Some details nobody talks about, but seem pretty damn good:

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1. Apart from the Mongol campaign, there are three other story-led campaigns in the game, all based on historic figures who actually made the grade and became "protectors" of Japan. For the historians among you these are Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The campaigns involve starting off as one of these warlords and attempting to achieve set objectives based on their real-life achievements. This consists of both strategy map gaming and battles.

2. While some maps have been increased in size by up to 50 per cent.

3. Previously you could only engage in tactical battles against your mates, but now you can play the full game. This option will be available via a LAN or an internet connection, with one player providing the game server and prior agreement about the length of turns - which can be from minutes to weeks, depending on your preference. This is where the "advanced" scenario options in the game setup menu comes into play - rather than everyone starting from scratch, they can elect to play from half way through a full campaign, for example.[/QUOTE]

at 1. So there's 3 mini campaings to satisfy the historians among us. Nice!

at 2. Larger Maps? Cool!!

at 3. This sounds like a pretty good set of options to me. Lessee how it turns out.