SHIELDWALL: THE THRONES OF BRITANNIA MOD THAT FIXES EVERYTHING! - Total War Mod Spotlights

Thrones is definitely an interesting time period, but it just needs more unit variety, more faction diversity and more gameplay mechanics that make it engaging enough to feel invested in a campaign. And That’s where today’s mod comes in.
Shieldwall is an epic overhaul mod for Thrones of Britannia that adds completely redone unit rosters for all factions, one of the best population mechanics I’ve ever seen, a Shogun 2 style Tech Tree and much much more, that all comes together to make this game finally worth playing.
I promise you that by the end of this video, you will have no choice but to dust ToB off it’s shelf and give this brilliant mod a try.
Hope you enjoyed this video guys and if you did give it a like and drop any thoughts or questions in the comments section below. Subscribe for more total war content, gameplay and news and thanks for watching guys!
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APPARENTLY YOU CAN PLAY ON HIGHER UNIT SIZES! - According to the mod developer Drunk Flamingo :) Hope you enjoyed the video guys, subscribe for more! & check out the mod below! TheTerminator Discord - discord.gg/eHVBpAC6U2 Shieldwall Steam Page - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747012157

[@123telamon]

Any french traduction of this mod? I know it sucks but i play this game in french my first language and the total war modding community is 99% english. Installing an overhaul mods is hard for me cuz i have to play it in english in order to use it. Sometimes i found french translated mods for some mods. But not all the time

[@DLockholm]

okay but Ancient Empires or DEI on Britannia game motor.

[@drunkflamingo8519]

Hi, I'm the lead campaign developer for Shieldwall. Just wanted to clarify one thing from the video: the mod works fully at ultra unit sizes - the population numbers will match up exactly with the unit numbers when you play on medium, but if you play on other unit sizes everything will still work and have the exact same balance as on medium. Playing on medium makes things look nicer because you'll pay exactly 80 population to recruit a unit of exactly 80 men, but that unit will always cost 80 population even if you change the unit sizes so that there are 160 men in the unit. That way you can change unit sizes without us having to rebalance the pop system for each possibility. Hope that makes sense. Medium sizes were chosen because they reflect (quite accurately) proper army sizes for the time period, which is a rare opportunity when making a total war game. For example, our Norman invasion is 7000 to 8000 soldiers, which is a common historical estimate for the size of William's army. Nice to see the mod being covered, if anyone else has any questions I'll try my best to respond :)

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Ahhhhh I see! So actually you're using less population for more troops not more haha :D Thanks for clarifying!

[@ismaelhossameldin9896]

Awesome clarification that will make me install the mod again as couldn’t play on medium unit sizes ...now I got that I works like the remastered Rome pop sys👍👍👍

[@guiguijol]

This mod is just amazing. Well done thank you.

[@nips4865]

U are the goat my friend

[@ScaniaVikings]

Amazing will try this during christmas break!

[@giordanocolonna2297]

finally another mod that makes this game more complex and varied .. it is such a fascinating historical period

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Agreed!

[@luifernando4002]

Thrones of Britannia has a lot of mod potential that I haven’t seen anyone take advantage of. Imagine if someone made a mod for it based on the Scottish War of independence, or the English Civil War, or the War of the Roses. The map and the mechanics could be used so well for that and this is the first time I see anyone make a big mod for the game

[@adammac4960]

That’s what I would say. Wars of the roses. Make the larger houses with there own sigils and the smaller factions as houses and Vassell states with there own sigils and armour etc suited to that age. Make Scotland the same. The main house like Bruce with its own Vassel states. This allows you to take a rival smaller house and challenge Lancaster and York. Would be brilliant

[@jonstalin5992]

its cause almost nobody plays it, can speak for myself and i enjoy it alot. But if you compare it to any other total war its barely anyone plays Thrones :

[@GrandeSalvatore96]

Agreed, I feel like more people would play it if they utilised the game’s unexploited potential.

[@midshipman8654]

think the problem is that you need a reason to mod it instead of any other total war.

[@frasermcelroy5508]

​@@adammac4960😊😊¹

[@Hippo_Croca_Pig]

As someone on a limited budget, thanks for giving us new experiences that cost nothing. 👍🏻

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Hell yeah my man :) its all out there I’m just trying to raise awareness for them ❤️

[@Hippo_Croca_Pig]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Your a credit to The Total War community 👍🏻 keep up the excellent videos

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@ImaginaShip]

Extremely unpopular opinion…..I enjoyed Thrones more than Kingdoms… Definitely going to check out this mod.

