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The Mongol Rush

This scenario is an attempt to reproduce the Mongol invasion of Eastern Europe, starting from the year 1223 AD.
Two players perform as the Mongols, six players as the European and Middle East powers who fought against these common enemies.
The Mongols must destroy all the enemies' wonders, while the "Europeans" must hold their positions for 45 years (45 MINUTES), until the inner dissent would split the Mongol Hordes from the inside.

It could sound unfair or unbalanced, but it isn't. The Mongols recieve 5 Mangudai every 20 seconds, plus some other units (such as Tarkans), and they automatically, slowly develop technologies and advance through the ages. The Mongols don't have any economy to sustain themselves, and they get resources by razing enemies' cities and wonders. The Mongols also have no university and can not build trebuchet as well as petards.

The "European" players play a more regular match, with all the units, buildings and technologies of their civ. They also start with a small army and some defences to contain the enemies' attacks.

All the players also start with an historical hero as the head of the faction.

Settings:
Player 1 (Blue) - Team 1 - Mongols (Blue Horde)
Player 2 (Gray) - Team 1 - Mongols (White Horde)
Player 3 (Red) - Team 2 - Teutons (Holy Roman Empire)
Player 4 (Purple) - Team 2 - Byzantines (Eastern Latin Empire)
Player 5 (Orange) - Team 2 - Slavs (Novgorod Republic)
Player 6 (Yellow) - Team 2 - Slavs (Kievan Principality)
Player 7 (Cyran) - Team 2 - Turks (Sultanate of Rùm)
Player 8 (Green) - