An idea for a Total War mod

**Shajarr ad-Durr** · August 17, 2010, 12:09 PM

I think it would neat if a mod was made of a Total War game set in Hawaii and Polynesia, maybe from around 1600 to 1900 AD.

The ancient Hawaiians especially had very formidable warriors and would have and extremely interesting and beautiful unit list in a TW game.

Maybe a game set in the Hawaiian islands, with four or five native factions and then British and American invaders coming at a certain point (comparable to the Mongols and Timurids in MTWII)?

I don't know anything about mods, and I may have posted this idea in the wrong part of the forum, so please feel free to shoot me down if I have earned it!

**Shajarr ad-Durr** · August 17, 2010, 12:10 PM

If somebody does like my idea, I could provide you with my ideas for native Hawaiian units.

**~~Heavy Weapons Guy~~** · August 17, 2010, 05:41 PM

I guess you are Hawaiian?

**Shajarr ad-Durr** · August 17, 2010, 05:50 PM

No but I have an interest in Hawaiian history and culture.

**Shajarr ad-Durr** · August 18, 2010, 07:13 PM

I was hoping someone would find my idea interesting. I guess not *sniffles*

**Xion** · August 18, 2010, 08:59 PM

Well...it's rather limited in my mind..it'd be like the Britannia campaign with only 5 or so factions, and wouldn't all these factions have similar units, lowering the play value? Hm..US soldiers with guns fighting Hawaiians..interesting, to say the least.

**Shajarr ad-Durr** · August 18, 2010, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Master_Cyclonis

Well...it's rather limited in my mind..it'd be like the Britannia campaign with only 5 or so factions, and wouldn't all these factions have similar units, lowering the play value? Hm..US soldiers with guns fighting Hawaiians..interesting, to say the least.

Of all the previously-made TW games, it would probably have the very most in common with the Americas Campaign - "natives" being subjected to several waves of European invasions. Exotic "jungle" flavored units fighting with jagged-edged clubs against Napoleonic and Civil War-era gunpowder units.

The ancient Hawaiians had some very interesting troop-types, including "berserker" type fanatics, and priests seeking sacrificial victims. They also had pikemen who fought with giant spears, and wore feathered helmets and shields. Nastier weapons included strangulation cords and knives made from shark's teeth. They would make a very lovely and very scary TW imo.