Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms

Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms
Developer(s)	Creative Assembly
Publisher(s)	Sega
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	August 2007
Genre(s)	Real-time tactics, Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms is the expansion to the 2006 PC game, Medieval II: Total War. The expansion is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2007 and will have four new campaigns, focusing on the discovery of the Americas, 13th century Britain, and the crusade campaigns in both the Levant and Northern Europe.

Campaigns

Medieval 2: Total War: Kingdoms will have 4 new campaigns, each one focusing on a different area.

Americas Campaign

This campaign is set in 1519, when Hernán Cortés and the Spanish arrive in The Americas. Playing as Spain, players will have to rely on the Spanish homeland for reinforcements and supplies. The map covers Central America and the southern edge of Northern America.

Playable Factions:

• Spain - yellow and red
• Aztecs - light blue and yellow
• Mayans - green and white
• Apachean Tribes - blue and brownish tan (brownish tan dominant)
• Chichimeca - black and red
• Tlaxcalans - orange and white
• Tarascans - yellow and black

Nonplayable Factions:

• France - blue and white
• England - red and yellow

Britannia Campaign

Starting in 1258, this campaign focuses on the wars in the British Isles, including baronial uprisings as well as the late Viking Invasions. The map covers the British Isles.

Playable Factions:

• England - red and yellow.
• Ireland - yellow and green.
• Scotland - dark blue and white.
• Wales - green and red.
• Norway - dark blue and dark red (dark red dominant)

Non-Playable Factions:

• The Baron's Alliance

Crusades Campaign

This campaign, which starts in 1174, is about the Crusades and players can choose to be either the Crusaders or the Muslims in the fight for the Holy Land. The campaign covers the area from Constantinople to Baghdad. There will be several non-playable factions from the original game who will join crusades randomly.

Playable Factions:

• Kingdom of Jerusalem - white and gold (white dominant)
• Principality of Antioch - blue and red
• Egypt - gold and black
• Turks - green and yellow
• Byzantium - purple and white

Non-Playable Factions:

• The Mongols - dark green and cream
• Venice - dark red and yellow
• France - blue and white

Teutonic Campaign

Set in 1250, this campaign focuses the struggle between religions in Eastern Europe and the expansion of the Teutonic Order. The map covers the North-East Europe, from Denmark and Germany to Russia.

Playable Factions:

• Teutonic Order - white and black (white dominant)
• Lithuania - dark blue and red (dark blue dominant)
• Denmark - red and white.
• Novgorod - yellow and dark blue (yellow dominant)
• Poland - red and white.
• Holy Roman Empire - black and yellow.
• Norway

Notes

Two videos are already available- One introduces the game and one introduces the Britannia campagin.

Features

• Four new campaigns
• 23 playable factions
• Over 150 new units
• Command reinforcements in battles
• Hero characters with special abilities
• Build permanent forts and add moats to them
• New technology trees influenced by Religion and Prestige
• New mission types
• 6 New Multiplayer scenarios and 20 new Custom Battle maps
• Compatibility with the new Hotseat multiplayer mode
• Confirmed multi-player co-op mode.
• 9 new types of agents

Heroes

Some factions will have historical leaders, each having a unique ability.

Faction	Hero	Ability
Kingdom of Jerusalem	Richard Lionheart	Can stop allied units from fleeing.
Scotland	William Wallace
Wales	Llywelyn ap Gruffydd	Can unite the faction and create large armies of infantry and archers.
Ireland	Bryan O' Connor
Egypt	Saladin
Byzantine Empire	Manuel Komnenos	Can cause confusion amongst enemy armies.
Spain	Hernán Cortés

External links

• Medieval II: Total War Official Expansion Information