Field of Glory 2: Medieval - Out on February 4th

[Mantuvec]

Gather the army, sharpen the swords and prepare the best strategy, Field of Glory 2: Medieval arrives on February 4th and the battle can finally begin.

Get ready to relive the greatest battles in history in the High Middle Ages between 1040 AD and 1270 AD. You will be able to take control and rewrite the results by controlling the troops that are characteristic of the time.

Lead your chosen army and its named generals to victory in set-piece historical battles or "what-if" custom battle situations against an AI or human opponent.

[kronenblatt]

Good news! Just in time for Digital League season 10!

[Athos1660]

Hurrah !

[rbodleyscott]

Good news! Just in time for Digital League season 10!

To which end, here is the detailed list of army lists:

o Anglo-Irish 1167-1274 AD
o Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD
o Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD
o Bohemian 1050-1154 AD
o Bohemian 1155-1199 AD
o Bohemian 1200-1319 AD
o Breton 1050-1154 AD
o Breton 1155-1319 AD
o Bulgar (Volga) 1040-1241 AD
o Cuman 1054-1179 AD
o Cuman 1180-1394 AD
o Danish 1050-1154 AD
o Danish 1155-1199 AD
o Danish 1200-1319 AD
o English 1042-1065 AD
o English 1066 AD
o English 1155-1271 AD
o Free Canton 1106-1199 AD
o Free Canton 1200-1319 AD
o French 1050-1154 AD
o French 1155-1319 AD
o German (Imperial) 1050-1154 AD
o German (Imperial) 1155-1199 AD
o German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD
o German (North/West) 1050-1154 AD
o German (North/West) 1155-1199 AD
o German (North/West) 1200-1319 AD
o German (South/East) 1050-1154 AD
o German (South/East) 1155-1199 AD
o German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD
o Hungarian 1050-1154 AD
o Hungarian 1155-1199 AD
o Hungarian 1200-1319 AD
o Irish 1050-1130 AD
o Irish 1131-1259 AD
o Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD
o Low Countries 1200-1274 AD
o Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD
o Norman 1041-1071 AD
o Norwegian 1050-1154 AD
o Norwegian 1155-1319 AD
o Polish 1058-1154 AD
o Polish 1155-1199 AD
o Polish 1200-1319 AD
o Russian 1054-1154 AD
o Russian 1155-1264 AD
o Scots 1040-1051 AD
o Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD
o Scots 1052-1154 AD
o Scots 1155-1161 AD
o Scots 1162-1319 AD
o Swedish 1050-1154 AD
o Swedish 1155-1319 AD
o Tatar 1242-1339 AD
o Teutonic Order 1226-1319 AD
o Welsh 1050-1099 AD
o Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD
o Welsh (South) 1100-1197 AD

[Adebar]

Great news!

[z1812z]

This will be fun. As a boy I loved all things having to do Castles, Knights, and King Arthur........and these of course.

[Dux Limitis]

Good news! Just in time for Digital League season 10!

To which end, here is the detailed list of army lists:

o Anglo-Irish 1167-1274 AD
o Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD
o Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD
o Bohemian 1050-1154 AD
o Bohemian 1155-1199 AD
o Bohemian 1200-1319 AD
o Breton 1050-1154 AD
o Breton 1155-1319 AD
o Bulgar (Volga) 1040-1241 AD
o Cuman 1054-1179 AD
o Cuman 1180-1394 AD
o Danish 1050-1154 AD
o Danish 1155-1199 AD
o Danish 1200-1319 AD
o English 1042-1065 AD
o English 1066 AD
o English 1155-1271 AD
o Free Canton 1106-1199 AD
o Free Canton 1200-1319 AD
o French 1050-1154 AD
o French 1155-1319 AD
o German (Imperial) 1050-1154 AD
o German (Imperial) 1155-1199 AD
o German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD
o German (North/West) 1050-1154 AD
o German (North/West) 1155-1199 AD
o German (North/West) 1200-1319 AD
o German (South/East) 1050-1154 AD
o German (South/East) 1155-1199 AD
o German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD
o Hungarian 1050-1154 AD
o Hungarian 1155-1199 AD
o Hungarian 1200-1319 AD
o Irish 1050-1130 AD
o Irish 1131-1259 AD
o Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD
o Low Countries 1200-1274 AD
o Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD
o Norman 1041-1071 AD
o Norwegian 1050-1154 AD
o Norwegian 1155-1319 AD
o Polish 1058-1154 AD
o Polish 1155-1199 AD
o Polish 1200-1319 AD
o Russian 1054-1154 AD
o Russian 1155-1264 AD
o Scots 1040-1051 AD
o Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD
o Scots 1052-1154 AD
o Scots 1155-1161 AD
o Scots 1162-1319 AD
o Swedish 1050-1154 AD
o Swedish 1155-1319 AD
o Tatar 1242-1339 AD
o Teutonic Order 1226-1319 AD
o Welsh 1050-1099 AD
o Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD
o Welsh (South) 1100-1197 AD

Wait,is not up to 1270ad?

