It is one of two Gaelic Kingdoms, with the others being the Scottish Gaels. I am playing as Mide, a kingdom in the centre of Ireland after which modern County Meath is named. The five cultures are the English, Welsh, and Gaelic Kingdoms, the Great Viking Army – who have settled large swathes of England – and the Viking Sea Kings, who still enjoy a good waterborne raid. They are not as radical as Warhammer’s variations – partly because elves and undead play more differently to each other than human factions do – but they should still offer some decent replay value. This is felt most strongly in factional asymmetries: there are ten playable factions, spread across five cultures, each of which has unique mechanics and troops. And yet, Thrones of Britannia does not wholly shun the influence of its fantastical cousin. These are all things I knew from Total War: Attila, but had forgotten. Many armies in Warhammer are able to field 20-stack armies from fairly early in the game, but this has seldom been the way in historical Total War titles. Instead, in my overconfidence I have been recruiting an over-large army for a war in the north, so funds are tight. I should have options in my family tree – adoptions and forced marriages – to shore up my relationships, but they all cost money. If you think Thrones of Britannia is a weird entry to the Total War series, check out how the Tomb Kings completely shake it up. There are also no diplomatic repercussions for getting them ‘killed’, whereas in Thrones of Britannia, your faction’s leader is the linchpin of all your foreign relations. I could have won fairly comfortably even without his involvement, but his royal guard were my only heavy horse, so I figured why not? Because he can die, that’s why not – major characters in Total War: Warhammer have individual health bars, so are easy to monitor, and if ‘killed’ they are only ever wounded, so they can return to your service after a few turns’ rest. I had thrown King Flann into one too many fights during an important battle. It is a rude reminder that, oh yeah, this is not Warhammer. The green smiling faces in the diplomacy screen quickly inverted, and declarations of war followed one and sometimes two at a time as weaker factions banded together.
Respected throughout Ireland, he was replaced by his cousin, and within a few turns the name of Mide was manure.
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