So, lets pretend this is the Shogun: Total War of RPGs

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#1

So, lets pretend this is the Shogun: Total War of RPGs. That is to say, the first in a long line of related but different games that strive to be somewhat historically accurate.

I don’t necessarily think that’s what it’ll be, but let’s just pretend.

What games do you want to see in such a line after 1403 Kingdom of Bohemia? My first choice would be mid-5th century Britainnia, the start of the Anglo-Saxon invasion. Or, maybe the end of the first wave, when they were halted at Mons Badonicus; a historic interpretation of the Arthurian legends.

#2

Those would be cool. But I have a sweet spot for 100 years war (french perspective) or the recomquista in the Iberian Peninsula.

#3

Swedish empire, the fall of it have some interesting happenings.

#4

There are so many stories to be told, this is why it’s so exciting.
I hope KCD is the first game of a new long series of RPGs.

#5

Hundred Years’ War from the perspective of the French would be my first choice. The Viking invasion of England in 865 from an Anglo-Saxon POV and the War of the Roses would be close seconds.

#6

Viking invasions, 100 year war or a game set in a crusade would be really nice.

#7

War of the Roses for me.

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#8

The Crusades around 1100-1150.

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#9

An English War of the Roses sequel (from Yorkist perspective) would be a terrific DLC follow on to this.

Yes you’re supposed to be objective when dealing with historical accounts. But Sharon Stone’s “The Sunne In Splendor” pretty much converted me into a die hard Yorkist fanatic. Some of the best historical fiction based on real life accounts chronicling the rise/fall of Edward IV. Then his youngest brother Richard I, the last official Plantagenet King since William the Conqueror before the Lancastrian Tudor Dynasty permanently took control of England. Sunne in Splendor does a great job illustrating then end of the plantagenet dynasty as a follow on to Stone’s earlier trilogy (Here be Dragons, Falls the Shadow & The Reckoning).

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#10

Fuck yeah… that would be awesome. Or the French Italian wars during tge papacy of the Borgias… that would be really cool.

#11

Come to think of it, it would be great if they would consider a dynastic DLC series on the Plantagenets starting in 1066 and all that aka Will.I.am the Bastard.

How Will’s invading Norman horde conquered the Briton/Anglo-Saxons. Subjugated the Anglo-Saxton nobles to peasantry level. Imagine all the glorious blood letting fratricide that followed William’s Plantagenet Dynasty since. Historic events like the Magna Charta, the Plantagenet Kings participation in the Crusades, Agincourt, The Hundred Years War, Wars of the Roses, Towton etc etc. Important historical heroes/heroines like Queen Maude/King Stephen, Henry II/Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Then their famous sons: gallant Christian Crusader King Richard I, courage of the lion, phase trendsetter of “A King’s Randsom” fame. His younger and martially incompetent brother King John I. Who–besides being the cause for the Magna Charta, was re-known for excessive taxation upon the peasantry (to finance Richard’s Crusades). But who is most infamous for being “that King” associated with the evil Sheriff of Nottingham Forest & Robin Hood with his merry band of outlaws of folk legend. You would get a solid base game just from Henry II/Eleanor’s lives (rise & fall as monarchs) alone. Eleanor herself would make for an excellent female protag given her unprecedented achievements in life as the young queen of France who followed her husband Louis to Jerusalem in the 2nd Crusade. Then divorces the French King to marry a usurper upstart English lowborn nobility called Henry II. You would get a solid 2-4 DLC from
the subsequent adventures of their sons Princes Henry, Richard I, Geoff, and John I.

One 5 min KCD video screen chronicling the inept follies of John’s son (and even weaker monarch) King Henry III. Then start a new base game dedicated to Henry III’s son Edward I, 1st Prince of Wales, aka Longshanks, Hammer of the Scots & destroyer of Braveheart & Simon DeMonfort fame.
One DLC to his son Edward II (weak king) and Edward I’s grandson Edward III (from whom the Hundred Years War and War of Roses began). Then an extensive set of DLCs dedicated to how Edward IIIs sons fought for the French throne and committed fratricide in the 100 years war/War of roses.

The Plantagenet dynasty line basically covers 100% of all civil wars and foreign campaigns aka the entire history of medieval England. All the way down to Richard II, whose death officially ended the medieval period and started the Lancastrian based Tudor Dynasty.

The Tudor Monarchs (Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward V, Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I) is a whole other base game/DLC franchise showcase to itself. WH is potentially poised to lead the RPG market with the depth of European history just from England alone.

#12

i’d like to see more of the same. ie no crazy time jumps. frankly i find 14th and 15th century medieval europe more fascinating and appealing than the other done to death eras anyway. at most i could see a story taking place in the hundred years war as being similarly fascinating as the one from kcd. but why pretend war horse is going to do english history when their own history is such rich in inspiration? hussite war, teutonic crusades, etc. not to mention the game’s practically just an origin story at this point.

#13

Like all the W European ideas but one of the things that makes KCD unique isn’t set around one of the obvious battle such as Agincourt

Nicopolis was mentioned in Skalitz cutscene. There are others such as Kosovo (1448).

Personal bias. Different time. About 300 years later. Would love to see someone make a game centered on the Battle of Vienna (Schlacht am Kahlenberg)

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#14

I love every one of these ideas. I especially like the idea of going for more obscure periods.

So in that light, how about the Battle of Tours?

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