Forum: Sword Dojo

Okay, I have a few questions I'd like to ask about some elements of Shogun; 1. With regards to border towers and forts....can I assume that building them will increase the loyalty in all the provinces that are ajacent? 2. What is the best way to safeguard a Geisha? With Shinobi or Ninja? (or...

Hello, all ! I posted a few turns of a Mori campaign some times ago and left it unfinished, not being able to handle the 120 men units setting I was experiencing for the first time. Well... The idea to re-do that campaign with 60 men units has crossed my mind but I didn't find it so glam to...

I just reinstalled STW MI on my vista PC (works in compatability mode) but I cannot find a copy of the patch 1.02 anywhere. Gamershell is indicating that it is not available. I checked my old pc but I do not seem to have kept a copy of the original installation file. does anyone have a...

Every time I try a campaign as Oda I get attacked from all sides be it rebels or rival clans. I can win with Shimazu or Mori (having the advantage of starting in a corner with the former and monkrushing with the latter) on normal, but with Oda I get owned.

Anyone know where to download the stw/mi battle recorder?

Hello few all ! There are plenty of threads about the SJ campaign for the Takeda, the Uesugi, the Oda, etc. I've found there are very few dedicated to the Mori clan. Besides, whereas we can read about various strategies for Takeda, for example, the Mori clan feels very straightforward...

I've seen some posts which suggest that the more shinobi you have in a rival's province, the more likely there will be a rebellion, and the bigger it will be. Is this true? I think in MTW, only the highest valor spy counts. Same question with shinobis for preventing rebellions. If I have more...

I started a new Shimazu campaign, and all is going well. I faught several battles with imagawa and kicked them off that island to the west and I am now building up to take ronin island, for I am not strong enough to go after Takeda which has pretty much done away with Mori. My question is why...

Can your men gain honour by collecting the heads of runners? I remember my Yari cavalry collects 500+ heads in one battle, but still in honor 1. So i thought only "fighting enemies kills" counts. And here is another question: Sometimes i remember like i see my men "losing" some honor. Not...

Something happened I don't understand. My heir came of age and was listed as "unassigned." I decided I wanted him to command a horse archer unit, so I shut off all; troop production for a season, except one horse archer. He was not assigned to that unit. So I tried again next season. Same result....

I just got STW today. When I tried to install it I got a message that I need a code which is in the white box on the CD case. I guess its not the original CD case because there was no code. Is there anything I can do about it?

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I was digging my very old screenshots folder, and i found some seven to five years old STW pictures you might like. Nice view of a Citadel assault. http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3755/shatthecitadel.jpg Samurai brigade chasing the enemy. They look more realistic when lose their...

I am thinking about buying shogun ( and mtw). I have just bought a new computer, intel i7 930, windows 7 64bit etc i have heard that some old games won't run on new pc's is this the case with shogun or mtw1? Thanks

I don`t know if anyone else is aware of this but when I first played the original version of Shogun I can remember hearing funny voice overs when your harvests were gathered. I remember laughing as they guy would tell me my lazy peasants needed whipping or something. Does anyone know why these...

I forgot about this. Shogun Total War ain't Medieval 2 Total War. Here, when you lose, you lose immediately... I reinstalled Shogun after a couple of years. It all came from the musical score, I put it into my iTunes, and listened to those beautiful songs made by Jeff Van Dyck. Instant hit....

I was playing a campaign as Hojo on Normal when I encountered a Useugi army in Dewa that outnumbered me by about 250 men. This is what happened. His army was mabey 4 SA's, 2 Ashigaru, 1 depleted YS and a diaymo. My army was 2 SA's, 2 YS and 1 depleted ashigaru and my diaymo. Both diaymo were 3...

I have only a few examples based on my current campaign but here they are. I had an army in Dewa and the neighboring river province and was sending reinforcements to both provinces. One unit of YS were in the province immediatly south of Dewa and two units were in Dewa to be combined with that...

I haven't patched my version of Shogun (WE) and I wondered if I needed to. I've lost whole units recently when routing reinforcement ashigaru have run through my archers because I wasn't paying attention. I normally try to keep at least one unit back to hit routing enemy troops but I still find,...

http://selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=samurai I came out Oda Nobunaga first and Toyotomi Hideyoshi second.

I have STW installed and I thought about launching a new campaign. Uesuigy is my favorite faction. I've been brushing up on normal but I want to graduate to hard for more of a challange. My only problem is I often stalemate with the other factions. I remember one campaign I was moving south...

I lost my daimyo (again) with only two provinces left to capture. So I face massive rebellions and the re-emergence of three clans, including Shimazu with 19 provinces! I thought I'd have fun defeating them but I just quit my first battle in anger because it started me out with archers and no...

Dear me, when i first got my hands on this game 10 years ago i never had the slightest idea of what a huge part in my life it would play... "The year is 1530, for 200 years the Ashikaga Shogunate has ruled japan from its capital in Kyoto. The recent Onin War has shown that..."...

I ask the question because I've never had any success with them. I've tried starting them on the lowest level targets possible, to try and build up their experience but they never get past 2-3 before they are killed themeslves. Does anyone think these units are worth the expense to build?

I know there are a few more Kurosawa fans here, so join me in raising that glass of Sake in memory of the great man himself. His films were a big inspiration to the Shogun: Total War developers - and if you've seen that intro to STW: WE/MI then you've seen at least a minute or so of Kurosawa's...

As long as I´m playing on the campaign map I have no problems with any sound or music. But as soon as I start a battle the music stops. I can still hear the units marching or confirming orders. But no weather effects. You can see the rain or even the thunder but there is only silence. That´s a huge...

I finally conquered the last holdout province on an expert campaign with Takeda. I lost my daimyo in the battle because I was answering a text message and he got jumped by reinforcements. After the battle I'm informed that my new son has come of age and it turns out that he's my new daimyo. I...

I converting my clan to Christianity only if they were really converted historically. And i disband all my Monks and Temples, then i build my army based on Muskets. Specially on the fog, only 3 unit of Musketeers can hold an army of Samurai, It become like same at the "The Last Samurai" Movie ^^

A quick question for you guys that frequent the Sword Dojo. What are the winning conditions for Shogun? I`m asking because I`m playing as Shimazu at the moment and I am the only remaining clan. I currently hold 1 third of Japan. Do I have to conquer every single province? I dont really fancy having...

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