Le Sage
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The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) was a monumental Medieval conflict between France and England that ended in the dismount of the shining Knight in favour of well-armed infantry, and as such this era saw the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern age. The conflict involved some strong personalities on both sides; Edward III, the Black Prince, Bertrand du Guesclin, Charles V, King Henry V and Joan of Arc to name a few.
The period saw massive technological, military and social changes which still make their mark on the Western World; massive rebellions against the established kingdoms, enormous outbreaks of disease and famine, grand battles with thousands of dead in rain of Longbow arrows, but also a lot of positive tendencies, like the establishment of France and England as nations, grand building projects, art and culture which flourished at the Royal Courts.
This mod tries to recreate that exciting period in European History. There are several playable scenarios which all depict different situations during the era. 1337 deals with the outbreak of war and the English invasion, 1356 the Battle of Poitiers, 1360 the Peace of Brétigny, 1380 the Death of Charles V, 1415 the English invasion during Henry V and the reestablisment of English supremacy and 1429 deals with Joan of Arc and her rescue of France at Orléans. There are three playable nations right now; France, England and the Duchy of Burgundy. There is a lot more to be done on the mod, but this is a very playable foundation for it although it is flagged as Beta.
Installation and Playing
1. Download the mod from CivFanatics (or use the Mod Hub option) and unzip to your MyGames/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/MODS folder.
2. Start the game and choose Mods, and then activate The Hundred Years' War in the list of installed mods.
3. Go into Game Setup. There you have to click the Maps and choose one of the scenarios. Be sure also to tick the "Load Scenario" box right there beside the chosen scenario. Then you can choose to play as either England, France or Burgundy.
4. Launch the Game and off you go to the Hundred Years' War!
Note. If you have a previous copy of the Hundred Years' War installed, please remove that before playing this new version.
Thanks and Credits
Credits for the Heavy Swordsman unit go to JayTheKiller. thanks for the Indiestone Visual Tech Tree Editor to Lemmy101.
Download
CivFanatics or ModHub (search for The Hundred Years War).
Screenies
The Battle of Orléans is fought and the French desperately pull up some second-rate troops in the face of the all-powerful English Longbowman. Won't take long now before the city falls.
The defence of Paris. The English King has landed a mega-army to the north, and the French nobles are organizing to ride out and meet him. The French knights stand ready, but so do the English with their fearsome Longbowmen. It's Henry's move now, but it's clear that a great, decisive battle is about to be fought.
Some terrain is designed and fashioned according to maps of actual Hundred Years' War battlefields. This makes it so that this, the Battlefield of Poitiers is actually historically correct to as fine a detail as I could get! The southern part of this screenshot, where the English army is deployed, is actually totally created according to historical maps, and indeed the entire area of Poitiers is. There are more such examples; I have also recreated the battlefields of Crécy and Azincourt in this way.
Le Sage, October-November 2010