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Epsom,15th October 2020. During the monthly live stream on Twitch, Slitherine announced Field of Glory II Medieval, coming in 2021.
Field of Glory started out as a tabletop wargame over a decade ago. Designed by Richard Bodley Scott, Simon Hall, and Terry Shaw, the tabletop ruleset redefined wargaming by introducing unprecedented production values as well as setting new standards for the hobby.
Richard Bodley Scott went on to port that experience for PC players and therefore gave new life to Field of Glory with Field of Glory II. Field of Glory II has been such an incredible success among wargamers worldwide, with over ten million multiplayer matches played in three years. It has 90% positive reviews on Steam and a Metacritic of 84. FoGII has become a benchmark for the genre, so much that official tournaments attract hundreds of players across the world and the demand for new content is increasing fast.
The announcement of Field of Glory II: Medieval starts a new page in the franchise. Set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD, which is the heyday of the mounted knight and the time when the entire European continent was in turmoil.
FoGII Medieval is a deep, maniacally researched game of battles. Armies, equipment, alliances, formations; everything is accurate to the finest detail. It's not a game for everyone, but a deep wargame for dedicated wargamers. But it is also a beautifully crafted product that is yet again delivering in its mission to redefine the wargaming experience and bring fresh life to the genre. It also expands boundaries by attracting new players to the franchise. Beta signups start today for an expected release in Q1 2021.
HOLY DOG SHIT
Excited to see mention of the Byzantine wars against Bulgaria! I'm probably the only person to have ever typed that sentence.
I uh.....I need to change my underwear now.
Here take mine...whoops I'm not wearing any!
If this means that Field of Glory: Empires will evolve into the medieval world, I will need to start wearing underwear to soil them.
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Sweeet.
Normans in Italy!
And the Fourth Crusade!
I wonder how "different" will it be.....will it just feel like the same game with added units or will it have a noticeable different experience? I get the tactics and units will be different, just wondering what else changes with it....
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on October 15, 2020, 04:12:33 PM
I wonder how "different" will it be.....will it just feel like the same game with added units or will it have a noticeable different experience? I get the tactics and units will be different, just wondering what else changes with it....
Jeez what a buzzkill...Seriously though I get what you're saying. Personally I really like this game-family, but obviously the mechanics are pretty similar whether you're taking on Julius Caesar or Oliver Cromwell.
Quote from: Father Ted on October 15, 2020, 04:33:05 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on October 15, 2020, 04:12:33 PM
I wonder how "different" will it be.....will it just feel like the same game with added units or will it have a noticeable different experience? I get the tactics and units will be different, just wondering what else changes with it....
Jeez what a buzzkill...Seriously though I get what you're saying. Personally I really like this game-family, but obviously the mechanics are pretty similar whether you're taking on Julius Caesar or Oliver Cromwell.
Trust me, I hope there is more to it.....if releasing as a separate game, one would think there would have to be more......but if it ultimately just feels like DLC, still not entirely a bad thing I guess
My educated guess is the mechanics will remain the same. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I like the mechanics so...
From the Twitch live stream today. FOG II - Medieval starts around 1:02. Some screenshots and other info
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/771108778 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/771108778)
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 15, 2020, 02:18:29 PM
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Epsom,15th October 2020. During the monthly live stream on Twitch, Slitherine announced Field of Glory II Medieval, coming in 2021.
Field of Glory started out as a tabletop wargame over a decade ago. Designed by Richard Bodley Scott, Simon Hall, and Terry Shaw, the tabletop ruleset redefined wargaming by introducing unprecedented production values as well as setting new standards for the hobby.
Richard Bodley Scott went on to port that experience for PC players and therefore gave new life to Field of Glory with Field of Glory II. Field of Glory II has been such an incredible success among wargamers worldwide, with over ten million multiplayer matches played in three years. It has 90% positive reviews on Steam and a Metacritic of 84. FoGII has become a benchmark for the genre, so much that official tournaments attract hundreds of players across the world and the demand for new content is increasing fast.
The announcement of Field of Glory II: Medieval starts a new page in the franchise. Set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD, which is the heyday of the mounted knight and the time when the entire European continent was in turmoil.
FoGII Medieval is a deep, maniacally researched game of battles. Armies, equipment, alliances, formations; everything is accurate to the finest detail. It's not a game for everyone, but a deep wargame for dedicated wargamers. But it is also a beautifully crafted product that is yet again delivering in its mission to redefine the wargaming experience and bring fresh life to the genre. It also expands boundaries by attracting new players to the franchise. Beta signups start today for an expected release in Q1 2021.
