Mythical times...

[Kraxis]

If some of you remember I have previously mentioned that I wanted to work on a MOD where all the factions are mythical to an extent, while not including mythical beasts. The intent is to be rational about it, like where did the Centaurs come from? Well isn't it likely that some Greeks saw horse archers from a people that more or less lived in the 'saddle'? And so on...
Not all the factions have to be from the same period, but in general we are talking about the period around 1200BC, in other words the period of the Trojan war.
It is still in the planning stage, so things might get added along the way.

In bold faction name: (cities, italic is change in name or added province/city)
[special units so far] All factions should also have more conventional units, but that can wait for now.

Greece: (Sparta, Corinth, Athens, Thermon, Larissa to Thebes, Lesbos
[Myrmidons] Swordsmen, Heavy, Very Hardy, Elite, big round shield
[Greek Heroes] Chariots, Javelins, Elite
[Nobles] Chariots, General, Javelins, Elite (the same unit as the Heroes)
[Sirens] Based on the screeching women, same effect
[Centaurs] Horse archers, short range (like slingers)

Troy: (Nicomedia to Troy, Byzantium, Pergamum, Sardis, Ancyra)
[Trojan Heroes] Chariots, Javelins, Elite (heavier than Greeks)
[Royal Guard] Cavalry, General
[Thracian Allies] Cavalry, light, fast, javelins
[Household Archers] Long Range, Elite, Armoured]
[Apollonian Guard] Cavalry, Heavy, Elite, big round shield

Minoan Empire (Kydonia, Halicarnassus, Rhodes)
[Marines] Very heavy javelineers, fast, Elite
[Royal Archers] Long Range, Hardy, Fast, Elite
[Pirates] Hardy, Fast, Javelins
[Cretan Archers] Long Range, Elite
[Minoan General] Chariot, archer, Elite
[Minotaurs] Swordsmen, Heavy, big horned helmet, undisciplined, Superior

Aenid Dynasty: (Rome, Ariminum perhaps cutting Umbria in two, keep southern, Capua)
[Romulans] Swordsmen, Heavy, Big round shield
[Remusans] Axemen, Heavy, Big round shield
[Noble Chariots] Chariots, Generals, Elite
[Martian Guards] Cavalry, Elite

Thrace: (Tylis, Bylazora, Porrolissum, Campus Getae)
[Chieftain Warband] Heavy Peltasts, Pelte, heavy armour, javelins, Very Hardy, Elite
[Thracian Cavalry] Cavalry, fast, javelins
[Scouts] Cavalry, very fast
[Getai Slingers] slingers, fast, hardy, pelte

Albion: (Londinium to Avalon, Deva, Eburacum)
[Royal Cavalry] Cavalry, Heavy, Elite
[Bodyguards] Cavalry, General, Heavy, Hardy, Elite
[Heavy Cavalry] Cavalry, Heavy, undisciplined
[Raiders] Cavalry, light, javelins

Hittite Empire: (Mazaka, Tarsus, Sinope, Antioch)
[Heavy Chariots] Chariots, Heavy, Hardy
[Nobles] Chariots, General, Heavy, Hardy, Elite
[Sea People Infantry] Swordsmen, Superior

Egypt: (Thebes, Memphis, Alexandria to Giza, Jerusalem)
As it is more or less...

Etruscan Hegemony: (Arretium, Upper Umbria, Patavium, Segesta)
[Early Hoplites] Spearmen, Javelins (if impossible with spears, then swordsmen), Heavy, big round shield

Assyria: (Hatra, Seleucia to Babylon, Palmyra, Damascus)
[Assyrian Horse Archers] Cavalry, archers, fast
[Assyrian Heavy Chariots] Chariots (four horses if possible), archers, General, Elite
[Assault Infantry] Spearmen, heavy, Elite, big square shield

Phoenicia: (Sidon to Tyre, Salamis, Carthage to Kart Hadasht, Cyrene, Curduba to Gades)
[Phoenician Sailors] Archers, Fast

I have also got a few factions I haven't gotten set up properly.
The Celtica faction, which is more or less Gaul, just more eastern, to reflect they haven't made the entire trek westwards yet.
The Nibelungen faction, more or less Germania, but more eastern and southern.
And then there is the Emirates (Arabs).

I would love to get feedback on the ideas, and get ideas for the factions themselves. Especially the more regular units.

[Eastside Character]

Nice idea for a mod Kraxis. I remember I once asked Gerosia whether they would make an expansion with mythological beasts and heroes. They didn't want to do that.

So I'm looking forward to see something more about this mod.

What do you think about Olimpic God unit for Greece? A guy throwing burning missiles like Zeus his thunders? That would be a cool little thing I think.
The God units could be as small as possible, even a one man unit.


Regards,
EC

[Kraxis]

No, no mythical beasts, that includes gods.

See it this way, how would the world be if these factions existed. So in a sense it isn't mythical but rather a historian's view on them, a pragmatic view sort of.

Problem is I have no factions for the Caucasus, Russia or Spain.

I have dabbled a little with a Samnite faction in the south of Italy, but that would leave the Aenids a bit hemmed in compared to the other factions. Yet it feels strange that Sicily and southern Italy should be rebels only.

[King Yngvar]

Aenid Dynasty: (Rome, Ariminum perhaps cutting Umbria in two, keep southern, Capua)
[Romulans] Swordsmen, Heavy, Big round shield
[Remusans] Axemen, Heavy, Big round shield
[Noble Chariots] Chariots, Generals, Elite
[Martian Guards] Cavalry, Elite

Aeneas did not leave Troy until after it was destroyed, kind of wierd to put Rome in it.

[Kraxis]

Yes, I know, but as I said in my first post not all the factions are from th same time. It was a compromise to get a Roman faction in. Remember there wasn't a Rome at the time really so I had to find another name, and calling them Latin Tribes simply isn't good enough as then I would have to do the same with all kinds of tribes. Something had to made special about them.

If you notice then Albion is more or less Camelot, and the Etruscans are too early, they didn't come to Italy until about 8-700BC. But those are compromises to make the game fun. And there most certainly wasn't a Thracian faction.
If I had to follow the times completely then we would only have factions to the very east, not fun in my mind and would leave certain faction with great chances by just going "Hey guys, screw you were are going west." And who could stop them?

[Kraxis]

Nobody have any comments on my units or any ideas to add new ones?

Remember, no mythical beasts. This is meant to be a 'realistic' interpretation of a hypothetical situation.