Your favourite Clan from STW

**Tsar Alexsandr** · 08-07-2010, 06:51

Best of luck to you if you do. :D

Who knows. Maybe the Hojo will make for a really interesting game?

The unit bonuses are nice, but since you can build everything anyhow.... you're really just picking a starting position and a color. :D

I like Shimazu's no-dachi bonus. But I actually built a ton of cavalry too. :D So... you know. You gotta build whatever you need, not just what you get bonuses for.

**Kagemusha** · 08-07-2010, 07:00

When playing Hojo. I tend to restrict myself a bit for more interesting game. I usually play so that i only go to war with clans that declare war to me and only be offensive against rebel provinces.This limits getting big too fast a bit.

**Shigemasa Oyamada** · 08-08-2010, 06:36

Shogun Total War is the only Total War I haven't played, but the Late Sengoku period being one of my favorite periods in history I'd probably go for the Hojo.... Nobody ever expects the Hojo.....

**ReluctantSamurai** · 08-09-2010, 22:38

Nobody ever expects the Hojo

In STW v1.12, if you are playing as anyone besides the Hojo.......you will........[nightmares about the Hojo Horde dance in the air]

**Shigemasa Oyamada** · 08-10-2010, 08:21

Well, a friend is digging up a dusty copy of the game, so I will have my official verdict soon.... but I will play first as the Hojo

**Shigemasa Oyamada** · 08-10-2010, 08:30

Oh and I forgot to mention that if all the factions mentioned above are the only playable factions then they should include more like the Miyoshi, Satake, Asakura and the Azai.

**Kagemusha** · 08-10-2010, 10:55

Originally Posted by Llewelyn

Oh and I forgot to mention that if all the factions mentioned above are the only playable factions then they should include more like the Miyoshi, Satake, Asakura and the Azai.

I also hope there will be more playable factions for this one and also wellcome to the Org Llewelyn!

**andrewt** · 09-08-2010, 20:22

Yeah, the Hojo Horde is extremely easy. Shimazu has a good starting position but it doesn't get boring as fast as Hojo does.

IIRC, Hojo has one of the richest, if not the richest, starting position. They also only have 3 border provinces. I recall the rest being totally safe from invasion so you could move troops into the border provinces immediately. One of the border provinces, Musashi, has a river which makes defending it really easy. You can hold off larger numbers of Takeda forces using the river and Takeda is not as rich as you are.

From there, it's pretty simple to just attack Uesugi, who has the second richest lands in the game. I believe the easternmost province you can attack from the start blocks access to one of your border provinces so it doesn't add another province you have to defend. Not to mention the eastern Uesugi provinces are his richer and more defensible ones.

**Suraknar** · 09-09-2010, 04:13

Mori has always been my favorite, and of course the Buddhist Monk units.

This meant that I had to wait a bit before I could get gunpowder units from the dutch instead of the Portuguese but it was hell of fun to establish a very powerful position filled with Buddhist temples.