Beginner's Guide to ToB

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Welcome to this basic guide to Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia. In this guide I'll be trying to explain how the features in ToB work and what changed compared to the other TW titles. This part is meant for people who are playing a Total War title for the first time and is a bit of a general overview of the series and how things work. The Total War series is a series of strategy games that feature kingdom building and battles as their main selling point. In any of the TW games you will get to choose from multiple factions to play as, each with their own quirks, troops, effects, ect. . This makes it so that the games have a high replayability value and will always be able to give you some bang for your buck. There's been many different TW games and they mostly focus on different timelines or at least different regions (Shogun and Thrones of Britannia being an example of 'region'). A recent addition to this kind of broad categorisation is the addition of fantasy with the Warhammer trilogy (of which the third game will be coming out later). Most of the games focus on the 'European' history (with parts of the Middle East and North Africa), but there are some exceptions like Shogun I and II (Japan) and the up and coming 'Total War Three Kingdoms' (China). Here is a list (in order of when the games came out) of all the Total War games to date: Shogun: Total War (2000): Sengoku-period Japan Medieval: Total War (2002): Medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Rome: Total War (2004): Roman Republic period, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, seen as a TW 'classic' Medieval II: Total War (2006): Medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, also seen as a 'classic' and is pretty much an updated version of Medieval I with more features, better graphics, ect. Empire: Total War (2009): Primarily Europe, North Africa and large parts of Asia (I say primarily as the map is all over the place honestly), time period is the 18th century meaning battles will be fought with muskets and cannons (there's also melee units and cavalry, but the main part is gunpowder units) Napoleon: Total War (2010): Europe, North Africa and the Middle East during the Napoleonic era (name kinda gives it away) Total War: Shogun II (2011): Sengoku era japan, has 2 expansions that can be seen as stand alone games: Fall of the Samurai (about the time period where Japan uses gunpowder weaponry and has a civil war between pro- and contra-western factions) and Rise of the Samurai (time period of the 'Genpei War' which culminated in the first shogunate and the rise of samurai as a ruling class) Total War: Rome II (2013): Roman Republic period, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, watch out in case you're looking at reviews, rants, ect. about this game: The game had a rocky launch (lots of glitches, bugs, crashes, ...), but that has been fixed. Total War: Attila (2015): Period of the fall of the Roman Empire and the Hunnic invasions, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Total War: Warhammer I and II (2016,2017): First official fantasy installment in the game (Medieval II has a huge mod called 'Third Age Total War' which is a new game in itself in the Tolkien universe), the game is set in the world of the 'Warhammer' fantasy universe, this is part of a trilogy and is really different from the other Total War games due to the addition of: flying units, monters, giant creatures, magic, ect. Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia (2018): Part of the smaller 'Saga' series which seems to be focussing on smaller locations and specific time periods, the game is set on the British Isles and is set after the defeat of the 'Great heathen Army' In general you should expect fun, big battles, tactical decisions and an interesting setting/background for all of the games. In case you're a new TW player and wonder if you should also try the other entries in the series, the answer is a resounding 'yes'! Intro The game takes place on the British Isles with every faction's campaign starting in the year 878 AD, right after the defeat of the viking's 'Great Heathen Army' by king Alfred of Wessex. As with every total war game you will get to choose from a couple of factions to start a campaign with. These factions are divided in 5 cultures being: the Welsh Kingdoms, English Kingdoms, Gaelic Kingdoms, Great Viking Army and Viking Sea Kings. In total there's 2 factions for each culture (total of 10 different playable factions) and they all have different specialties and bonuses. Bonuses to factions depend on 1. The culture (each culture having specific bonuses visible when starting a campaign) and 2. the faction itself (each having specialties in units and specific bonuses). As is visible at the start menu of the game, there's a greyed out 'DLC' button which means there will likely be DLC. Most of the Time DLC takes the form of new playable factions or smaller 'campaigns', which means that the factions might change later on or a new 'setting' like for example 1066 (the 'official' end of the viking age) can be introduced. You've probably noticed on the store page and in the forums, but a lot of people are sceptical about this game or dislike the changes. I'll try to keep my own opinion out of this guide, but just want to say that the hours I've played this far have been enjoyable and that I certainly think I'll get my 1 euro = 1 hour 'target' of bang for buck. The Upper Middle UI This is the most basic information you'll get about your faction, but it also contains a lot of information about the game mechanics. The icons are: Your income per turn: Will be explained a bit more in the 'economy' section, but it pretty much tells you how much money you'll get next turn. Food Surplus: A new mechanic that ToB added. All your units and some of your buildings will have a 'food upkeep'. making new units or buildings with a food upkeep will lower the amount of food surplus you have. Having high food surplus gives you various bonuses to replenishment, while negative food surplus gives debuffs and also starves your supplies (more in the military section of the guide). War Fervour: Shows how weary/excited your people are for war. Having positive war weariness gives bonuses, while negative war weariness gives penalties. You can hover over it to see what is affecting your war fervour and act accordingly to increase it. the most obvious way to keep it stable is to be at peace. Culture/Faction specific mechanics: will give bonuses or can sometimes be used in events. At the start campaign screen you can hover over each faction's mechanic and see what influences it and what bonuses it gives. Your faction bonus and your leader's influence: The end of the middle top window will give you information about your faction's bonus (visible when picking it on the start campaign screen) and other faction wide bonuses that can come about during events. Lastly you also see the effect that your leader's influence has, being the higher, the better. Influence can be increased with political actions and traits/wives. The Upper Right UI Contains various tabs which I will deal with in the various parts of the guide. What I will talk about here is 1 specific tab and also the tabs that you can see under the minimap. Objectives Tab: This tab could technically be seen as the most important one of them all as it tells you how to actually win the game. You've got different types and tiers of victories (short, long, ultimate in length and kingdom, fame and conquest in type). It's a good idea to at least check the conditions, but I just recommend not bothering with this tab too much unless you're achievement hunting or something. All things in due time. Event Messages: this tab gives you information about the various events that took place during end-turn. It goes from buildings being finished, to people being recruited, to war declaration, ect. It's a good idea to check this tab every turn and see what's new. Some of the events will b