Damn when I saw the subject line I was hoping it was going to be one of those Matrix - ready November type of surprises. Q1 21 tooooo far away. Cant wait for this. Medieval so not represented in computer wargaming.
I'm stupidly excited for this. I was always hoping that they would continue to develop the FoG series forward in time, and now we are getting the Medieval period covered. Can't wait for this! I'm also hoping for a FoG: Empires tie in, or perhaps a new Empires game to be a companion to this title. Great stuff!
Plus, I'll be the guy who mentions the future possibility of a FoG: Napoleon. They are certainly moving in the right direction!
^Hold your horses, Sir...clearly we need FoG: Renaissance first.
Quote from: Gusington on October 16, 2020, 11:36:59 AM
^Hold your horses, Sir...clearly we need FoG: Renaissance first.
Oh Yes - and ECW please.
^Have you played Pike and Shot? If not, RUN, don't walk, over to Steam and grab it!
Quote from: Gusington on October 16, 2020, 11:40:27 AM
^Have you played Pike and Shot? If not, RUN, don't walk, over to Steam and grab it!
Yeah - got it - great game.
Quote from: IICptMillerII on October 16, 2020, 11:08:53 AM
I'm also hoping for a FoG: Empires tie in, or perhaps a new Empires game to be a companion to this title. Great stuff!
Thissy this this!
Quote from: Gusington on October 16, 2020, 11:36:59 AM
^Hold your horses, Sir...clearly we need FoG: Renaissance first.
Oh very much agreed! While personally I am not interested, nor know much about the Pike and Shot era (I do own the game though) I am very excited for the Renaissance, the 1700's, and maybe even some Colonial era fighting in a (far) future game. FoG: Zulu anyone?
Release day is February 4th, 2021....not too far away.
Can't wait!
Tomorrow's the day for release ....anniversary code is ready:)
GIG UH TY!
Quote from: Gusington on October 15, 2020, 03:19:31 PM
If this means that Field of Glory: Empires will evolve into the medieval world, I will need to start wearing underwear to soil them.
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Haha, Gus! I just saw that episode a couple of weeks ago...hilarious! Family Guy is easily my favorite TV show. :smitten:
Re: FoG...I've never played any of them. Perhaps this is the one to dip my toes in with? I do love me some medieval pokey pokey action.
^It is a simple yet colorful and addictive game, man. So much variety in units, scenarios and campaigns. It will love you long time.
Maybe one day we can create a family guy scenario :)
WHOA! Could go without that picture in my brain. So I'll dream about the game instead. Will gunpowder be included?
NO! Cold steel breh...COLD STEEL
My Alert 5 credit card is on the catapult, ready for launch. ;D
Release time appears to be 1pm eastern time. Pushed back a little.
I can foresee major Internet crashes and a run on Credit Card Companies to follow. :coolsmiley:
I am a patient fellow. I will wait until 1:15 to by it.
As one of the Beta Testers for Medieval you're gonna love it.
Plus I got me a nice little discount on it too :D
I'm looking forward to see what comes next- Spain, Italy, Byzantines, Crusades? :dreamer:
^All! But I have a weakness for the Byzantines. A big ol' Byzantine campaign would warm my heart.
Quote from: Zulu1966 on October 16, 2020, 02:56:43 AM
Damn when I saw the subject line I was hoping it was going to be one of those Matrix - ready November type of surprises. Q1 21 tooooo far away. Cant wait for this. Medieval so not represented in computer wargaming.
Don't forget we have a Slitherine sponsored FoG Medieval competition about to take place... if you're quick you can sign up before we get started, which is likely fairly soon.
http://www.grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=25196.0
It is up.
Paypal crapping out for anyone else from the matrix store ?
Quote from: Zulu1966 on February 04, 2021, 01:41:09 PM
It is up.
Paypal crapping out for anyone else from the matrix store ?
Nope, purchased OK with PayPal.
Quote from: Zulu1966 on February 04, 2021, 01:41:09 PM
It is up.
Paypal crapping out for anyone else from the matrix store ?
No worries. If you want to participate sign up on the Colosseum sub forum. You will go into Division 2 of the league.
As a participant, I will then ask Paolo for a steam code for you.
it has Teutonic Knights :D
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how could i resist :bd:
...and it just the start of a new series, there will be Crusades DLC for sure
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^You don't need to wait for the Crusades DLC. Teutonic Knights are already in the initial release. :bd:
I'm loving me some Pitch of Prestige. The game transitioned into the medieval ages really nicely.
I bought the game yesterday. The mechanics and gameplay are very much like the original which suits me, and as usual the attention to detail, production values, beautiful playing pieces, and interface intuitiveness is really impressive.
What is Pitch of Prestige?
^ Get yourself a thesaurus homeboy.
