Mississippians

Since the last ice age, the fertile Mississippian river plain has attracted settlers. With the recent discovery of maize, however, a new golden age has dawned. Known for their unique earthwork architecture, the Mississippian peoples have colonised the region in relative peace and transitioned from hunter-gatherers into a booming city-building society. However, new pressures have begun to emerge on their kingdom. From the south and east, European invaders bring advanced technology and disease, displacing desperate indigenous peoples northward in search of a new home. To the north is the upstart Iroquois people, who look to become the dominant force in North America. Will you survive?

Spoken Language: Creek

Architecture/Ship design: North American by Kondrikthus

Wonder: Monks Mound

Civilisation Bonuses

• Start the game with an Eagle Scout

• Farmers generate wood (1 in 5)

• Foot Archers benefit from squires

• Infantry and foot archers can re-garrison in archery ranges and barracks, which have doubled garrison capacity

• Team bonus: Mobile palisade available in the castle age

Unique Techs

Castle age: War Forts - Upgrades archery ranges to fortified ranges, 400 wood + 200 stone

Imperial age: Thunderbirds - Eagle warrior gold cost replaced by food and create 100% faster, 600 food + 800 gold

Unique Building

Fortified Range, improved archery range

Costs: 175 wood

Combat stats: 2100(2400) hp, 6 pierce, 3 range, 2(3)/9(10) armour, 3 rof

Attack bonuses: +5 vs ships

Hidden armour: none

Classification: building, standard building

Other statistics: 3x3, acts as a standard range with 10 garrison space and the ability for range units to re-garrison, gains arrows as more units garrison, builds in 50 seconds, affected by all upgrades that affect towers

Unique units

Mobile palisade, arrow fire absorbing unit available in the siege workshop in castle age

Costs: 90 wood + 30 food, no elite upgrade

Combat stats: 200 hp, no attack, -3/100 armour

Attack bonuses: none

Hidden armour: none

Classification: siege weapon, ram

Other statistics: 0.8 movement speed, creates in 25 seconds, 3 LOS

Falcon archer, armoured archer

Costs: 45 wood + 45 gold, elite: 800 food + 600 gold

Combat stats: 35(40) hp, 6(7) pierce, 3/0(6/0) armour, 5 range, 2 rof, 80% accuracy

Attack bonuses: +2 vs spearmen

Hidden armour: none

Classification: archer, unique unit

Other statistics: 1 movement speed, creates in 15 seconds

Tech Tree

Archery Range

Hand Cannoneer, Cavalry Archer, Parthian Tactics, Elephant Archer

Barracks

Elite Eagle Warrior

Stable

All

Siege Workshop

Bombard Cannon, Armoured Elephant, Siege Onager

Blacksmith

Scale Barding Armour

Dock

Cannon Galleon, Dromon

University

Bombard Tower, Arrowslits, Keep, Fortified Wall

Castle

None

Monastery

None

Eco

Heavy Plow