Eastern EB?

[Moosemanmoo]

Dynasty Warriors

[Fluvius Camillus]

270AD ish???

Chinese Three Kingdoms? Upcoming Gupta Empire? Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofun_period? Indo Scythians? Huns (before migrating to Europe)? Korean Three Kingdoms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea? Siberian Nomads? Southeast Asian peoples? Islander tribesmen? Manchu or Tibetan ancestors?

Have a go at those!

~Fluvius

[Azathoth]

In game terms, a campaign with China would involve fighting 3 stacks of rebels per turn.

[king of thracia]

It would be like Arche Seleukeia except without any other civilized faction at all on the map. Unless you include Baktria and India.

[Seneca]

It would be like Arche Seleukeia except without any other civilized faction at all on the map. Unless you include Baktria and India.

Korea was an independent kingdom by those times, no? And I believe the origins of the Khmer dynasty in kampuchea was active in those times, in addition to a lot of other civilisations. It would probably be one hell of a job to track any credible sources about them though, if it exists at all.

[Kevin]

Yea, I tried checking some of the mods on the site relating to the Eastern world and many of them are either dead, or way too cartoony.

[king of thracia]

There's Three Kingdoms Total War
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=264

and I believe there was a mod in development for the Warring States period (of China)

Korea was an independent kingdom by those times, no? And I believe the origins of the Khmer dynasty in kampuchea was active in those times, in addition to a lot of other civilisations. It would probably be one hell of a job to track any credible sources about them though, if it exists at all.

Well you could have a diverse army and enemies. There's infantry and naval action going on in the south, the far south will have elephants (and rhinos, and crocodiles, and exotic jungle plagues), and in the north, endless steppe with nomads. Lots and lots of nomads. There are the Indo European oasis settlements in the desert west.

And yes, now that I think of it, you are right: for the longest time Korea is the only civilized state in direct contact with the Chinese, although I'm not sure how 'civilized' they were back then ;)