[rbodleyscott]

Good news! Just in time for Digital League season 10!

To which end, here is the detailed list of army lists:

o Anglo-Irish 1167-1274 AD
o Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD
o Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD
o Bohemian 1050-1154 AD
o Bohemian 1155-1199 AD
o Bohemian 1200-1319 AD
o Breton 1050-1154 AD
o Breton 1155-1319 AD
o Bulgar (Volga) 1040-1241 AD
o Cuman 1054-1179 AD
o Cuman 1180-1394 AD
o Danish 1050-1154 AD
o Danish 1155-1199 AD
o Danish 1200-1319 AD
o English 1042-1065 AD
o English 1066 AD
o English 1155-1271 AD
o Free Canton 1106-1199 AD
o Free Canton 1200-1319 AD
o French 1050-1154 AD
o French 1155-1319 AD
o German (Imperial) 1050-1154 AD
o German (Imperial) 1155-1199 AD
o German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD
o German (North/West) 1050-1154 AD
o German (North/West) 1155-1199 AD
o German (North/West) 1200-1319 AD
o German (South/East) 1050-1154 AD
o German (South/East) 1155-1199 AD
o German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD
o Hungarian 1050-1154 AD
o Hungarian 1155-1199 AD
o Hungarian 1200-1319 AD
o Irish 1050-1130 AD
o Irish 1131-1259 AD
o Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD
o Low Countries 1200-1274 AD
o Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD
o Norman 1041-1071 AD
o Norwegian 1050-1154 AD
o Norwegian 1155-1319 AD
o Polish 1058-1154 AD
o Polish 1155-1199 AD
o Polish 1200-1319 AD
o Russian 1054-1154 AD
o Russian 1155-1264 AD
o Scots 1040-1051 AD
o Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD
o Scots 1052-1154 AD
o Scots 1155-1161 AD
o Scots 1162-1319 AD
o Swedish 1050-1154 AD
o Swedish 1155-1319 AD
o Tatar 1242-1339 AD
o Teutonic Order 1226-1319 AD
o Welsh 1050-1099 AD
o Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD
o Welsh (South) 1100-1197 AD

Wait,is not up to 1270ad?

It depends on the best historical break point for the army list, when the list composition would change for the following period, so it varies from faction to faction. The south Welsh only go up to 1197 because that is when the English conquest of South Wales was complete.

[Dux Limitis]

To which end, here is the detailed list of army lists:

o Anglo-Irish 1167-1274 AD
o Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD
o Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD
o Bohemian 1050-1154 AD
o Bohemian 1155-1199 AD
o Bohemian 1200-1319 AD
o Breton 1050-1154 AD
o Breton 1155-1319 AD
o Bulgar (Volga) 1040-1241 AD
o Cuman 1054-1179 AD
o Cuman 1180-1394 AD
o Danish 1050-1154 AD
o Danish 1155-1199 AD
o Danish 1200-1319 AD
o English 1042-1065 AD
o English 1066 AD
o English 1155-1271 AD
o Free Canton 1106-1199 AD
o Free Canton 1200-1319 AD
o French 1050-1154 AD
o French 1155-1319 AD
o German (Imperial) 1050-1154 AD
o German (Imperial) 1155-1199 AD
o German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD
o German (North/West) 1050-1154 AD
o German (North/West) 1155-1199 AD
o German (North/West) 1200-1319 AD
o German (South/East) 1050-1154 AD
o German (South/East) 1155-1199 AD
o German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD
o Hungarian 1050-1154 AD
o Hungarian 1155-1199 AD
o Hungarian 1200-1319 AD
o Irish 1050-1130 AD
o Irish 1131-1259 AD
o Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD
o Low Countries 1200-1274 AD
o Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD
o Norman 1041-1071 AD
o Norwegian 1050-1154 AD
o Norwegian 1155-1319 AD
o Polish 1058-1154 AD
o Polish 1155-1199 AD
o Polish 1200-1319 AD
o Russian 1054-1154 AD
o Russian 1155-1264 AD
o Scots 1040-1051 AD
o Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD
o Scots 1052-1154 AD
o Scots 1155-1161 AD
o Scots 1162-1319 AD
o Swedish 1050-1154 AD
o Swedish 1155-1319 AD
o Tatar 1242-1339 AD
o Teutonic Order 1226-1319 AD
o Welsh 1050-1099 AD
o Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD
o Welsh (South) 1100-1197 AD

Wait,is not up to 1270ad?

It depends on the best historical break point for the army list, when the list composition would change for the following period, so it varies from faction to faction. The south Welsh only go up to 1197 because that is when the English conquest of South Wales was complete.

