I observed that as a rule,when creating a mod, most modders focus either on Europe (ancient, medieval or renaissance), or Asia.

There is no mod focusing on South American pre-columbian history, altough i think, the potential for such a mod would be awesome.

I`m just thinking at a hypothetical mod, recreating the rise of the Inca Empire, its fights whith different other nations , etc. The history of pre-columbian South America is farr more complex than it seems, whith many many factions, cultures and even some city states...

There are plenty of historicall sources... the best of them, i think, is the book Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca , altough it presents the facts from a catholic (bust still indian...) point of view. Historicall research would be criticall, but suprisingly more simple than the one necesarry for creating, for example, an ancient mod... quite much info has been left about the Incas.

Challenges for creating such a mod, would be multiple... new cultures would need to be created, including new building looks on the battlefield, etc. Creating some adequate wonders (such as the Temple of the Sun from the island in Titicaca, or the Piramid from Chimu, or the Underground water tunnels from Nazca, etc), would also recuire plenty, and plenty of time wasted in front of the PC...

Map would also be a problem... i think making a good relief for the rugged altiplano, some nice jungles for the Amazonian areas, would push the modders abilities to the limits.

Units would also need alot of working... there was no cavalry in those times... balancing the armies should mean also lots, and lots of work.

Good scripters should be needed. A campaign whith no script, is an empty campaign, and historicall accuracy should be the prime concern for any mod of this kind.

The ending date of such a campaign would be the year of the first spanish incursion... the spanish conquest was , from a military point of view, a lucky annomaly, and i dont think it can be represented in any way using the TW engine.

Normally, now i should come here whith some screenshots.... howewer, i am not a moder, and i dont think i will ever be. I do lack pacience.... and my knowledge in informatics, and PC, is not very consistent.

I wont make any "call to arms" for modders. I know most of the people currently think at MTW2, or work on different projects, etc. If i could have the modding abilities, i would have done it myself.

If someone is interested in such a project, i am eager to help whith all what i can... considering how farr the moding has went so farr, i think making such a mod would be possible....

whith friendship and respect,
Rex Pelasgorum