Broken Crescent

Summary

Broken Crescent is a modification for Medieval 2: Total War, to be released in the summer of 2007, focusing on the Middle-East and its warfare between they years AD 1175-1400 .

Factions

Muslim:

• The Sultanate of Egypt
• The Abbasid Caliphate
• The Great Seljuks
• The Turkish Sultanate
• The Khwarezm Shah
• The Sultanate of Ghazni
• The Ghorid Sultante
• The Kypchaks

Christian:

• The Byzantine Empire
• The Kingdom of Jerusalem
• The Kingdom of Armenia
• The Kingdom of Georgia

Hindu:

• The Rajput States

Emergent:

• The Mongol Empire
• The Timurids

Additional factions may be added in later versions.

Features

All new

Travel to anywhere from the Middle East to India in search of becoming the greatest king and general the world has to offer. Books of great knowledge were written throughout these parts, and can now be acquired as ancillaries. People of certain regions were better at certain activities; have them follow you and aid you in governance and warfare. Perhaps your men take to the exotic lands where they travel too, and become very much like their foreign counterparts due to all the Vices and Virtues available?

The mod includes many new traits as well as ancillaries for each new culture and religion to further immerse the player into the world at war.

Area of Recruitment

Broken Crescent will feature a special Area of Recruitment system. Each faction will only have home regions, where it can recruit its units. In the regions it conquers, it will only be able to recruit local levies and special units. For example, the Hindu Rajput States will be able to recruit unique elephant units in India, but conquering factions will only be able to recruit ordinary elephant troops.

Hindu Religion

Having a part of India in the campaign, the modification will feature the Hindu religion. It will be the official religion of the unique Rajput States faction.

Titles

The mod will have all-new Titles which will bring the game alive. Certain titles will be based on ownership of regions, while others can only be attained by killing the present holder of that title.

- Caliph Title

The Abbasids will begin the game with their leader as the great Caliph. This title will be hereditary; but if another faction leader defeats the Caliph in battle, he will gain the glorious title.

The Campaign map

Broken Crescent features a brand new campaign map spanning from Anatolia and Egypt in the West, through Mesopotamia, Persia, and Afghanistan, all the way to India to the East.

The Team and Contributors

Mapping

• Mirage41

Coding and Scripting

• Mirage41
• AlphaDelta

Skinning

• AlphaDelta (leader)
• Strelac

Modelling

• AlphaDelta
• Strelac
• Indian_Boy90

2D Art and Design

• AlphaDelta

Lead Researchers

• Ahiga
• Celtic Pagan

Faction Researchers

• Tadzreuli (Georgia)
• Indian_Boy90 (India)
• Khaled.Ibn.Waled (Muslims)
• Manuel Komnenos (Byzantium)

Technical Contributors

• Beiss of Xenophonia (audio advisor)
• DeRougemont of The Character Names Project (names tutorial)
• bdh for his mapping technique

Research Contributors

• John I Tzimisces (Armenia)
• Jerusalem (Georgia)
• Drtad (Armenia)

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External Links

• Broken Crescent hosted forum at TWC.
• Official Screenshots.