexible that you can change the point at which your troops yield the day, or how far they can see, what they can see, and what type of weather they must contend with. I only include a lot of the information below for the purposes of describing what the game can and will do. Don't be put off by all this, as it's extremely easy to start a scenario and play away. The game covers medieval battlefields from approximately 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D., the very heart of the Middle Ages.