June 2001

War Stories At The Org - Friday, June 29, 2001
Today we bring news on a new site hosted at The Org. Maltz and his superb war stories are now being hosted by us. Update your bookmarks and go to the new site here.

In addition, the release date of the x-pack has been confirmed for the 20th July 2001. In the US the add-on and the Warlord Edition will be released on the same date whereas in Europe the Warlord Edition will be released later.

Terazawa


More Stories! - Sunday, June 24, 2001
Maltz has yet again published some more great war stories, this time playing Mori at expert level with no save-loads.

They are very atmospheric and they're really cool!

Enjoy them here.

Terazawa


War Stories! - Friday, June 22, 2001
One of our Sword Dojo patrons, Maltz, is constantly publishing some very interesting war stories by playing Imagawa in the S: TW full campaign and he is recording all with various screenshots and detailed explanations.
Enjoy these fantastic stories here. Great work Maltz!

In addition, Richie Skinner, the Totalwar.Com webmaster, has decided to run again the Site Of The Week award. For fansites to be applicable for the award they need to put up the Official Webring logo and number on their site. Write a small description of your site (no more than 100 words) and email it to Richie here and your fansite could be the next Site Of The Week!

Terazawa


Release date (again) - Monday, June 18, 2001
Just when you thought we were secure on the release date, another one has been announced by the developers and Dreamtime Interactive at the official community site. The bad news: the date is almost a month later, on the 20th of July. The good news: the release of both the expansion pack to the original game, known as Mongol Invasion, and the pack containing both the original and the expansion, the Warlord Edition, will occur simultaneously, everywhere. A while more for a better final product...

Anssi


Total War Campaign! - Wednesday, June 13, 2001
Magyar Khan has set-up a very nice clan war campaign for the most active clans in the community. All the major clans are participating in this fascinating event. The rules are well structured for challenging games and for the making up of a real Total War. The campaign should start on June 20th 2001. Visit the campaign site here.

Today we also bring news on a new great force in our community. The former Clan No Fear and Clan Fury have merged to create a new great clan. The daimyos are now NoFearTerazawa and NoFearTheHunter. A new clansite will be published soon. May this merge prove successful!

Terazawa


Preview... - Friday, June 8, 2001
Gamespot has published yet another preview of the upcomign Warlord Edition / Mongol Invasion expansion pack at their web site. While it's not particularly novel, it gives a rather nice overview of what will be in the 'pack - so, if you want to learn all the new features in a nice package, click here.

Anssi


Official Total War Webring - Tuesday, June 5, 2001
If you have a STW site, now you can get an official logo and site number! Richie, the Totalwar.Com webmaster, has launched this new idea on last Monday's honour day. To apply just email him here and include your site name / url, webmaster (and email address), forum address (if applicable) and date the site was founded. For more information visit this thread.

This will allow webmasters early access to fresh downloads and news.

Terazawa


Expansion Release Date Announced - Friday, June 1, 2001
The Shôgun: Total War Official Community Site has made public the definitive release date for the STW expansion pack (again, barring unexpected delays).

In the United States of America (as well as Canada, probably), the Warlord Edition of the game, containing both the original game and the Mongol Invasion expansion pack, will enter the stores on the 29th of June. At the same time, the Mongol Invasion expansion pack, only, will enter retail stores in Europe. The "bare" expansion pack will be made available for purchase (for those North Americans who already own the original game) online at the www.ea.com online store. The European release of the Warlord Edition combined version will follow two or three months later.

This is it - the definitive statement. Until further notice.

Anssi


Clan Changes - Friday, June 1, 2001
Fearful Ways, one of the oldest clans still active, have recently had some revamps in their clan structure. For instance they have a new site here. Apart from that, Capefear and FearofFucy have taken control of the clan and are the new daimyos.

In addition, The Korean Elite Clan has changed its site link and one can find the new site here.



Terazawa


Shogun Honor Society - Friday, June 1, 2001
It goes without saying that there are a great many problems haunting the realms of STW online play these days, but at long last there has emerged an organized grassroots effort to do something about it!

Though this is an independent endeavor the mandate of The Shogun Honor Society is very near and dear to totalwar.org, and accordingly it is hoped that all of .org's patrons will give The Shogun Honor Society project their utmost support, and additionally offer constructive input on the project via The Shogun Honor Society Forums.

Kurando