After more than a year of work, there's a big new standalone release for The Great Conflicts for Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms.
The new public alpha II 0.9.8 contains lots of bugfixes, new and expanded faction rosters, tons of new features and buildings,
many new scripts, reworked battlemaps and a reshaped campaign map experience, as well as countless other additions and eye candy.

Find it here!