Megas Alexandros
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
-Alexander the Great
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
-Alexander the Great
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It is the year 336bc. King Philip has just been assassinated. Although not directly involved, many are sure that it was Persian gold that moved the hand of this Pausanias of Orestis. Alexander, age 20, as Philip's only heir, has become King. Although inheriting an experienced and professional army, Alexander has also received enemies in the form of Philip's former subject states who feel a 20 year old boy is not capable enough to rule his father's kingdom effectively and who want their full independence, thinking that the turmoil following Philip's death will cause Alexander to react foolishly....
Alexander plans to carry out Philip's long planned conquest of Persia, and with Parmenios and a Makedonian expeditionary force already in Asia Minor, Alexander will have to move quickly if he is to quell the rebellions in Southern Greece and secure his border in the north, the area that the troublesome Thracians and Illyrians call home. This is a time of bloodshed, death, conquest, defeat and victory. This is Total War....
It will be a mod-folder for RTW - Alexander 1.9. You need that to play it. So far, the factions are:
Macedon
Persia
India
Greek Cities(will have a different name)
Sarmatia
Illyria
Dahae
Thrace
Getai
Free People
Some possibilities for factions are: Sparta, Cimmerian Bosporus and Byzantium.
Features and aim
The mod will cover the years 336 b.c. when Alexander became King of Macedon aged 20, to either 323 b.c. when he died or 320 b.c., which would allow for an alternative history edge. I will be using a 12tpy script in my mod, so Alexander should not die of old age, and which will increase the amount of turns, which will be necessary given how im hoping the map will look
The aim for this mod is to improve the Alexander gaming experience. It will try and make the add-on a great gameplay experience, a real challenge getting across the feel of Alexanders campaign. It will be mostly historically accurate, but I'll be using artistic license in some places. It will feature:
- A brand new map, which I will also release to the public
- New models and skins
- Historical unit names
- New traits and ancilliaries
- A new recruitment system
- New GUI
- New custom battle maps
- Longer, more balanced battles
- New formations, possibly modifying existing Darth's Formations Mod formations.
- New faction banners
This is the area covered by the map, everything right of the black line.
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The mod will only have Macedon playable for 1 big important reason: the AI will never do an Alexander. I am aiming for this mod to try and get across the feel of Alexanders campaign, I am going to make it s you can only recruit Macedonian troops in certain provinces, and so you must assemble an army and go campaigning, sending reinforcements whenever you can, getting across the feel of Alexander marching across the Persian empire with only few reinforcements.
We at MA hope you will stick around to watch this mod grow and take an active role in giving feedback as to how you think our mod should be made, and what you would like to see in it.
Thanks,
MA team
