The Japanese use of cannon

**Kazuma** · 07-24-2007, 11:46

Originally Posted by Seijitai

as the game start in 1524 and last until 1600 (4turns per year, so more than 300 turns of game

).

The earliest year that you could start playing in the original Shogun: Total War was 1530. So Ran No Jidai will start 6 years earlier?
Did the original Shogun also stop at 1600? Will there be a option to continue playing after 1600?

**Seijitai** · 07-24-2007, 13:22

Exact, we start 6 years earlier... To have enough informations on the clans history until 1524, we translate informations directly from a japanese history database

If I remember well, the original shogun ended in 1600 or 1615... First ending date for us is 1600... But maybe will it last longer in an extension...

**Nakamura Lobato** · 07-24-2007, 14:24

Domo arigato gozaimashita Tomi-sama

That is a wonderful link. I am excited to look around at all of the Japanese artifacts.

Nakamura

By the way I posted your link over at Samurai Archives

**Eufarius** · 07-25-2007, 05:16

it is a wonderful link.

**Tomisama** · 07-25-2007, 12:40

You are very welcome

The link was provided to me be some folks over at the Samurai Archives Citadel.

http://forums.samurai-archives.com/

Another page from the museum on the subject of firearms.

http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/e-rekihaku/126/rekishi.html

Enjoy

**Kagemusha** · 07-25-2007, 15:53

The cannon question is really intresting. After all there are many documented occasions of use of cannons and handcannons, but there is also about use of chinese type trebutchets in Onin war. My personal wiew is that while the cannons and other projectile launchers would have historical sources for their use in the mod, those would pretty much make the sieges in the mod peace of cake. Currently we have been working so that the only available options for attacker to use in siege would be ram,ladders and possibly bit modded siege towers, but then with this engine we cant create very realistic Japanese castle towns to begin with. So in the end the option is there,but im not at all sure if we should use it.