Sword & Arrow: European Wars Mod

Introduction:

The Sword & Arrow: European Wars Mod (or S.A.M.), is a community based, not for profit, free for everyone mod. The mod encompasses the period in Europe between early 1100AD to mid 1400AD. We have tried to be as historically accurate as possible, but as with every game not everything can be accurate. Keeping intact a lot of the original American Conquest features, up to 16,000 units on the map allows for spectacular battles and using "L mode" (zoom in and out of the map) allows for greater control of units. Formations will play a vital role in successful battlefield tactics and utilizing the original American Conquest morale system successful battlefield tactics are further underlined. The use of town defenses is equally important as battlefield tactics, positioning of castles and towers is important, as when such structures are built on elevated terrain their attack range is increased, units can also be garrisoned in castles and towers further increasing the buildings attack and defense. Inflation will also play a factor in the mod, every building that you build will become more expensive to build than the first one, this will apply particularly to castles and towers to avoid annoying opponents building too many castles & towers, although it can be done if you can manage your economy well. Upgrades will also play a role in the game with every military unit able to have defense and armour upgraded to increase attack and defense and for the archery & siege units their range. Every unit depletes a certain amount of food from your resources, always make sure you have enough food to support your population otherwise you will have a famine and units will start dying. The building of mills and upgrades influence this. Archery units such as longbow men, archers and crossbow men deplete wood and iron each time they fire an arrow or crossbow bolt so keep in check these resources, if you run out they will only be able to use melee attack which is quite weak.

Features of the mod:
- Depleteable resources; food, gold, iron, coal and wood are not only required to create new units, it is also required to sustain them, e.g. every living unit depletes food, an archer or crossbowman that fires an arrow or bolt depletes wood and iron, this adds a touch of realism to the game.
- Buildings can be garrisoned by units, allowing for greater defense of towns and structures.
- Capture ability; buildings and some units can be captured and are automatically converted to your control and national color.
- Start options, this includes: Full Research (every upgrade is fully researched so you start the game with every upgrade already done).
-Each nation has its own unique building architecture, its own coat of arms, its own  unit, building & technology bonuses and each nation has its own unique unit available only to that particular nation.

Contributors to the mod (and many, many thanks):
Fallen_KNiGHT_AC (Artist/Animations/Buildings/Coding)
OSS (Artist/Animations/Coding)
[hwk]poppen (Artist/Animations/Coding)
Sven Dannart (Artist/Buildings). Check out his awesome work: http://medievalworlds.com/

Nations

• England

• France

• Holy Roman Empire

• Scotland

• Byzantines

Other nations will be added once the initial 5 are complete, the Crusades will also be a future feature of the mod.

Change log:

9th January 2011:
-added English Longbow image

Unit & Building Info

England's Units

*Please note these are the units initial values and will change once balance issues are sorted out.

Infantry

Pikeman
Created at	Barracks
Cost	20 Food, 15 Wood, 10 Iron
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Unit information	The Pikeman unit comes equipped with chain mail armor, kettle helmet, and the Pikemans main weapon, a pike; a long wooden stick with a sharp tip usually a very sharp spear head and was particularly effective against mounted cavalry units. Used in box formation, the Pikeman formation can be deadly against a mounted charge.
Strengths & Weaknesses	Good attack versus mounted units except lance equipped mounted units. Vulnerable to arrow/crossbow fire. Vulnerable to heavy infantry units.

Mounted Units

Archery Units

Siege Units

Trebuchet
Created at	Siege Workshop
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Unit information	When you have defeated a field army, you will often find your opponent will garrison what's left of his units in buildings such as the castle, this results in a siege, the trebuchet is the perfect weapon to hurl large rocks and pound the buildings safely from a distance.
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Ships

Mercenaries

Non Military Units

England's Buildings

Military Buildings

Castle
Created by	Engineer
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Garrisonable	Yes, 300 units
Building information	TBA
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Watch Tower
Created by	Engineer
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Garrisonable	No
Building information	The watch tower is particularly useful on the outskirts of your town, it allows you to have a good line of sight (LOS) and any enemy movements can be closely monitored.
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Non Military Buildings

Dwelling
Created by	Peasant
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Garrisonable	No
Building information	TBA
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Gold Mine
Created by	Peasant
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Garrisonable	No
Building information	TBA
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Iron Mine
Created by	Peasant
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Garrisonable	No
Building information	TBA
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Coal Mine
Created by	Peasant
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Garrisonable	No
Building information	TBA
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Stone Mine
Created by	Peasant
Cost	TBA
Attack	TBA
Defense	TBA
Upgrades available	TBA
Garrisonable	No
Building information	TBA
Strengths & Weaknesses	TBA

Please join the discussion and contribute. Building & Unit makers are most welcome. More info & the forums here: http://cossacksworld.ucoz.co.uk/forum/40