Imperialism: Total War

[Stefan the Berserker]

The Idea: Imagine the Creative Assembly made a Game based on the RTW-Engine set in the time between 1700-1890. You don now play on a Map like this one (http://www.diplom.org/Online/maps/imperial-small.gif) and compete with your Grandpower for Worldomination.

The Gameplay will be similar to the Napoleonic Mod made by the Lordz (http://www.thelordz.co.uk/). During the Game your Faction will transform from an absolute Monarchy into a modern democrathic Nation and field the newest Technologies.

Seperated into four Time Periods:

1700 - 1789 Age of Absolutism
1789 - 1820 Napoleonic
1820 - 1850 Early Industrialisation
1850 - 1890 Late Industrialisation

Well, what would you say if that was the next TW Game? At least an new Napoleonic Mod for RTW would be interessting...

[IrishMike]

Sounds great, Could also have a seperate American Civil War Campaign. A nice expansion pack would be 1890-WWI.

[Silver Rusher]

I've been wanting this for ages, although I think the time frame would work starting a little earlier.

[TimDogg]

My thoughts actually went the other way around, you are looking at making the mapscale larger, I would like to see it a lot smaller. What about a setting where all the Germanic/Nordic Kings would fight it out with each other in the 500-1200 time era? I think that would be a great time-era as there was a lot of hustle and bussle (sp) and some very clear overall movements (Like Rise of Christianity, The era of the Karolingen and the Nordic Invasions of the British Isles)

[frogbeastegg]

Is this a mod suggestion topic or an 'I wish...' topic?

[Stefan the Berserker]

It's both a Gamewish and a modding suggestion, if someone likes to make that.

The Time between 1700-1890 covers huge ammounts of interessting Warfare, some examples:

7-Years War: Prussia and Austria compete for Silesia
The French Revolution: The Republic is formed
War of Independence: The USA are founded
Napoleonic Wars: Bonaparte takes on the World
The Opium War: Britain captures Hong Kong
Deutsch-Deutscher War: Prussia and Austria (again)
American Civil War: USA vs CSA
Franco-prussian War: Bismarck founds the german Empire

Some Ideas...

Nations that gain Independancy should appear like the golden Horde did in Medieval, supposed as an historical event creating a new Faction with some Text to explain where it came from. The same System can be used for the USA to seperate from Britain, the CSA to seperate from the USA, Brasil to gain Independancy from Portugal, or the 1848 Revolution in Germany...

To simulate the American Civil War CSA simply appears in the South as a new Faction, the USA are forced to re-capture them by Glorygoals.

However the "Senatemissions" of the romans in RTW can be best transformed into "Parilamentmissions". If you decide for a Parilament it will force you to certain Missions or you decide for direct Dictatorship by the King and what you want... :) The Constitution should be changeable by Options, so you can be an absoltue Monarchy, parilamentaric Monarchy or a Republic by your coice.

The diffrences between the three Gouvermentalforms?

Absolute Monarchy - You rule by direct Dictatorship like in all TW-Games. You can become a parilamentaric Monarchy without a problem.

Parilamentaric Monarchy - You'll get Missions form the Parilament, if you fail or ignore the Missions the Loyality in the Provinces is lowered. You can always change to Absolute Monarchy again by closeing the Parilament.

Republic - You must by force do the Missions or you lose the Game unless you are de-elected. In Exchange all your Provinces have a loyality and economy-bonus, aswell as a morale bonus for your Troops if you are a Republic. Changeing the Gouvermentalform back to Monarchy causes a Civilwar, changeing from Monarchy to Repubilc awesome.

[frogbeastegg]

Both, hmm :taps fingers on desk: Since it's related to TW it doesn't belong here, but it could fit in either the dungeon or the EH. I did see some interest in a TW covering this time period in the EH, so I'll send it that way; you might get some more interest there.