I agree that M3TW is unforturnetly not going to happen. I think Fantasy Total War is a bad idea. Fantasy games are a dime a dozen, and the thing I like the most about Total War is the history and empire building involved. I love that I can play my nationalities faction and rewrite history along with using all the historical units and learning all the historical provices. Fantasy Total War, I think would go against the core of the Total War series, not to mention losing some of the older players who are history buffs. Besides, many moders are out there making awsome fanstsy mods, like the one for Rome which takes place in Middle Earth.

Personally, like many others, I too would like to see something that takes place in the far east. India, Tibet, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and Siberia. Perhaps they could make Alaska and California similiar to the "New World" in M2TW. It would also be cool to include Indonesia with a canabil faction. I was suprised when CA made M2TW, I thougth for sure they were going to go to the far east. I do have to say that Polar Bear Total War does sound interesting though . . .