* The Next Official Total War Game *

[Pericles]

If the next game is in the Napoleonic/gunpowder period, I wonder if work will be done to give us tactical control over naval battles?

Would the battles unfold similar to something like "Age of Sail"?

Maneuvering those large "Man of Wars"; trying to cross the "T"; loading grapeshot into cannons; delivering broadsides...

Is this something TW gamers would like to control as well as land battles?

[sir_schwick]

I think Africa : Total War could work for a few different eras. The most dynamic might be the 1450 - 1750 period. There were tons of competing tribes, the Atlantic slave trade, and European influence.


In the realm of fictional arenas here was what I was thinking.

Arrakis : Total War. Contrary to what most of the computer games about Dune have shown, the combat was almost entirely close quarters in Frank Herbert's books. Personal shields made guns useless. Lasguns could cause a nuclear explosion if against a shield, so hand to hand would be the key. Also, the territory/province idea could work for harvesting spice(new mode needed).