[@Flicky669]

Your single handedly bringing TW back :) Without being single handed about it! :) Thanks for lifting up all these great modders.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Haha thanks mate 🙏 Wouldn’t be anything with the brilliant modders!

[@bigirishpapa25]

I'm playing this mod right now. Really diggin it, it does make the game a lot more fun. I have to say, thank you. I would have probably not tried the mod if not for this video.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

You’re welcome mate :)

[@El_Cattivo1988]

For me, Atilla remains part of the best historical Total War with its mods. But the mod looks interesting.

[@BillyFrench]

This is awesome. I'm going to check it out!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@LordWyatt]

This is what should’ve been released the first time😂👌great video on a great mod

[@Strobx]

Great vid, Cant wait to try this!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thank you and me too!!

[@Strobx]

@@TheTerminatorGaming just emailed you sir!

[@richardpowell1772]

What timing. I just downloaded this mod last week and played it the entire week!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Hell yes!! Thoughts on the mod?

[@richardpowell1772]

@@TheTerminatorGaming It’s great. All that you mentioned, and I love the 12 turns per year. Winter is only a minor annoyance at 4 turns per year. Now, you have to plan your military campaigns based on the weather and your food storage. It’s such depth to the game, but it does start slow and takes a long time, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If someone likes to get totally immersed in a game and the time period, they will love this mod. Will download every update.

[@richardpowell1772]

@@TheTerminatorGaming after playing more of this mod, I noticed the A.I. not building armies later in the game. I was blitzing through territories with only 11 units with not an army in sight. It was like I was playing by myself. Did you notice this, as well? Someone made a comment on the steam community about it and the developers said it did seem to be an issue and they were working on it. I hope so, because it’s a game breaker.

[@richardpowell1772]

@@TheTerminatorGaming after playing more of this mod, I noticed the A.I. not building armies later in the game. I was blitzing through territories with only 11 units with not an army in sight. It was like I was playing by myself. Did you notice this, as well? Someone made a comment on the steam community about it and the developers said it did seem to be an issue and they were working on it. I hope so, because it’s a game breaker.

[@hashambachani]

Always a good day when Terminator uploads :)

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Haha thanks bud! Hope you enjoy it and definitely give the mod a go!

[@richbala834]

Hi Terminator, I greatly enjoy your videos.. They're enjoyable, concise, and loaded with good info. Will you be posting when there's updates to this mod, or should I check discord for update announcements?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thank you! I always try to cover mod updates so I will do! ❤️

[@richbala834]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@harrisonbathgate253]

I love this channel because of videos like these which are so good to watch, because of this video I will be going back to play thrones of brittania with this mod.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thank you! 🙏

[@yad-thaddag]

Need to try this

[@ixpl0it]

nice info - thx 👍

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

No problem 👍

[@cyclone159]

Nice I have Britannia installed on my computer but I haven't played it yet. I think I'll just install this mod to play from the get go.

[@buddywe4593]

Aight, I'm buying thrones. You convinced me. This mod looks sick.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

HELL YES!

[@vladimirvostrov3778]

I always thought ToB was underrated and undeservedly unloved by the community, mainly for its recruitment system. And that it lacked some good mods like DeI for Rome 2. But here we have Shieldwall and I guess it's time to visit the British Isles again. Thanks everyone, who worked on the mod, and thank you, Terminator, for making this video!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

🙏🙏

[@Roan-xj1mg]

like the game, so thanks for showing us this!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

You're welcome!

[@EdvinEdward]

Halleluja! Need to re-install this one.

[@aoyubi8503]

Great overview! Hoping to pick up Thrones of Britannia in the next sale and was wondering; Should I just skip the vanilla campaign and hop straight onto Shieldwall or would I appreciate Shieldwall more after finishing a regular campaign?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I always say whatever Total War you just pick up play vanilla first as you’ll appreciate the mods even more ❤️

[@paxromana9709]

I have to agree with the Terminator, you should always play vanilla first, but my reason for saying that is that after you play vanilla you'll have a rough idea what mods you'd like to use.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Also very true!

[@jakoporeeno4654]

@@TheTerminatorGaming I know this is britannia we're talking about but just wanted to say that when I bought Rome 2 I jumped straight into DEI

[@Flicky669]

I just bought Thrones on sale for this mod today!

[@logictotalwar1201]

Fuck8ng Amazing Video i cant Wait to Try this

[@paxromana9709]

I've seen this mod before, and I have to try it. But as I said before, for me ToB of worth playing even without this mod (maybe a few minor mods). Not sure about all of the new/changed mechanics, the tech try for example. But the rest is mostly interesting.

[@robbo5932]

Double unit size and the battles are i feel the best . Plus the graphics are way better than most historical TW games .

[@lol_histicall4289]

I hope they let you annex vassals cause when you let your vassals grow they become so annoying to conquer in the mid game for west seaxe

[@imperatorromanorum_official]

Can you make a single player campaign as northumbria? that seems a great mod!!

[@wfr1108]

I actually love thrones of Britannia especially compared to any fantasy or troy/three kingdoms. It was like a modern and new advanced total war covering a certain region in depth, with a beautiful artstyle, and similar to control on attila. I love thrones and i feel like it has/had alot of potential and is not a direction i mind total war going in (if only they actually would)

[@bravomike4734]

Then you would have loved Shogun 2 if you discovered it before Thrones of Britannia : Shield Wall. Maybe you still will. You just need the unique units DLC.

[@wfr1108]

@@bravomike4734 I played shogun 2 and still do but it's starting to get dated. It was absolutely the best for it's time and is better than any warhammer, but it's aged nonetheless

[@re-birth8865]

It has a lot of good thing s going for it but overall it's a boring and shallow game in vanilla

[@lol_histicall4289]

You are right with the atilla style control no matter what faction I am cavalry just makes my army so OP since I watched the Alans guide I’m now good at commanding cavalry tbh I’ve yet to seen anyone use the strategies in the guide in multiplayer battles

[@wfr1108]

@@re-birth8865 this is true but only due to how limited the game was in scale. Imagine if they added the rest of europe at such a scale, and had all of the different cultures, unit types, etc

[@Byz_enjoyer]

nice vid

[@0Apostata0]

Hi there, I have been watching quite a few of your mod videos and the content you are making is great! However, there is one thing your videos really lack. Higher resolution! (clips) Keep it up!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Haha I’ll work on it mate :) thank you!

[@haroldgodwinsonshouldhavew3875]

Thrones of Britannia is a good total war and one of the last good ones.let alone best sieges in all the games the game bring the feel of the early medieval period as close as you can plus this and age of charlemagne are most close to medieval 3 total war we will ever get

[@smoessmee]

This sounds cool. Anyone know if you play other factions? Like more of the Irish for instance?

[@gilbertthebushwacker8704]

TOB has the biggest number of unique siege maps in the series.

[@chudolf2]

The only thing is missing imo is small garison in villages submod as default defence and maybe ultra unit size population submod

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

There’s a mod in the steam workshop that adds garrisons to small towns but I’m not sure if its compatible, worth checking out!

[@chudolf2]

@@TheTerminatorGaming yep, it's outdated. Anyway with this mod the game is one of my favs total wars

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

Holy sh*t! This mod looks AWESOME.

[@Pawsk]

Finally got around to try it but even on very hard, the game seemed to have become a million times easier, did anyone have the same experience? Im not sure if i just got really ´lucky´ or if the mod just makes the game super easy to steamroll. Ive just finished taking the main isle and i have still not met a full stack that wasnt at half strength from mustering.

[@CoffeeFiend1]

Oddly this in some ways reminds me of Hellenika too.

[@sercastamere9853]

I will never understand why people don't like this game even vanilla. I have replayed it a boatload of times and with just a few unit reskins and adding in unplayable factions, this game is so fuckin' good basically vanilla.

[@WilliamLawrence7]

About time, I always thought this game had such potential, just needed a good modders love. It sounds like we've finally gotten it. I'm already deep in a crusader blade mod, fighting the reconquestia as the Crown of Aragon, and kicking ass getting my mediteranian empire going, so it will be hard to pull me from that, ck3 is such an amazing game, but this looks ridicuously good, do I even still have thrones installed...

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

My man William Lawerence! Haven’t seen you comment in a while mate hope all is well! And yes TOB actually has a few mods worth checking out including Shieldwall. I’ll be doing more spotlights for the game soon :)

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Man a mod that covers shieldwalls, variety and units? Heck yeah!

[@Demensemen]

I just hope the actual developers of the games try and make the game more like some of these mods from the start and don’t just get lazy expecting mod makers to keep their games alive

[@rbsg3104]

Ngl this might just push me over the edge to buy the game even after the bad reviews about vanilla

[@domenicdapice7218]

Thanks just picked up Thrones of Britannia for 12 bucks on Steam.

[@hunterthewerewolf]

Cool, I might finally have a reason to get Thrones of Britannia now. Are there any plans for the mod to be updated to work with large unit sizes?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

It does actually work fine with large unit sizes thats my bad. Modders later confirmed in another comment here

[@hunterthewerewolf]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Cool, next chance I get I'll get Thrones.

[@IceniTotalWar]

Are there garrisons and minor settlement defense's ?

[@alkhatrazenom5700]

I can't understand why people say that TOB is a shitty game because of its lack of diversity between factions but everyone enjoys Shogun 2 in which armies are strictly the same

[@mcsmash4905]

alot of the arguments that channels like andy's take or terminator make are based on sheer nonsense , in terms of accuracy yes the ashigaru increasingly dominated warfare in japan and shogun 2 somewhat reflects that which is why i dont have a problem with it , but to then complain about ToB lacking action diversity (it actually has faction diversity) is what i have a problem with , shieldwalls and lots of levies like the saxon fyrd played an important role on the battlefield and were the dominant strategy in western europe and the island of britain (ireland was slightly different with its kerns), now you could say that even tho there are 20 varities of axemen in ToB they all play the same , well duh there is only so many ways in which an axeman can be used and only so many strategies/tactics that make sense

[@makphone2107]

Excellent. Thanks for flagging this up. I was looking at it a while back but thought it had been abandoned. Edit: The mod I mean. We all know CA pretty much abandoned the game on day 1 😂

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

❤️❤️

[@markobogdanovic1087]

great mod! thanks for the recomendation.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

You’re welcome! :)

[@goodcomrade2949]

do you use any visual mod since it looks a lot darker then normall thrones

[@Dexusaz]

Interesting mod, makes me almost consider buying Thrones of Britannia (which is something I never thought I would say) just to try it with this mod. Always love your Mod Spotlights!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thank you :) and on a good sale I’d recommend it!

[@luisbustamante5479]

I know it failed but man I enjoyed playing that game, battles overall were very enjoyable.

[@duke7052]

Do towns and villages have garrison units now so you can't just take over an unoccupied town? (Like every other total war game)

[@FurioMil]

finally

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Haha yes!

[@erikrosalen1819]

Medieval era is by far my favorite one of all, and Thrones of Britannia is cheaper than some Warhammer's DLCs, but still it's not enough for me to buy it. Also I've already tried this game before and it felt like a paid update of Attila, or a "scam") This mod seems to be adding more complexity and it's really making me consider whether to give the game a new shot or not.

[@Eoghany1980]

Hi All, As a life long Total war player I'm thrilled to see that this edition has been modded and made much more playable. As I am Irish myself I love the idea of this time period and the factions This video prompted me to buy the game from steam but for the life of me I can't figure out how to download the Mod. Any hints tips guys?

[@didar-gd5co]

I saw a another comment say they stopped development of the mod

[@robinrowntree]

I have it on STEAM.

[@angryhermit4291]

I'm one of the ones who liked this game. I hated the loyalty crap and governor spam but I always thought it was a great looking game graphics wise.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I liked it at first as well, and you're absolutely right about the graphics :)

[@mykemorbius]

The one big problem I have with this mod is it takes FOREVER to get to the point where you're able to actually start attacking settlements and the economy runs soooo slooowly. Also, the AI is not aggressive at all. I've tried playing in 2 different campaigns and got bored after playing 15-17 turns without a single threat from anyone. I mainly spent my time trying to build things to levy the noble units as commanded. IDK if I'm using too many mods now (6 mods including Enhanced income, all 3 Variation packs,) or have them loaded wrong? I may give it another go when someone comes up with a mod that gives the campaign a kick in the ass.

[@clownofthetimes6727]

It is still working on steam.

[@f3wbs]

I've heard about the mod but never gave it a try. Sounds good, though.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

You should!

[@Busrider53]

Can you play a multiplayer or coop campaign

[@JamesMead90]

TheTerminator - New mod for thrones of Britannia Me - Son of a bitch, im in

[@VonPlanter]

Shieldwall

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

SHIELDWALL!!

[@Dronaddict]

yoo shaklaf is here, nice video again, focusing on thrones of britannia, we need more fsctions and also guys sub and join the terminator discord for more information

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Haha thanks bud!

[@Dronaddict]

@@TheTerminatorGaming np👍

[@JacksonBenete]

Does CA even know those mods exist? They should be hiring those guys, that's madness.

[@viscousgoo2021]

I played a single campaign to completion in ToB. 18 hours total after a few other starts. Still can't bring myself to play again.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I get that, try the mods though. Shieldwall is definitely worth it at least!

[@tontolot]

It’s a great mod love the mechanics and turns per year. unfortunately the combat is so fast it totally ruins the battles imo. Have tried using combat speed mods but none seem to work properly with the mod and slow combat down enough.

[@alejandreaisturisii2613]

How to find and recruit mercenaries?

