Greetings and a question!

[Marquis de Said]

But don't worry about that too much. I recently bought the battle pack as a Christmas gift for my little brother. Total cost: $20.00 (Canadian).

Plus it has the 2.01 patch included, so you don't need any more updates.

[Odin]

You can find the battle collection in most retail gaming stores, I just bought one myself for 19.99 american. Compusa had 3 copies of it. I had stepped on my CD and cracked it an needed a replacement. I never played VI either, vanilla was a fun game.

When you get it you will get the Hungarians, Argonese and scillians as playable factions, along with the Viking period which has many unique factions from England.

the best part of having the Viking expansion pack is thats what all the mods are written for, now that MTW has been out so long these mods have really been tweeked and tested.

Im to the stage now where I am ready to pick one, but definately go out and get VI, buy it off the web if you can, if not just get the battle pack like I did.

[macsen rufus]

I would definitely recommend VI - even if you don't play the Viking Campaign, the new units, factions and the reinforcement set-up make MTW even better!!

But the Viking campaign itself is great (esp if you're a Brit, personally I'm a Mercian but I haven't played the faction yet....).

The battle pack is still going strong in the UK, I'm sure I saw it on some in-store "chart topper" racks just before Xmas, and of course Amazon still do it.

As for the mods, I haven't tried any yet, though I will have a shot at XL and the BKB one as soon as my current empire has swept away the infidel West... I'm amazed to find a game I still haven't exhausted after two years. Few last more than a couple of months before the fun wears off. And I've learned so much mediaeval history, as well!

Oh, I haven't got RTW yet as my machine is too low spec, won't even run the demo properly

[Ludens]

Plus it has the 2.01 patch included, so you don't need any more updates.

Are you sure? I am pretty certain I had to download 2.01 after installing the battle pack. It is just a bundle of containing separate CD's for MTW and VI after all.

EDIT: before you ask, I bought my copy of the battle pack in London, so it's the European version.

[Odin]

Are you sure? I am pretty certain I had to download 2.01 after installing the battle pack. It is just a bundle of containing separate CD's for MTW and VI after all.

EDIT: before you ask, I bought my copy of the battle pack in London, so it's the European version.

I got the same "bundled" battle pack in the states, and thought I had to download the 2.01 patch as well (I did this before looking at the MTW version ) and I got a note when I tried to run the patch EXE that I had 2.01 installed.

I think your good mate !