SHOGUN: Total War - Collection pairs the original SHOGUN: Total War with its official Mongol Invasion expansion. The base game places players in Japan in 1542, after the shogunate’s collapse has left rival daimyo competing to rule. The emperor has little power, while control of Kyoto rests with whichever faction holds the city. European arrivals add guns, religion and disease to a period already defined by political and military upheaval.
Its defining structure combines turn-based grand strategy with real-time battles. The campaign’s concerns extend beyond battlefield command: politics, economics and subterfuge are also part of the contest to become Shogun. The game’s stated design contrast is a simple presentation paired with strategic depth, making careful decisions across both the broader campaign and individual fights central to its identity.
Mongol Invasion reframes the conflict as a historical what-if, letting players fight as the invading Mongols or Japan’s Hojo clan. The expansion adds a playable faction, units for both sides, campaign and multiplayer modes, plus a map editor.
