provinces:years

**|OCS|Virus** · 08-07-2005, 18:05

Hello, I have two questions, and I need to know if anyone knows definitivly, does anyone know how many provinces there are in the MTW campaign map. And how many years are there total, for the first era {my favorite}. I am coming up with the probably already used many times over strategy of, I conquer x amount of provinces per turn. So if anyone has the answeres to these questions please speak up. =}

thanks

**EatYerGreens** · 08-07-2005, 18:17

I was going to ask about province count myself, only a few days ago, then thought, what the heck, I'll count them up myself. I made it 98. It would be 99 but 'Sahara' doesn't count, as you cannot move units into it.

For all three eras combined, the number of turns comes out neatly as one move per day for an entire leap year... 366!

Last I heard, High begins in 1205, while Early begins 1087 (turn 'zero'), giving you 118 years, if you hope to complete conquest all in one era, though I see no special reason to bother. What's the rush?

**Grey_Fox** · 08-07-2005, 18:48

Hmm. If you start in 1087, the game will not finish until 1453, so you have plenty of time.

**Martok** · 08-07-2005, 18:55

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

Last I heard, High begins in 1205, while Early begins 1087 (turn 'zero'), giving you 118 years, if you hope to complete conquest all in one era, though I see no special reason to bother. What's the rush?

He might be playing a faction (such as the Byz or Almos) where either their best units are in Early and they then become slowly obselete over time; or he might playing a faction where their best units can't be trained after the Early period (like the Danes). Believe me, when you're playing as the Danes and 1205 rolls around, you really miss the ability to train the various Viking units--especially the Hurscarles.....

**PittBull260** · 08-08-2005, 03:33

Originally Posted by Martok

He might be playing a faction (such as the Byz or Almos) where either their best units are in Early and they then become slowly obselete over time; or he might playing a faction where their best units can't be trained after the Early period (like the Danes). Believe me, when you're playing as the Danes and 1205 rolls around, you really miss the ability to train the various Viking units--especially the Hurscarles.....

thats exactly why I used Gnome Editor :)