Field of Glory II: Wolves at the Gate Steam Key GLOBAL

This expansion extends Field of Glory II forward to 1040 AD, exploring the rich military history of the so-called “Dark Ages”, from the whirlwind Arab Conquest to the depredations of the Vikings and Magyars, the birth of England, France, Germany and Spain, and the long struggle of the Byzantine Empire to keep Roman civilisation alive in the east.From 600 to 628 AD the Byzantines were locked in a titanic struggle for survival against the aggressive Sassanid Persian Empire, from which they eventually emerged victorious. Both empires, however, were severely weakened. Six years later, in 634, the newly Islamized Arabs erupted forth from Arabia, quickly defeating the Byzantines and Persians. By 750, under the Umayyad Caliphate, the Muslim Arab Empire stretched from Spain to the borders of India.The Byzantine Empire, after losing its Levantine and North African provinces, survived the initial Islamic advance. Constantinople endured a year long siege (717-718), and this proved to be the beginning of the end for the Umayyad Caliphate. Eventually, weakened by defeats on the frontiers of their vast empire and internal unrest, the Umayyads were overthrown by the Abbasid dynasty. The great Islamic Empire was now split into many separate, and often competing states. The Byzantines grew stronger under the Macedonian Dynasty (867-1056), and ended the period more powerful than they had been for many centuries.In Northern Europe, Viking raids started in the late 8th century. Superb sailors, they used their longboats to strike across the Baltic and North Seas against towns, farms and monasteries, and raid as far as Seville and Constantinople. Eventually they settled down, and created important states in Normandy and the Kievan Rus. Their invasions of the British Isles resulted in centuries of intermittent warfare with the English, Irish and Scottish kingdoms.Charlemagne ruled as King of the Franks from 768-814 AD. The kingdom he inherited already included most of modern France and parts of Germany. By his death in 814, his empire encompassed modern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, northern Italy and a strip of northern Spain. In 800 he was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III. After his death the Carolingian Empire split into two main states, West Francia (modern France) and East Francia (modern Germany).In the 9th century the nomadic Magyars erupted into European history. Their western raids reached as far as Spain. Their defeat by the Germans at Lechfeld in 955 ended their threat to Western Europe and in 1000 their High Prince accepted Christianity and was recognised as King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II, ruling under his Christian name of István (Stephen) I.Summary of features:19 new factions55 new units76 new army lists6 new Epic Battles74 new Quick BattlesExpanded Custom Battles module.Expanded Sandbox Campaign module.6 new historically-based campaigns.New Allies feature added in accompanying game update.19 new named factions: Andalusians, Bulgars, Croatians, Dailami, Fatimids, French, Ghaznavids, Khazars, Khorasanians, Magyars, Moravians, Navarrese, Normans, Pechenegs, Polish, Rus, Scots, Serbians, Vikings.55 new units: Huscarls (Spear), Huscarls (Axe), Mounted Huscarls, Berserkers, Well-Equipped Shieldwall (Offensive), Shieldwall (Offensive), Hirdsmen, Dismounted Hirdsmen, Picked Irish Foot (Axe), Irish Foot (Axe), Irish Kerns, (Dark Age) Armoured Lancers, Dismounted Armoured Lancers, (Dark Age) Lancers, Dismounted Lancers, (Dark Age) Armoured Cavalry (Light Spear), Dismounted Armoured Cavalry, (Dark Age) Cavalry (Light Spear), Dismounted Cavalry, Crossbowmen, Light Crossbowmen, Byzantine Kataphraktoi, Tagmatic Lancers & Archers, Thematic Lancers & Archers, Varangian Guard (Early), Byzantine Skutatoi, Byzantine Raw Skutatoi, Byzantine Massed Archers, Byzantine Light Archers, Byzantine Skutatoi & Archers, Raw Byzantine Skutatoi & Archers, Light Horse Archers (Pecheneg/Cuman), Horse Archers (Pecheneg/Cuman), Muslim Spearmen, Raw Muslim Spearmen, Veteran Muslim Spearmen, 'Abid al-shira, Muslim Irregular Foot, Armoured Muslim Lancers (Superior), Dismounted (Superior) Armoured Muslim Lancers, Armoured Muslim Lancers (Average), Dismounted (Average) Armoured Muslim Lancers, Muslim Lancers, Ghilman, Dismounted Ghilman, Muslim Cavalry (Light Spear), Muslim War Elephants, Muslim Light Horse (Javelins), Muslim Light Foot Archers, Muslim Light Javelinmen, Naffatun, Veteran Dailami Foot, Dailami Foot, Superior Indian Lancers, Indian Lancers.76 new army lists (which expands the total number of army lists to 281):Alan 651-1049 ADAndalusian 756-1049 ADAnglo-Danish 1017-1041 ADAnglo-Saxon 600-870 ADAnglo-Saxon 871-949 ADAnglo-Saxon 950-1016 ADArab (Conquest) 629-637 ADArab (Conquest) 638-684 ADArab (Umayyad) 685-750 ADArab (Abbasid) 747-793 ADArab (Abbasid) 794-814 ADArab (Abbasid) 815-835 ADArab (Abbasid) 836-873 ADArab (Abbasid) 874-946 ADArab (North Africa) 789-999 ADArab (North Africa) 1000-1160 ADArab (Syria/Iraq) 890-1008 ADArab (Syria/Iraq) 1009-1150 ADArmenian 639-717 ADArmenian 885-1045 ADAvar 632-826 ADBritish 600-1030 ADBulgar 631-679 ADBulgar (Volga) 675-1237 ADBulgar (Danube) 680-851 ADBulgar (Danube) 852-1018 ADByzantine 600-649 ADByzantine 650-739 ADByzantine 740-903 ADByzantine 904-962 ADByzantine 963-987 ADByzantine 988-1041 ADCroatian 625-849 ADCroatian 850-1102 ADDabuyid 642-760 ADDailami 928-1055 ADFatimid Egyptian 978-1073 ADFrankish 600-750 ADFrankish 751-887 ADFrench 888-1049 ADGeorgian 1008-1049 ADGerman 888-932 ADGerman 933-1049 ADGhaznavid 962-1187 ADIndian (Hindu North) 600-1049 ADIndian (Hindu South) 600-1049 ADIndian (Rajput) 650-1049 ADIrish 900-1049 ADKhazar 650-737 ADKhazar 738-969 ADKhorasanian 821-1003 ADLombard 650-775 ADLombard 776-1049 ADMagyar 830-1049 ADMoravian 833-907 ADNavarrese 778-899 ADNavarrese 900-1049 ADNorman 923-1040 ADPecheneg 850-1122 ADPolish 966-1057 ADRus 860-959 ADRus 960-1053 ADSassanid Persian 629-651 ADSaxon (Continental) 600-804 ADScots 851-1051 ADSerbian 625-849 ADSerbian 850-1039 ADSpanish 718-899 ADSpanish 900-1049 ADTurkish 600-1036 ADViking 780-899 ADViking 900-1049 ADViking (Ireland) 780-899 ADViking (Ireland) 900-1049 ADVisigothic 622-717 ADWelsh 600-1049 AD6 new Epic Battles: Yarmouk 636 AD (Byzantines vs Arabs), Ashdown 871 AD (Anglo-Saxons vs Vikings), Lechfeld 955 AD (East Franks vs Magyars), Apamea 998 AD (Byzantines vs Fatimid Egyptians), Chach 1001 AD (Indians vs Ghaznavids), Clontarf 1018 AD (Irish and Vikings vs Vikings and Irish) (each playable from either side).74 new Quick Battles (each playable from either side).Expanded Field of Glory II Custom Battles module now includes all 281 army lists from Immortal Fire, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Age of Belisarius, Rise of Persia and Wolves at the Gate. (Purchase of the appropriate DLCs is necessary to access them all).Expanded Field of Glory II Sandbox Campaigns module now includes all 281 army lists from Immortal Fire, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Age of Belisarius, Rise of Persia and Wolves at the Gate. (Purchase of the appropriate DLCs is necessary to access them all).6 new historically-based campaigns:Arab ConquestBasil II (Byzantine Resurgence)CharlemagneMahmud of GhazniWolves from the Sea 1 (Viking Age from Viking point of view)Wolves from the Sea 2 (Viking Age from enemy point of view)New Allies feature added in the accompanying game update allows you to include historical allies in either or both armies for SP and MP Custom Battles throughout the period covered by the game – now 680 BC-1040 AD. The game creates a composite army list drawn partly from the main army list and partly from the allied army list. This effectively increases the number of army lists to more than 700. (Purchase of the appropriate DLCs is necessary to access them all). Including “what if” battles, this increases the number of potential matchups to a mind-boggling 500,000 – before unit selection!