printable beginners guide by frogbeastegg with tips for playing MTW, STW and any TW game in general.
This document is entirely the work of frogbeastegg unless otherwise indicated. You may do what you wish with this document as long as you do not make money from it or claim it as your own work. I did this for free and I worked hard. Don’t steal my stuff.
This printer friendly version of my guide is the September 10th 2003 version; there may be a more up to date version on www.totalwar.org forums so check there for updates. This version of the guide was made for Microsoft Word 2000; if you view it with something else it may lose its formatting.
Index
1. Getting started
1.1 Useful resources
1.2 What to practise before starting a main game
1.3 Choosing your faction, difficulty, mode and era
2. The campaign game
2.1 Your main aims
2.2 Buildings and the tech tree
2.3 Armies and units
2.4 Mercenaries
2.5 Finances and provinces
2.6 Securing your borders
2.7 Diplomacy
2.8 The Pope
2.9 Agents
2.10 War!
2.11 Events
2.12 Crusades and Jihads
3. The battle map
3.1 Basic aims
3.2 Unit types
3.3 The landscape
3.4 Generals and kings
3.5 When to fight and when to withdraw
3.6 Sieges
3.7 Tactics and fighting styles
4. Moving to intermediate
5. Appendix
5.1 Hotkeys
5.2 Multiplayer
5.3 Modding the missile units
printable beginners guide.zip
