Matthias Corvinus (1443 to 1490) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to his death; he was also King of Bohemia from 1469 to his death, though this was contested, and Archduke of Austria from 1487 to his death. He is perhaps most famous for forming the Black Army, one of the first professional fighting forces in the world, which the unique tech Corvinian Army is named after. He also imprisoned Vlad Dracula, which is portrayed in that campaign, and fought against Hussites, Ottomans, and Germans.
In my idea for a Balkan expansion, one of the civs added would be the Croatians, and they would be present in one of the scenarios. This references how Corvinus was King of both Hungary and Croatia, as detailed in the bio above. The Vlachs, another civ added, also appear in two scenarios. There are a total of six scenarios, making it one of the longer campaigns in the game, similar to the Jadwiga campaign. This campaign could be added instead of the Mehmed II campaign I posted about last month, but the two are both very important to the region, so they could both be added on top of campaigns for three of the new civs, adding a total of five campaigns in one expansion, unusual for DE.
Scenarios
Insurrection!
Depicts John Jiskra’s rebellion against Matthias and subsequent defeat at Sarospatak. Also depicts Matthias sending two prelates, August Salanki and Vincent Szilasi, to Prague to crown George of Podebrady King of Bohemia.
Enemy to Ally: Jiskra’s Forces (Bohemians)
Neutral to Ally: Prague (Bohemians)
Ally: Sarospatak (Magyars)
Enemy: Highway Robbers (Teutons)
Main Objectives:
Capture the Monument in Sarospatak
Defeat John Jiskra
The two prelates must reach Prague
Shifting Alliances
Depicts John Jiskra and George of Podebrady betraying Matthias and siding with the Holy Roman Emperor.
Enemy to Ally: Holy Roman Empire (Teutons)
Neutral to Enemy: John Jiskra (Bohemians)
Enemy to Neutral to Enemy: George of Podebrady (Bohemians)
Ally: Austria (Teutons)
Main Objectives
Convince the Holy Roman Empire to agree to a truce by destroying its Town Center
Defeat George of Podebrady
Capture all 5 Bohemian Castles by reducing them to 25% HP
Catherine of Podebrady must survive
The Black Army
Depicts the expansion of the Black Army with Matthias’ new allies and the invasion of Ottoman Bosnia.
Build as large of an army as possible in 60 minutes
Destroy all 3 Ottoman Castles
Secondary Objectives
Recruit European mercenaries by sending Trade Carts and/or following their requests
Religious Pretexts
Depicts the start of the War for the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, along with the intervention at the Croatian city of Senj to prevent the Venetians from seizing it.
Allies: Holy Roman Empire (Teutons), Czech Catholics (Bohemians), Senj (Croatians)
Enter Senj before the Venetians can destroy the Croatian Wonder
Turn of the Tides
Concludes the Bohemian War with an invasion from and subsequent defeat of Poland. Also depicts the Ottoman invasion of Wallachia and the resulting Battle of Vaslui, as well as the capture of Sabac.
Neutral to Ally: Stephen the Great (Vlachs)
Enemy to Ally to Enemy: Poland (Poles)
Enemy: Ottomans (Turks)
Main Objectives
Repel the Polish invaders for 30 minutes
Destroy all 7 Polish Trebuchets
Defeat the Ottoman army near Vaslui
Capture the city of Sabac by destroying its Castle
A New Scourge of God
Depicts the War for Austria, beginning with the Ottoman invasion of Transylvania, continuing with the Hungarian invasion of Ottoman lands, and concluding with the Hungarian war against the Holy Roman Empire.
Ally: Stephen the Great (Vlachs)
Neutral to Ally: Swiss Confederacy (Goths)
Enemies: Ottomans (Turks), Austria (Teutons), Austrian Towns (Teutons)
Main Objectives
Drive the Ottomans from Bosnia, Serbia, and Transylvania
Destroy all 10 Austrian Town Centers
Secondary Objective
Recruit the Swiss as an ally before Austria can do so
Another concept proposal from you of many others for new civs and new campaigns. This is almost spam…, but back to the topic.
Over the time, you posted civ concepts for the Balkan and Pannonia area. Is it possible, that you have a Hungarian background? Certain statements from you in the last few months about this topic suggest this… An Czechoslovakian or Polish background are also possible.
However, I am quite sure, that you have at least a Central or Eastern European background. Let me know, if I am right?
Fair point. I’ll try to ease up on the suggestions, at least for Balkan-related stuff.
No, I don’t have any Hungarian background that I know of. However, a good friend of mine has Hungarian background (his father was born in Hungary), and I’ve talked to at least his mother about it somewhat. I find Hungarian history quite interesting. I’m not sure why, but I do.
I do have German heritage. As a matter of fact, I am likely descended from nobles who lived in Hohenzollern Castle or were associated with the House of Hohenzollern. You could say my interest in castles and medieval living is in my blood.
You wrote in times before here, that you have a German aristocratic background, but you did not describe it as precisely, as you did now.
The Hohenzollern dynasty is of course also a term for me as a person interested in history.
This dynasty stretches far back in time from Prussia and Berlin, over Nuremberg to southern Swabia near Stuttgart. So I assume, that you also speak fluent German?
Let us say it on this way. We have together not the best experiences at this forum so far, but as I can see now, we can also get along decently with each other. That is how it should be.
And further, since you are otherwise quite active in the forum with your concept suggestions, I was already wondering, what your geographical background is, just out of curiosity.
Yes, that is yet all good, if we can find out a bit more about the people here in the forum, since otherwise everything here is very anonymous.
Yes, I agree. I do generally try to get along with people, but I also have difficulty tolerating nonsense. It can be a challenge doing both.
I’m really a mutt. Got German, like I mentioned, but I also have Norwegian, Scottish, and Jewish heritage as well. Probably plenty of other things, but those are the main ones.
True, true. If people are going to interact with each other, it’s good to know a bit more about each other.
I’m not spamming. I’m throwing ideas out there in case someone else can bring them to life. You’re just jealous because you can’t come up with concepts.
From where I stand, you contribute absolutely nothing useful to many conversations. You’re just harassing people and belittling their ideas. At least I’m making posts with positive engagement.
