Tsukiyo-moonlight
Hi there
This is a very simple campaign I have created for Total war, all you have to do is unzip the file into
../game/campmap/startpos folder = this is find the folder totalwar click that, then go into campmap, then starpos, copy the
files in there, there are three files, really simple.
Load shogun. Select full campaign, scroll through the campaigns using the arrows until you reach Tsukiyo, the menu screen is a bit dull but the campaign is'nt.
The campaign is for everyone, but depending on your skill, most should use begginer and normal, other than this, you will literally have no rice to feed your
people, meaning you will have to either destroy your much needed troops or conquer provinces quickly. If anyone finishes it on hard or expert I would be
mightily impressed, worthy of Shingen, Kenshin or Ieyasu themselves.
The campaign stars in 1543.The campaign is all set up ready to go, the home provinces have all what is needed to start and maintain a war with your neighbours(always fun!)
The campaign is historically accurate as much as I could make it. Indeed the reason I created it was that I found some of the campaigns not to my liking, so I decided to represent Japan as I see it. This is only in the sense of a map that works, not in strutting samurai, beautiful courtesans and ornate bridges etc, etc. I have include things such as- each province has a castle, most small, some large castles, one fortress at Kyoto, The fortress castles do not really occur untill 1578 when Nobunaga constructs Adzuchi castle on the shores of Lake Biwa, I have made castles such as Osaka, Himeji, Takamatsu large, as to show that eventually they will become great castles. I have emphazised that Japan was split between many warlords and that it was not just the 7 clans depicted that had the greatest chance of conquering Japan. Allthough saying this the Oda have the strongest army followed by the Imagawa, later Tokugawa. Oda will take Kyoto by 1570 if all goes to plan. The clans are balanced as best as I could make them. I tryed to emphasize the best features of the clans. Such as Tokugawa have strong archers due to Totomi and also because historically the Kanto men were considered the greatest in Japan. All Ronin ahem- all other Daimyo have emmisaries and shinobi to show that Japan
was a bust bustling place. Also alot more ports are in position, as how do you expect to invade Shikoku, Sado without boats, I doubt even Toyotomi Hideyoshi could fly. Places such as Bizen have been given a famous swordsmith, to represent their superior sword making skills, hardly no places have sword dojos which I will change later. I think you should earn this accolade
. Swords were not the main weapon of choice, so I have emphazied spears, Naginata and Bow. Places such as Kaga and Ise, Yamashiro and Yamato have Buddhist temples, to show there religious leanings. So Oda can fight the hated monks, and the arrggghhh IKKO IKKI!! .Boungo, Hizen=Nagasaki, have portuguese trading posts and some priests due to contact with the Portuguese. Shimazu is christian, so interestingly are the rest of Daimyo annoying, but all it means is that they have trading posts. Most places have improved farmland, showing Japan to be a very agricultural place. The Ronin=other Daimyo shouldn't start producing more
units as they will likely be in debt, think of this as the Ikko Ikki single minded league they share the cost. The reason for this is I wanted a huge Ronin force so it would not be easy they may go to each others aid or standby while you conquer them one by one, I think this is true to the time. On a fun note I played through many times, mostly with Shimazu I really had some well balanced battles, if you play as Uesugi I found it difficult as they are near strong clans, once they sieged my castle in Echigo=Otate it was a winter battle, and gave a beautiful view of a Japanese castle. A good place to die as 1000 Ronin Suwa clan slaghtered my 200 defenders to a man- boo hoo, but I have rebalanced it now, the Uesugi should hold against most attacks. The Takeda are strong but are not and will not be in a position to take Japan, unless you call on Takeda Shingen himself and his invincible cavary (Forgetting Katsuyori's last charge of course!!). But I fear even the Tiger of Kai will not stand against the Oda and Tokugawa.
The Mori are in a strong position but will only subdue chugoku I think. The Shimazu could take Kyushu and progress further. Overall the winner should be Oda or Tokugawa but who knows. I would like to make another campaign
after Nobunagas death also, the rise of Hideyoshi, siege of Osaka, some others I have planned.
Thanks to Hecose for the Shogun campaign editing tool, it rocks. I wish I knew programming.
Anyhow goodluck in the campaign, The shogunate awaits. Sorry p.s a map is enclosed it shows well I think Japan as it was.
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tsukiyo campaign.zip
