Crusades Mod

**Kaiser Nonsense** · December 09, 2012, 12:07 AM

Hello, I did a little search around and found nothing (this thread for example End of Antiquity: The First Crusade (612 - 710), is written "First Crusade" but it isn't really what I meant, this one is depicted on the fall of the Roman Empire and end of antiquity) so I'd like to ask if there is any mod similar to my idea that already has been released or at least is being produced, if not, then there goes a proposal:

A mod focusing on the Crusades, pretty much like the Crusades Campaign on Kingdoms expansion, but instead of starting with the Kingdom of Jerusalem already estabilished and just before the Third Crusade, I'd say it would be best if started just before the First Crusade, around 1060 would be good, so there is enough time to build a little the economy and production of your realm, and end around 1350. Like in the Kingdom Crusades, it would be best if possible to have Hero Characters (i.e. Richard the Lionheart) based on real people from it's time. Instead of being loosely based on Crusading States, as it would start much before that, the factions available be England, France, Holy Roman Empire, Venice, Byzantine Empire, Egypt, Turkey, and propably also the Papal States. Having Portugal and Spain (Léon or Castile) very weak with a single settlement would also be good, to start the Reconquista against the Moors. Also with the possibility of having more than one Knight Orders in a single faction just in different settlements (i.e. Hospitallers and Templars as France), or perhaps instead of being a guild, just recrutable units like it is in Kingdoms Crusades. Removal of gunpowder could also be interesting. Keeping the historic events that happen in vanilla and Kingdoms Crusade (i.e. Football Denounced, Time Machine, Black Death, Children's Crusade, Crusaders Sack Zara, etc). Special video events from both vanilla and Kingdoms Crusades added (i.e. Fall of Jerusalem, Third Crusade Begins, Crusade Called, etc). After estabilished in the Holy Lands, the possibility to start playing as a independent Crusader State such as the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and leaving your old faction to the AI (changing the faction in middle game to a Crusader Faction, which would not be available from beginning, would have to be conquered first).

I think that is all, I will start adding suggestions if I remember more good ideas. But certainly there must be an addon about the First Crusade at least, there must be, it is far too important to be left forgotten!