[TLK 3.06] Vikingetid

**Myth** · 08-10-2012, 23:04

OK I would appreciate if everyone who is going to play posts here. For starters, you can name your viking leader and (optionally) write a short bio for him. We have three factions, who has any prefernces? The factions will determine the unique units available to your band of raiders. I'm thinking a starting army of around 15k to be good since you will have to make due with it for quite some time.

**Nightbringer** · 08-10-2012, 23:24

I'm going to be in, but I still need to download and take a look at the mod before I start making any choices.

Here's another link to the mod for btw

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=867

Hmm, norton objects to the patch and auto deletes it upon DL...

**Cecil XIX** · 08-13-2012, 02:30

Well, I'm definitely in, and would prefer the Jarldom of Hordaland. Also, and I apologize for the lateness, but there's something in the rules that I think needs amending. Namely:

In game terms, you must own at least 40% of the total regions in either England + Scotland + Ireland OR mainland Europe up until the original Danish border.

If I'm reading right there are only two choices. England, Scotland and Ireland combined are more than sixty provinces, while mainland Europe minus the Danes contains only 18. Thus if someone wanted to achieve victory this way, they would have little choice but to ignore the British Isles. As an alternative, I've taken the liberty of dividing the map into five sections suitably for this victory condition, each of which contain 17/18 provinces and thus requires the capture of seven. I hope its more suitable.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Thanks for this Myth, its the most unique idea I've seen in years. Not quite either a Hotseat nor an RPG.

EDIT: I know I've not been as active recently as I once was, but is it no longer possible to display images outside of thumbnails?

**Nightbringer** · 08-13-2012, 02:45

Well, you succeeded in doing so! :)

**Thanatos Eclipse** · 08-13-2012, 05:09

This sounds like a fun and unique idea, count me in! Now I just have to make some time to download and check out this mod :)

**Myth** · 08-13-2012, 07:45

Cecil thanks so much! You are absolutely right. I had thought mainland Europe was bigger, but I was mistaken. Certainly taking on the Normans and WFE is no easy task but it does not equal gobbling up half of England and Ireland. I had also forgotten about Iceland which should also count for VCs.

We also have to take a look at the other VCs. For example, wining solo requires you to be the last human standing. Which means your team mate (or team mates) have to go as well, but you can't really wage internal war within your own faction, so you will need some maneuvering to get the enemy factions to kill off your allies and then you get to kill them off.

Getting 7 provinces is easy and can happen rather quickly if the AI gets beaten badly by the Vikings faction and a player luckily passes by to get the settlements. I think "King of Kings" should require 25 provinces total (home turf not included). It's a solo victory that ignores whatever might be happening otherwise on the map (army size of your enemy, the condition of your allies and so on) so it should be hard to achieve, else everyone will try to grab 7 provinces and be done with it.

**Nightbringer** · 08-13-2012, 08:04

All the modifications sound good to me. As to faction, I think i'll go for Vestfold. Those archers are pretty nasty, and they feel more unique to me compared to the other two faction specific viking units.