Quote from: z1812 on February 06, 2021, 11:06:22 AM
I bought the game yesterday. The mechanics and gameplay are very much like the original which suits me, and as usual the attention to detail, production values, beautiful playing pieces, and interface intuitiveness is really impressive.
I do prefer the dynamic campaigns found in Pike and Shot Campaigns and Sengoku Jidai compared to FOG2 and Medieval, although unit limits can be a bit of a pain. Aside from the campaigns, like FoG 2, I agree with you, it is a solid, beautiful looking game.
Dude I just got 'Pitch of Prestige.' I am ashamed.
Yeesh... two wargames release this month and I have yet to buy any of them. (the two being War on the Sea and Fog: Medieval) Guess I'm going to lose my grog card.
How are people enjoying Medieval? I plan on getting it eventually, but I might wait for the first content pack to come out. I am personally much more interested in Classical warfare than Medieval, and the lack of Byzantines in the game doesn't help either. But I do love the system they have created in FoG, as well as their model of expanding their games to include more eras and armies so I do want to support the devs.
Plus, I am still holding out hope that we eventually get a FoG: Napoleon, though I know it is a few years away if they ever do it.
I think the game is incredible and I've been enjoying it a lot so far. However, I'm the opposite of you - I much prefer medieval settings and combat over classical era, so for me, Field of Glory II and the medieval era are a match made in grog heaven.
FoG: Napoleon would be even better. :dreamer:
New dlc coming.....
Field of Glory II: Medieval returns with its second DLC "Swords and Scimitars". Set in the 11th to 13th centuries AD, the game focuses on the Crusades and the Byzantine Empire's decline from their previously strong 11th century position.
In 1071, the Empire suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of the Seljuq Turks at the Battle of Manzikert. These recently converted, islamic nomads took nearly all of Anatolia under Alp Arslan's expert leadership.
As the Byzantine Emperor Alexios Komnenos struggled, an appeal to the west for mercenary support was seized upon by Pope Urban II. In 1095 he called for a Crusade both to recover holy land and to further his own ends at the Council of Clermont.
The timing was fortuitously right, as the mighty Seljuq Empire had begun to fragment, allowing the First Crusade to eventually capture Jerusalem in 1099. The creation of "Crusader States" following on from this success would lead to two centuries of bitter conflict.
Several major Crusades were to follow, as the Crusader states fought for their existence against a succession of resurgent Islamic states.
Meanwhile, further East, a far greater threat to Islamic civilisation was emerging. The rapidly expanding Mongols had destroyed the Khwarazmian Shahdom by 1231, the Christian kingdom of Georgia in 1239, and the Seljuqs were defeated and forced into vassaldom by 1243.
In 1258 the Assassins of Alamut, and the vestigial remains of the once great Abbasid Caliphate, had also been conquered. Only the Mamluks of Egypt were able to finally bring the Mongol advance to an end, with their victory at Ain Jalut in 1260.
In the Balkans the Byzantine Empire had retained some of its former glory until 1204, when the Fourth Crusade broke the back of the Empire, leaving them a minor state shattered into four fragments.
These are the backgrounds, stories and wars that lead to the new DLC, which will include:
20 more nations and factions covering South Eastern Europe and the Middle East from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. These include Arabs (Syria/Iraq), Armenians (Cilician), Bulgarians, Byzantines (Main Empire, also Nikaia, Epiros and Trebizond), Crusaders, Cypriots (Lusignan Kingdom), Dailami, Fatimid Egyptians, Georgians, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Indians (Rajput, other Hindu, Muslim), Khwarazmians, Latin States in Greece, Mamluk Egyptians, Mongols (Ilkhanids), Pechenegs, Seljuq Turks, Serbians and Syrian States.
35 more units (11 brand new, 24 new to Medieval), allowing the troops of all of the new factions to be accurately represented.
41 more army lists allowing historically realistic armies for each of the above factions and their allies at different dates during the period.
8 more historical scenarios covering key engagements of the period on an epic scale. These include Manzikert 1071, Dorylaeum 1097, Ascalon 1099, Sirmium 1167, Arsuf 1191, La Forbie 1244, Homs 1281 and Kili 1299.
4 more historically-based campaigns covering major leaders and conflicts of the era: Alexios Komnenos, The First Crusade, Manuel Komnenos, Saladin.
Sandbox campaign expanded to include all the new army lists.
Time Warp custom battles modules expanded to include all the new army lists.
It's like they read my mind and are putting together dlc I cannot resist...
Quote from: Gusington on July 14, 2021, 07:22:49 PM
It's like they read my mind and are putting together dlc I cannot resist...
:-"
Still holding out hope for a FoG: Medieval Empires title :(
Me too. I don't think it's too much to ask.
