In their latest blog post for Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, Creative Assembly has shown off the Campaign Map for the game. It's the British Isles of course, and with the increase in size and detail it's 23 times bigger than the previous appearance of Britain in Total War: Attila.
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You can check out the full blog post here and you can see the map below:
Creative Assembly are calling it "the largest, most detailed version of the British Isles featured in a Total War game" and it's so detailed they're using actual terrain height data as the basis for the campaign and battle height map. It's actually as big as all of Total War: Attila.
They're using actual period names for all the factions and counties, such as East Engle (East Anglia), West Seaxe (Wessex), and Gwent (known for making excellent card games). Provinces will be handled slightly differently to how they usually are in Total War games, as while capitals will still be walled and have 6 building slots, minor settlements won't have any real defences and only 2 building slots. In other words, most of the places that give you money and supplies are at constant risk, but so are everyone else's. Here's what CA say about that:
"This means that you will have to think about how you keep them protected but it also opens up a new set of offensive opportunities. You could for instance sack the farm provinces of an opponent to trigger a food shortage or occupy their mines to cut off income and cripple their ability to maintain a strong army. Attacking the minor settlements in a province can also be a good way to force a fight by pushing a stubborn opponent to step out from strong defences to protect their interests."
Nice.
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia will be out in 2018.
