Dominate the 18th century on land and sea. Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe. Empire: Total War takes the Total War franchise to the eighteenth century Age of Enlightenment — a time of political upheaval, military advancements, and radical thought.
The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and the political & military indecisiveness of stadtholder William V have become grounds for a looming civil war in the Netherlands. Ever since the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the House of Orange has shown its true colours of wanting dynastic and hereditary rule over the United Provinces. With William V's Anglophile views and his wish to centralize the political power his father was granted during the War of Austrian Succession, the stadtholderate is slowly turning into a monarchical pawn for the great powers surrounding us. Our embarrassing military display against the British on the African and American continent and likewise the Indian subcontinent uncovered the gross negligence, corruption and ineffectiveness in our empire. Spending has been going into the wrong pockets and the utter disrepair of our naval forces following the sham victory at Doggersbank has shown that although the Staatse Vloot is still a force to be reckoned with, it is a shadow of its former self. Our supposed ''alliance'' made with France during the American debacle has shown us that we cannot stand on our own two feet without the assistance of foreign nations. The Brest Affair has shown our military indecisiveness in the face of foreign allies and has been grounds for our international isolation following the Paris Peace Treaty. With Britain gaining free trade passage in the East Indies we have lost our overseas monopoly in the Spice Islands but warm relations with the new parliament in Britain has made an alliance a possibility. William V's marriage to Wilhelmina of Prussia made way for good relations with the Prussian Kingdom and secured our German holdings in the Holy Roman Empire. The Austrians however, smell our weakness ever since we entered the war with Britain. They're looming on our doorstep ever since they nullified the Barrier Treaty in 1781, now moving to open the Schelde with force if necessary. So, after our position in America and Asia being returned to a form of stability with the French handing us our crucial colonies back our European position remains uncertain. Patriotic Excercitiegenootschappen (Civil Militias) are being formed and are roaming the countryside in defiance of the undemocratic antics of the stadtholderate and are becoming a thorn in our side. As the country steers further into instability the future lies in your hands to decide to continue the status quo or defy either the general populace or the stadtholderate institution. Act decisively, before we turn into a mere pawn in a chess game.
Dragoon of the "Garde Dragonders" and Officer of the "Hollandse Garde":
Officer of the "Hollandse Cavalerie" and Fusilier of the "Oranje Lijninfanterie":
Fusilier of the Swiss Infantry and Grenadier of the "Waldeck" foreign Infantry:
Grenadier of the "Exercitiegenootschappen" patriotic militia, notable for their role in the 1787 Patriottentijd "rebellion" and Fusilier of the "Schutterij" militia, the old (Orangist) militia of the Netherlands:
Dragoon of the "V.O.C. Dragonders" and Swiss Regiment de Meuron (1795), in service with the VOC:
(Please note that all of the presented units are still WIP and might be changed in versions after RotR 1.3)
Stadhouder: Willem V
Staten-Generaal:
1. Raadpensionaris: Pieter van Bleiswijk
2. Thesaurier Generaal: Dirk Rudolf Wijckerheld Bisdom
3. Hoofdschout: Abraham Calkoen
4. Kapitein Generaal: Lodewijk Ernst van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel
5. Advocaat Fiscaal: Joan Cornelis van der Hoop
6. Bewindhebber van de W.I.C.: Jan Bernd Bicker
7. Gouverneur Generaal van de V.O.C.: Willem Arnold Alting
Opposition:
1. Engelbert François van Berckel
2. Carel Wouter Visscher
3. Hendrik Daniёlszoon Hooft
4. Adriaan van Zeebergh
5. Pieter Paulus
Also, we added updated flags for the campaign and battles. Have a look at how the colonel's colours for the United Provinces were created:
This article details the specific changes for the new orientation of my mini-mod. I write about the main changes.
Today we released a bugfix for RotR 1.2. It fixes the random campaign crashes and the unwanted disabling of late-era ships.
Today's blog is all about Poland! So take a look at what will be in our next upcoming update.
Hi to all! Welcome to my second mod news article for 2024. I deleted all of my past articles so we can get a fresh start on up-to-date news on my mods...
Minor fixes and changes to prevent crashes. Changes to unit icons to prevent reuse. Some re-balancing with unit limits added. Will probably be the final...
Replaces the bumblebee style yellow and black hulls for more authentic wooden ones.
My Custom Ship's Mod (sails, hulls, mast, rigging, deck) Just drop into data folder (work in progress, please let me know if you encounter any issues)
Add Georgia as a playable faction with it's own unique roster. Minor bug fixes and balances for Persia with ability to recruit Xebec from trading ports...
Version temprana del mod con unidades y facciones agregadas que principalmente participaron en la guerra de la triple alianza
Demo of the 1830 starpos. Not compatible with FiI. Install over fresh vanilla.
I realy want this game,but not checked the shops yet,so better look and see what it costs if here?.As have this game imperial glory,but hardly play it now,but like look of this a little more,and more recent too.
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the britch are coming the britch are coming!
dont shoot the white on their eyes
Here is the minimum sys req for the game :
CPU: 2.6Ghz single core processor
RAM: 1GB RAM (2GB for Vista)
Graphics: a DirectX 9.0c card with 256mb RAM
Most amazing RTS game you'll ever play!
looks fanatasctic but i think my pc can't handle it :'(
Cant wait for this!
looks great !
the game has been pushed back to march
...i thought it would be release in feb 16 ... bad!
Can't wait for this, finally real ship battles in a total war game!