While the name Hyborian Age may sound alien for many, Conan the Barbarian is familiar for the most of you. This is a Darkest Hour mod that attempts to be a total conversion from the 20th century warfare to the fantasy world created by Robert E. Howard.
As far as I know, there never has been a pre-industrial warfare mod for any incarnation of Hearts of Iron. There have been several projects to create one, however, and I did participate in couple of these. I have been toying with this idea for years, but I felt I lacked skills. With the increases moddability of Darkest Hour, I think it is finally possible to really create this such a mod. Of course there are several problems which can never been completely overcome —these include the nature of time (hours instead of days), as well as the fact that Darkest Hour models frontal warfare instead of classical formation battle— which is the reason I chose a fantasy world. In REH's Conan stories it becomes obvious that they are analogies of modern-day nations. While the technology level is dark medieval, the societies are very advanced, with judiciary, police forces, and ideas such as nationalism. Thus, I think, Darkest Hour fits actually quite well to model this world.
Playable Beta (v. 0.4), released in 2016-11-06
What you get is a battlescenario depicting the Aquilonian Civil War. Howard never wrote about this war in detail, but he hinted at it several times. Basically this scenario tells how Conan became the king of Aquilonia. You can lead a rebellion against the corrupted king Namedides, or you can stop the rebellious rabble. I suggest you play your first game as Conan's Aquilonia (black flag with a golden lion).
This mod is compatible with DH 1.04.
Download it here
Thanks to
Known bugs
As far as I know, there never has been a pre-industrial warfare mod for any incarnation of Hearts of Iron. There have been several projects to create one, however, and I did participate in couple of these. I have been toying with this idea for years, but I felt I lacked skills. With the increases moddability of Darkest Hour, I think it is finally possible to really create this such a mod. Of course there are several problems which can never been completely overcome —these include the nature of time (hours instead of days), as well as the fact that Darkest Hour models frontal warfare instead of classical formation battle— which is the reason I chose a fantasy world. In REH's Conan stories it becomes obvious that they are analogies of modern-day nations. While the technology level is dark medieval, the societies are very advanced, with judiciary, police forces, and ideas such as nationalism. Thus, I think, Darkest Hour fits actually quite well to model this world.
Playable Beta (v. 0.4), released in 2016-11-06
What you get is a battlescenario depicting the Aquilonian Civil War. Howard never wrote about this war in detail, but he hinted at it several times. Basically this scenario tells how Conan became the king of Aquilonia. You can lead a rebellion against the corrupted king Namedides, or you can stop the rebellious rabble. I suggest you play your first game as Conan's Aquilonia (black flag with a golden lion).
This mod is compatible with DH 1.04.
Download it here
Thanks to
- Arcanjo Zero, Vaximillian, and 077 for flags.
- Hannibal Barca 2 written several events for HoI2 Medieval Mode project in 2007. I have re-used these events.
- Muna Jäkli has created unit icons (though some are still to be made).
- Khor has gave several good suggestions, as well as created some events and GFX.
- MartinBG and Novapaddy for their kindness.
Known bugs
- The game does complain for some kind of a bug when loading a scenario. When the loading screen stalls, press enter and everything should be O.K. The bug doesn't affect gameplay in any way, as far as I can tell.





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