September 23 is release date of the dlc
<:-) Saw that earlier today!
Field of Glory II: Medieval - Storm of Arrows Releases February 10th
Link: https://www.matrixgames.com/game/field-of-glory-ii-medieval-storm-of-arrows
Info:
From the early fourteenth century the battlefield dominance of the mounted knight was increasingly challenged by the rising power of the foot soldier. The Flemish spearmen at Courtrai in 1302, and the Scots at Bannockburn in 1314, showed that steady foot could defeat mounted knights. However, it was the English use of massed longbowmen combined with dismounted men-at-arms that would come to dominate western European battlefields for the rest of the 14th century and well into the 15th.
During the Hundred Years War, from 1337 to 1453, the French knights suffered a string of catastrophic defeats at the hands of this combination. After Crécy in 1346, the French knights were largely forced to fight on foot, to minimise their vulnerability to the arrow storm. Eventually, by avoiding pitched battles and concentrating on capturing important cities and castles, the French won the war and expelled the English from nearly all of their continental territories.
English longbowmen also ventured to Italy and Spain as mercenaries or allies, but warfare in these countries continued to develop rather differently from the rest of Western Europe. Italy in this period was still a collection of small independent states. The communal militia infantry had declined in importance, and had been replaced by the Condottieri as the main strength of Italian armies. These were mercenary captains who were hired to provide a company of professional armoured cavalry, and sometimes infantry.
In Spain the large Christian kingdoms of Aragon, Castile and Portugal shared the Iberian peninsula with the Muslim kingdom of Granada. In addition to fighting each other and many civil wars, there was occasional conflict with the Islamic North African powers. Spanish men-at-arms still usually fought mounted, while light cavalry continued to be more numerous than elsewhere due to the influence of warfare against Muslim armies.
Meanwhile the Swiss cantons were asserting their independence from feudal rule. Initially their massed infantry columns relied on the murderous halberd and an intimate knowledge of their own mountainous terrain.
Further east, the Teutonic Knights continued to battle against the pagan Lithuanians, but in 1386 Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania converted to Christianity and became King of Poland through marriage to the heiress Jadwiga. This removed the religious rationale for the Order's activities in the region, and gave their enemy a huge boost in military potential. The Teutonic Order suffered a major defeat at the hands of Jogaila and his Polish-Lithuanian army at the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenburg) in 1410. The Golden Horde continued to dominate the Rus principalities, but the first stirrings of change occurred in 1380 when the Mongols were defeated at Kulikovo.
During the fourteenth century gunpowder artillery was introduced throughout Europe, and became increasingly important. Initially, large bombards were mainly used for siege work, but gradually smaller guns began to be employed in field battles as well.
:D
the preview let'splays I have seen look promissing :)
We few, we happy few, we band of Grogs!
"Once more into the breach". Or was that, 'beach'? Cause my Speedos' are needing some action. :coolsmiley:
Storm of Arrows is out now!
https://www.matrixgames.com/game/field-of-glory-ii-medieval-storm-of-arrows
Already getting stuck in on the fields of Agincourt.
Purchasing immediately when I get home from work
Quote from: Gusington on February 10, 2022, 02:00:36 PM
Purchasing immediately when I get home from work
N00b. I'm playing while I'm at work.
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It's been a while but this has been announced! Can you say Wagenburg? ^-^
https://www.matrixgames.com/news/field-of-glory-ii-medieval-rise-of-the-swiss-is-coming-soon
Wow! I would not have predicted Rise of the Swiss. Awesome :nerd:
I wonder if this will be a precursor to a Pike + Shot redux?
Swiss DLC released today.....14.99
TOO MANY RELEASES THIS WEEK :crazy2:
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on May 19, 2022, 10:14:16 AM
Swiss DLC released today.....14.99
Actually...it's 10% off this week. 13.49 on Matrix/Slitherine.
Quote from: CJReich46 on May 19, 2022, 05:36:49 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on May 19, 2022, 10:14:16 AM
Swiss DLC released today.....14.99
Actually...it's 10% off this week. 13.49 on Matrix/Slitherine.
Actually....not for me when I purchased it first thing this morning, it was $14.99. They must have had an error in their store. But definitely was $14.99.
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on May 19, 2022, 05:51:58 PM
Quote from: CJReich46 on May 19, 2022, 05:36:49 PM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on May 19, 2022, 10:14:16 AM
Swiss DLC released today.....14.99
Actually...it's 10% off this week. 13.49 on Matrix/Slitherine.
Actually....not for me when I purchased it first thing this morning, it was $14.99. They must have had an error in their store. But definitely was $14.99.
Ouch. :hide: