The Gold Edition also included both the original game as well as the expansion pack. The Warlord Edition ( August 13, 2001) was also released, containing both the original game and the expansion. Shogun: Total War was followed by the Shogun: Total War - Mongol Invasion expansion pack on Augwhich added a Mongols campaign, played as either the invaders or as Japan. Sun Tzu's The Art of War is central to the game its precepts are quoted often, its strategies recommended and indeed the AI is based on it. This is the continuation of the Kamkura clan, I promise some awesome campaign tactics that were not seen in the Kamakura campaign. The player assumes the role of one of seven daimyo (Uesugi, Shimazu, Oda, Mori, Imagawa, Takeda, Hōjō) attempting to unite feudal Japan during the Sengoku period (Warring States period) and become shogun. It is a history-based strategy game that combines turn-based provincial development with real-time battles. Shogun: Total War is the first of Creative Assembly's Total War series. For other games in the series see the Total War category. This is the first game in the Total War series.
