1346: Valois & Planta; Now in Alpha testing

Tag! Today i'm here to show you my latest labor of love, 1346. As we all know, by 1346 the Hundred years' war had already begun with two opposing sides: The house of Valois, and The house of Plantagenet. We also know Valois won- but that doesn't mean anything now!


Play as either side and decide who will secure the French throne!
Did I mention it's also Historically accurate as possible, has two teams' of three, and includes such units as the Crusader and Trebuchet?


Oh, and it has Archer's instead of bombers.


I based the political map off of this amazing map from WHKMLA,


As it progresses through alpha, be sure to comment and rate my scenario so I can better improve it, but remember- BALANCING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HISTORICAL ACCURATENESS. Cheers, and enjoy!

Ok bro.

Maybe u should instead of Trebuchet set Heavy cavlary?

The man that made that map has been playing far too much Mediaeval: Total War and ignoring two big things. Firstly, the Holy Roman Empire was a bit of a non-country and extremely disunited, not to mention poor and on the verge of collapse. Russia was definitely not united at all, but they did have a common enemy (Mongol hordes).

Secondly, there are a bunch of weird allocations in that map. Trebizond is Neapolitan? Navarre is that small (language-wise it would be though)? Athens is Sardinian? The lands in the Arctic Circle above Russia belong to the papal states.

Kirjutas YOBA, 15.09.2011 at 15:12

The man that made that map has been playing far too much Mediaeval: Total War and ignoring two big things. Firstly, the Holy Roman Empire was a bit of a non-country and extremely disunited, not to mention poor and on the verge of collapse. Russia was definitely not united at all, but they did have a common enemy (Mongol hordes).

Secondly, there are a bunch of weird allocations in that map. Trebizond is Neapolitan? Navarre is that small (language-wise it would be though)? Athens is Sardinian? The lands in the Arctic Circle above Russia belong to the papal states.

I've never heard of "Medieval: Total war", besides ncm and other guys from solunae helped me think of different aspects. I am aware of country's names being a little off, but again, it is alpha, and it's these things pointed out that make testing all the worth while. About the HRE, if you noticed- the political map of Europe "disunites" the HRE later in history- in the 1300';s, it was still it's own entente. Plus, I can't add brandenburg, Bayern or Freisland as their own countries, so the HRE stands. Plus- Ive already states historical accurateness is not my top goal, having a good/fun/balanced map is. Where did I put Russia on the map? Kievan Rus' was definitely an entente at that time. I should also mention 85% of the world map is unplayable, so this should not matter one bit. If you are trolling, you're doing a piss-poor job.

Kirjutas ooIooooooIoo, 15.09.2011 at 05:20

Maybe u should instead of Trebuchet set Heavy cavlary?

I'm trying to make the units far more diverse than other medieval period scenario's, so sorry but cavalry will not be added.

Is that the map I gave you?

I recommend you nerf England and the HRE significantly, and add some neutrals in-and-around the area that became known as Austro-Hungary several centuries later.

Kirjutas ncmbad, 16.09.2011 at 03:44

I recommend you nerf England and the HRE significantly, and add some neutrals in-and-around the area that became known as Austro-Hungary several centuries later.

>Nerfing HRE & England
>Still processing neutrals being added

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I tried it and so far, in my oppinion:

- Very luck based, since it's possible to first turn block every enemy capital in the first turn.
- Not very historically accurate
- Too small, providing no expansion or skill based movements

I liked the "Archer" idea and you might use walls (as I told you in-game) to avoid rushing and make build up divisions of countries.

Kirjutas Pinheiro, 17.09.2011 at 11:13

I tried it and so far, in my oppinion:

- Very luck based, since it's possible to first turn block every enemy capital in the first turn.
- Unbalanced
- Not very historically accurate
- Too small, providing no expansion or skill based movements

I liked the "Archer" idea.

Glad I can help

First:
"Not very historically accurate"
If you can tell me a way to draw a line on Iberia separating Castile and Aragon tell me I will, but so far that is not possible. If you mean the HRE- before 1400 it was still more of a single entente than after. If you mean Genoa, I gave it north Africa because it had economical relations with it, and it had to be balance with the HRE.

Second:
"Too small"
My goal with this map was to make players think of what to do- i'm sick of every game being the same process, now instead of spamming a bunch of tank-esque units, you have to make a wall to protects your clay WHILE you spend on making attack units, you have to conserve your money INSTEAD of invading neutrals for more money. So in other words, I wanted it to be a "hard to play" map unless you know what your doing.

Third:
"Unbalanced"
Please go into detail with this- as it would make it easier TO balance it if you did (Note: 1346 is in Alpha testing, so many things will be changed by full release)

Danka.