Next Total War game?

[Martok]

Well of course CA will make an expansion for Medieval 2, but beyond that....

I'm personally hoping for Spring & Autumn Total War--unite the lands that will someday be known as China, and become its emperor!

There's between 6-10 powerful kingdoms, including Chu, Wu, Chin, Ch'in, and Yueh; along with a myriad number of smaller kingdoms (all of whom could be used as pawns amongst the great powers). It would have troops and tactics that differed from that of medieval Japan (chariots, early crossbows, etc.), but still have that wonderfully exotic locale. There would be great variations of terrain: open fields, rugged mountains, thick forests, etc. Ah, I'm salivating just thinking about it!

(That said, I certainly wouldn't have a problem with Shogun 2. )

Of course, my real dream is a Fantasy Total War, but I know that's considered blasphemous to even mention such a thing here.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and having a TW game set in North America is absolutely the last thing I would ever want to see. Pretty much all of the major wars that have taken place here were between only 2 powers, so such a game would be incredibly boring.