Empire is a new 1000 year single player campaign for Medieval Total War. Starting in the 400's and
ending in the 1400's.
It features 6 superstates that will make their presence known and dominate the game as
well as several city states. The player can choose to play any one of the super powers
and a majority of the city states, Including but not limited to...
The Swiss
The BURGUNDIAN's
The Pope
The Swiss whilst small do get pikemen as their kings unit at the start of the game and this makes
very tough indeed. So they are considered an easy faction to play.
Tax is generally set higher than usual in Empire. The super powers need the income they
earn to defend them selves and launch attacks. City states are very rich provinces and
if conquered will increase your income by roughly 1000 per turn. They are also highly rebelious
and if a revolt occures your likely to face over 3000 rebels loyal to the former owners. All
other states are stable by default so if they revolt its due to other factors.
Your kings starting region also gives benefits to the player and should be defended at all costs
because it makes a very good target for factions looking for a good title and more income.
It will provide a higher than normal income as well as a good title to give to one of your generals.
It does not provide anything like the income the city states provide though but the title it offers
you is better.
How game plays out really depends on how badly you or the AI's ignore another superpower. If Europe
gets involved in a series of petty wars it is likely that the Russians or Egyptians will suddenly turn
up and conquer you. Like wise if the eastern nations get too involved in local affairs one of the western
factions may suddenly turn up. In either case it usually means that faction has conquered most of the regions
near by and your its next target. Shipping and trade will allow you to watch how factions grow so you can plan
a head.
The general size of any army in Empire is double that of the largest armies in the default campaign because
of the higher taxes. Withdrawing into a castle, bribery and other tactics are something you must consider if
you wish to win. A delay might give you enough time to raise an army and counter attack. Bewared though,
the AI will attempt to break a siege if it's army is big enough.
Installation.
Installation and Removal is easy. Just copy the empire.txt file into your Medieval Total War\campmap\startpos
folder. To remove it, just delete that file.
To play Empire.
Empire is accessable via the Single player menu by selecting "New Campaign" and best played as a Domination style game,
the other method of play may also work but are untested. The Campaign description will not automatically appear.
To view it, you must first click on one of the original campaigns then click back on Empire.
This simple action is enough to display the campaign briefing. The Briefing also contains tips for
different races. The Race information on the next screen is totally out of date.
Giskard_empirev2.zip