[@szymonrozanski6938]

In my opinion Thrones is the most beautifull total war that CA produced for em no doubts. But it didnt sell well so CA got lazy and went with Warhammer and pump it with DLC and because it sells then they wont improve on old ideas, cough cough sea battles.

[@skush9146]

Great video and great mod, but I don't really understand why they balance it for medium unit size, that really throws me off

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Hmm yep it is a strange one. I would’ve had larger unit sizes if possible, but ah well its still worth it :)

[@goodcomrade2949]

@@TheTerminatorGaming it is beceuse its acurate to the real viking age battles where battles where around 1500 men

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thats what I suspected of course but I guess giving people the option to play with larger unit sizes would have been a good thing overall.

[@goodcomrade2949]

@@TheTerminatorGaming yeah true

[@mansonsacidtrip6862]

Hey just in case you didn't see it the mods developer confirmed that you can, in fact, use larger unit sizes without messing up the population mechanic. Units cost the same amount of pops on every setting, Medium is just most accurate.

[@jackdunstone7646]

do you use the bloody aftermath mod?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I personally don't mate no

[@greatgraham]

I'm new to adding mods from the workshop on Steam I had this mod on about a year ago do I need to update it or anything or does it do it itself

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Does it all by itself mate :)

[@greatgraham]

Thank you

[@Astraben]

Hey Terminator, what´s the name of the song that plays throughout the video?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Its a mix of 3 songs actually :) I’ll add them in the video description when I get a chance tomorrow ❤️

[@Astraben]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Sweet, thank you in advance!

[@momuse88]

6:02 Burger King

[@123telamon]

Any french traduction of this mod? I know it sucks but i play this game in french my first language and the total war modding community is 99% english. Installing an overhaul mods is hard for me cuz i have to play it in english in order to use it. Sometimes i found french translated mods for some mods. But not all the time

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

I hope it happens soon

[@crmesson22k]

It’s ashame since I have heard this game has the best siege Ai.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

You should try it mate. I can't recommend it enough!

[@massonson2901]

I can’t even play it because the camera just keeps moving forward by itself during campaign map nonstop I don’t even have mods on I haven’t even play the game because it won’t stop moving

[@elijahbill9148]

Is this mod Coop compatible?

[@magusi9029]

All the times I passed on the sale for this game. Love the period, but the reviews were scathing. This might actually make me add it to my TW library.

[@l0rf]

Especially the population mechanic feels like that would need to be the base game, not a mod. The whole three strata system formed the basis of the migratory period all the way up to the beginning urbanisation of much later centuries in the renaissance so the omission of this distinct system is really sad.

[@vudat189]

i Wish CA reworked the hole game for the redemption

[@APHELPSX]

Can you still get steam trophies while playing this mod?

[@S1NG15]

IS this better than Radious?

[@kenrudd6362]

SKALLBORG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

:)

[@mykemorbius]

Awesome mod, but I probably won't play it again until the modders have it tweaked in a bit more. Some things about it are just outta wack it seems still.

[@GrandMarshalGarithos]

Destiny is all.

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

“OOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOWOAHAHEYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO!” -Last Kingdom Intro lyrics

[@maxbenjim2243]

And then they never updated it again

[@Leecor3]

One problem I had with ToB was that the AI only created 1 army at a time. When I was at war with West Seaxe for example they only sent 1 army. When I defeated that one they requrited another one. I had 0 challange at all! Is that something that this mod fixes? (I played on Very Hard) Anyone else feels this is a problem?

[@paulliston8561]

Never......West Seaxe would always hit us with a minimum of two full armies attacking separate locations, or at times 3 main stacks with a 4th smaller stack running around to just attack farms/mines/etc. The only low points in combat my friends and I have experienced in ToB was when we killed of the enemy king, his heirs, and runner up generals. Then we would have a few turns of peace as the other factions were trying to recover from having all their nobility wiped out.

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

Odin I want this game because of this mod, I’ve been watching Vikings so now I want to spread the name of IVAR THE BONELESS!!!

[@jimmydasani8922]

Radious is pretty cool too

[@BrunoRodrigues-ie7ou]

Is this mod run in MacBook Air M1 ?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Not sure to be honest Bruno, what are your specs?

[@broncos1600]

Does it improve ai

[@hct7168]

Is there any mods that changes the unit picture ? Cause I personally dont like them that much.

[@cjc2010]

All Total War games (except Rome 1, Medieval 1/2, and Empire) are unplayable without mods.

[@charlesmiv3842]

Ya, Shieldwall is really amazing

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

It is!

[@laurbster2680]

i tried to use this mod and my game just crashes lol

[@skysoftware4581]

mod has stopped development and i cant download from anywhere sadly.