Reign of Wessex (A mod of the life of Alfred the Great)

[Keeper of the Keys]

Welcome heres the plan its called Reign of Wessex and its a mod of M2TW about the life of the perhaps greatest king in history Alfred the Great. It's starts in 856 and ends in 899.

Reign of Wessex begins with death of Æthelwulf "Alfred's father" and the begining of the reign of Æthelbald "Alfred's oldest brother" Alfred at the time is only seven years old. Alfred the Great's reign will begin in 871 and end in 899. This mod will follow Alfred's childhood and rise to power till his death it will also include the history of his brothers Æthelbald, Ethelbert and Ethelred as well as brief history on the early lives of Alfred's two sons Edward the Elder and Æthelwærd. Apart from the history of Alfred and his family it will also include brief history of other factions included in the game these factions are:

(Kingdom of Wessex)
Kingdom of Northumbria
Kingdom of East Anglia
Kingdom of Mercia
Kingdom of Gwynedd
Kingdom of Strathclyde
Kingdom of Alba
Jarl of Orkney
Kingdom of Dublynn
Kingdom of Connaghta
Kingdom of Laigin
Kingdom of Mumhan
Kingdom of Ulaid
Kingdom of Mide
Kingdom of Ailech
Kingdom of Norway (begins in 872)
Kingdom of Jórvík/York (begins in 875)

Tell us what you think and what you would like to see in this mod and remember its about Alfred so NO entering into the area of other mods.

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This mod will never happen if we don't get a bigger team so please please help anyway you can we need help in almost every area if you want to join just send me a PM.

Heres a basic map I made showing you were the factions are.


And heres the Faction Symbols.


And Signatures.










Any questions?

[absinthia]

the idea is not to bad, but vacuus lux lucis covers the exact same area, though with a some what longer time frame.

[Father Jack]

Yep VLL is pretty much covering this era (600 - 900ish) with similar factions. Those faction symbols look fantastic though.

[Nakharar]

Yes work with VLL maybe you can make provincial campaign with this setting

[Keeper of the Keys]

Yes work with VLL maybe you can make provincial campaign with this setting

Thats an great idea i'll ask em.

[Father Jack]

Thats an great idea i'll ask em.

Good Im sure Plonkdog will allow you to join and maybe create a separate campaign.

[Icedie El Guaraní]

Yeah perhaps historical battles!!

[Nakharar]

Yes Historical battles aswell as provincial campaigns i know a tutorial for how to make historical battle maps and custom battle maps i can but you can learn pm Thompson45lcal or something like that he made the tutorial

[danova]

the Last Kingdome has this the era also ...
.

[Keeper of the Keys]

the Last Kingdome has this the era also ...
.

I wouldn't say it was the same though Reign of Wessex
is focus mainly on the life of Alfred the Great.

[danova]

I wouldn't say it was the same though Reign of Wessex
is focus mainly on the life of Alfred the Great.

Of course, mate! i see!
I'm just happy that we work with similar area and era...
.

[Keeper of the Keys]

Thanks alot it helps to know that others are interested
helps me get the work done also I thought I should mention that Reign of Wessex is now part of Vacuus Lux
Lucis but don't worry this mod will not change because of it.

[absinthia]

I thought I should mention that Reign of Wessex is now part of Vacuus Lux
Lucis

if that is so, then welcome. non of this has been disclosed to the rest of us, so i suggest you put a entry in our thread, so that the people can connect.

[Orko]

Ithink it is a great idea!

[Keeper of the Keys]

Thank Orko +rep for you

[MasterOfNone]

It's good to see these Viking-era mods. It's a matter of fact that just about all Viking mods have failed or struggled - and I think there have been at least 7 of them (not including proposals) since the original Viking Invasion TW came out...

Of course, Alfred the Great and Good (to give him his full title) was said to have been the greatest king ever to reign in the British Isles and anyone who has studied his life would probably agree. I think it's a great idea to make a mod focused on Wessex - but make sure you realize the amount of work and skills required, and getting help by using pre-existing resources will help a lot too (though not quite as much as some may think as the coding will take longer than mapping and modelling).

The Last Kingdom, this mod and others centered around this period and this location are ones I would play.

[Keeper of the Keys]

It's good to see these Viking-era mods. It's a matter of fact that just about all Viking mods have failed or struggled - and I think there have been at least 7 of them (not including proposals) since the original Viking Invasion TW came out...

Of course, Alfred the Great and Good (to give him his full title) was said to have been the greatest king ever to reign in the British Isles and anyone who has studied his life would probably agree. I think it's a great idea to make a mod focused on Wessex - but make sure you realize the amount of work and skills required, and getting help by using pre-existing resources will help a lot too (though not quite as much as some may think as the coding will take longer than mapping and modelling).

The Last Kingdom, this mod and others centered around this period and this location are ones I would play.

Check out Golden Ages its another mod i'm part of just click on my sig below. Sorry for posting 2 times in a row

[Emperor Basil]

Sounds great. You might want to include another Welsh kingdom and maybe even a cornish kingdom too.

[Ardruire Iacób]

You said to post my work here, and I haven't the slightest clue what you mean as I am offering to work as a researcher on the Gaelic and Brythonic factions in this game. I have no modding experience, but anyone who wants to try and teach me is more than welcome.

[Keeper of the Keys]

I mean anything you research it will greatly help.