Of note is that resource-wise, Portugal only has three tin mines and some marble. One spy, one Cardinal but I couldn't see a diplomat! Prince Sancho (faction heir) with three milita spear untis and two corssbow units Garrison: Some spears and crossbow units, another captain is lurking nearby with some Jinettes Garrison: Some spears and crossbow units and a squadron of feudal knights King Afonso* (complete with The Crown of Galicia and Portugal - +1 Command / +2 Defence / +3 Authority / +2 Law) Note that this is for a game on Medium / Medium difficulty settings, it might well be different if you play at harder levels. OK, here is the Portuguese order of battle / situation at Turn One (1180 AD). No crashes or obvious bugs yet - just follow the instructions carefully.
The pace of the game is slower and more considered. Ireland has four or five regions, Wales is now two (Cardiff / Canearvon) and Scotland is bigger. I've started a game as England (Hard/Hard) and I'm immediately plunged into a battle of survival with the Irish and Scots invading and trying to make an alliance with France. The Papacy doesn't like making allies with you, the diplomacy is much tougher. The mod starts in 1180, is about 600 turns long and allows you to play as the Teutonic Knights, Jerusalem, Antioch as well as Ireland and Lithuania. All the units from Kingdoms are there, plus new banners / titles for your generals (a la MTW1) as well as new regions and factions with the "big map" modification. In a nutshell, the creator has decided to apply the best bits of Kingdoms to the vanilla MTW2 Grand Campaign without unbalancing or spoiling the spirit of the original. As a Creative Assembly fanboy I was upset. Not allowing the improvements to convert into the vanilla game seemed a bit, well, crap. Although Kingdoms is good, it's really four large mods bundled together. it's the game I really wanted MTW2 to be after Kingdoms came out.
This is by a chap called BossDave, and kudos to him because is really is rather good. I'm now using the MTW2: Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod (hereafter referred to as "The Mod" for brevity). Despite loving the Total War series, the only mods I've ever really used are Rome: Total Realism and the Retrofit Mod for MTW2.
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