Do you like good old games?
What about free good old games? I think people like those.
Anyways, Mount & Blade is free on http://www.gog.com/ until november 14th, that is tomorrow as of the time of posting.
Deal is the same as with Aliens vs Predator, you make a gog account to get it, but once you do, it's drm free and stays on your pc regardless of account etc.