Thanks for the answer.

[76mm]

What's with all the lists ending in 1319? It seems a bit odd that so many apparently unrelated factions end in 1319, especially when the game only goes to 1270!

[rbodleyscott]

What's with all the lists ending in 1319? It seems a bit odd that so many apparently unrelated factions end in 1319, especially when the game only goes to 1270!

The game system is eventually planned to go up to 1500 A.D. Many factions will switch the knights models (and their classification) used at 1320, as well as various other aspects of the composition of their armies.

We did not want to have Date filtered armies with later knight models facing the earlier knight models, so where historically possible we standardised the cut-off date at 1319 AD.

We don't want to have to put duplicate 1270-1319 lists in the DLCs, nor was there much point in putting the end dates in now as 1270 and then extending them to 1319 later if the list would otherwise be identical.

[Geffalrus]

Are the Byzantine and Muslim lists going to be added in DLC? Will there eventually be a Hussite list with implemented War Wagons?

[rbodleyscott]

Are the Byzantine and Muslim lists going to be added in DLC?

Yes

Will there eventually be a Hussite list with implemented War Wagons?

Yes, although the exact implementation of War Wagons has not yet been decided.

[Geffalrus]

Fantastic!

Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen a Hussite War Wagon implemented in a video game. Been puzzling over the same question for a board game idea I've been working on.

Based on previous mechanics you've used, it could be like an attachment to a Handgunner unit (and gives them strong impact POA to complement their existing ranged ability) similar to how Light Guns are shown with Swedish Salvo foot or various units in Sengoku. Or it could be it's own single model unit and use the Phalanx/Limber button to transition from a mobile wagon with powerful impact POA vs. infantry, to a stationary ranged unit with high impact POA vs. all and strong melee vs. cavalry.......that could represent how the unit was used for anti-cavalry defense when stationary, but when mobile, could be used to break through infantry. And that the main way Sigismund and others tried to counter them was with dismounted knights with heavy weapons.

Presumably the rest of the army will be represented by two lists: one for the Utraquist Moderates and Praguers, and one for the Radical Taborites. The Moderates would have access to some knight cavalry and low quality urban militia, while the Radicals would have increased access to War Wagons and Flail Infantry (Superior Heavy Weapon mediums similar to the Dacian Falxmen you see in FoG2). The other units they'd use would be massed crossbows, handgunners, and early cannons.

[rbodleyscott]

Presumably the rest of the army will be represented by two lists: one for the Utraquist Moderates and Praguers, and one for the Radical Taborites. The Moderates would have access to some knight cavalry and low quality urban militia, while the Radicals would have increased access to War Wagons and Flail Infantry (Superior Heavy Weapon mediums similar to the Dacian Falxmen you see in FoG2). The other units they'd use would be massed crossbows, handgunners, and early cannons.

Remind me of this closer to the time. (They won't be in the first DLCs)

The main problem we found with Hussites in all previous tabletop miniature wargames rules is that Hussites are absolutely no fun to play against. If there is anything we can do in the rules to improve on that, it would be good.

[Geffalrus]

Remind me of this closer to the time. (They won't be in the first DLCs)

The main problem we found with Hussites in all previous tabletop miniature wargames rules is that Hussites are absolutely no fun to play against. If there is anything we can do in the rules to improve on that, it would be good.

Happy to do so! If I can, I'll put together a document with potential unit types, how the war wagon could work, and any thoughts on the tactical strengths and weaknesses of the armies based on the general meta of the games.

Haha, I can see that. Zizka's apparently perfect battle record is quite the obstacle to overcome.

[vaalen]

Where is it?

Unless I have gone insane, it is February the fourth, the release date, but I cannot find an announcement that it is actually out or any place to buy it on the Matrix website.

I have been waiting for a long time, along with many others, and cannot understand why I cannot buyr it.

Please explain. Or just make it available for purchase.

[rbodleyscott]

Where is it?

Unless I have gone insane, it is February the fourth, the release date, but I cannot find an announcement that it is actually out or any place to buy it on the Matrix website.

I have been waiting for a long time, along with many others, and cannot understand why I cannot buyr it.

Please explain. Or just make it available for purchase.

It will be another 3 hours or so.

[kronenblatt]

Where is it?

Unless I have gone insane, it is February the fourth, the release date, but I cannot find an announcement that it is actually out or any place to buy it on the Matrix website.

I have been waiting for a long time, along with many others, and cannot understand why I cannot buyr it.

Please explain. Or just make it available for purchase.

It will be another 3 hours or so.

Looking forward to it! Great job, Richard and Slitherine!

[vaalen]

Thank you. I appreciate your help, and am glad it will indeed be out today.

Regards,

Vaalen