Russian streltci image - Wars of Renaissance: Total War mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms

The time of the mod is 1500 a.d., the epoch of Renaissance and the new era of the military science. Why this very date? The fire arms, which first shots thundered at the battlefields of Europe in the 14th century, acquires the importance to affect the results of campaigns in the beginning of the 16th century. Italian wars and some other conflicts, that started the 16th century, showed it. Hence starts the final breech in the medieval military system, the domination of the chivalry cavalry comes to an end and the long transition to the army of the new time begins. The time for musketeers and pikiners, reiters and cuirassiers has come. Bows and arrows are still used, especially by the ‘estern’ peoples and the muscovites, but a musket has already showed its power and meaning. The methods of leading wars change…