Oh yes, the Brits also make amphibious appearances now and again. Opposition comes in the beturbaned shape of Mamelukes, Bedouins and Ottomans. What is most impressive about this mod is that it also includes over 200 new units in. The mod also includes new factions and an improved soundtrack. The Napoleon version of this mod improves enemy AI, blood and smoke effects, and creates for new formations to be used in-game. Non-negotiable victory locations include Cairo and Damascus. Some of Vader’s best work is the improvement of Total War’s AI. We get exactly the same length of time (60 turns) to succeed where he failed. Napoleon spent two and a half years trying to gain a foothold in Egypt and the Levant. The Middle Eastern adventure that follows it has much greater replay potential. The tight timetable, hard and fast victory conditions, and limited room for manoeuvre mean the Italian Campaign has shorter legs than Boney himself. We’d tarried in Tuscany, lingered in Liguria, and pratted around in Parma too long. Horses weren’t spared, stragglers were left behind, but it was all to no avail. Merde! We’d forgotten about the 40-turn time limit and the Klagenfurt clause. Having persuaded Piedmont-Sardinia to become our gimp – sorry, protectorate, – and ‘liberated’ various minors from Austrian oppression, we were happily pushing the Habsburgs back across the Alps when a message popped-up reminding us there were only six turns left in which to capture distant Klagenfurt. This dainty hors d’oeuvre is deliberately compact, focused and short. Developers Creative Assembly know how intimidating their traditional grand campaigns can be.

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