What is this place?

[Fancypantaloons]

Hello there.
I noticed I have Knights and Merchants in my Steam library, I don't know when I got it but I know I got it for free. Never played it, but I saw a video of GamerZakh playing it, the remake version it seems, and it got my attention. Google brought me here, and I ask you:

What is this place? What can you tell me about this community? When did it start and when did you join? I love getting into obscure forums and getting to know their history. Can you help me with that?

Thank you.

[cmowla]

Not to defer (welcomed) traffic from this site, but maybe if you ask your question on Discord (where there is a lot more activity nowadays), you will get an answer. https://discord.com/channels/338733130565287936/338733130565287936.