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I'm working on a lords of the realm scenario, startedwhen I got back from my warrant run this afternoon.

So far I've only managed to get about half the map done, here's a sneek preview.....


I plan to use action cards for mercenary companies, use the research system to better arm soldiers. i.e. Peasants > Axemen > Swordsmen etc. I might give the Welsh worse cavalry and some kind of partisan unit, fortresses will be changed to castles, and probably made more powerful. Peasants will have some engineering capability.


Any other ideas? Or anything people think should be included?

Not a bad likeness of the old homeland

I have no idea what Lords of the Realm is or was but good luck.

Good luck with this mate.

I used to love lords of the realm 1 and 2. Apparently 3 was crap though.

cant wait to try it out.

Good luck with this. Never played Lord of the Realm myself. I do remember Defender of the Crown which I think is similar which was enjoyable.
 
I noticed that you cannot get around Cornwall or Scotland so sea transport maybe limited. Is this intentional or will you be expanding the map a bit? I think there were more forests around at that time also. What is the time the scenario is set?
 
I would like to try this scenario out when you are ready.  
 
 

Very good point about Cornwall, I'll sort that. Im going to have Llywelyn in the scenario, so that would make it pre 1282 [;)], but it won't actually be historical, just a sort of middle ages feel. Not sure whether to have some kind of middle way between historical acuraccy and firness. (i.e. make wales week, london strong) or take a lot of the flavour out of the game but make it fairer. The sort of difference between the diplomacy scenarios and the great war or 1939 scenarios that come with the game. Any comments.
 
There are more forests, and some towns and cities in my current map, it's still not finished, that was just the map last night, Scotland and Wales were pretty much done on that one, I hadn't yet added the terrain to England.

 Looking good!  I remember those games well.  I look forward to it.
  Best Regards, Arditi[:)]

Oh btw, in the map editor i can't seem to find a graphic for ports. I can find the loc type but not the landscape type. Does the anchor just appear of its own accord if i put an urban landscape on the coast?

If you want it to act as a port then use the LocType -> Shipwarf or Makeshift Port. If you just want the graphic, it's under Landscapes -> plains -> port.png.

Its a lot of trial and error......with most of it being error [:D].

Plains has a lot of sprites attached to it. Always look there if in doubt ...

Thanks folks. Map is 100% complete (attatchment updated), though subject to change for balance and playability purposes once i've got all the rest done and started playtesting.

OK, regimes added. Cymry, Alba, Kernow, Northern England and Southern England. Any idea for better names for the English regimes? One is based in York, the other in London.

UPDATE
Map, Regimes and regime graphics done. I'm working on the units now, does anybody have good graphics for the following units. Swordsmen, Axemen, Peasants, Heavy Horse, Light Horse, Archers, Noble Retinues.
 

Here's a first peek.....

It's early on in the Welsh rising, a peasant militia is quickly raised and starts to fortify the area in preperation for the assault of the royal army.

looks nice - looking fwd to it

LOL! Love the Peasants! Which Kanigits will be in here?[:D] Any sparrows???[:D][:D]

Hey I just noticed, "peasants" is written as "pesants".

ORIGINAL: Joshuatree

Hey I just noticed, "peasants" is written as "pesants".

[:D] Keep getting it wrong and correcting myself, not everywhere obviously!

Darnit, seeing those peasants...  remember the-Knights-who-say-Ni ?
 

 
[&o]

She turned me into a toad

I, erm, got better.
 
[:D]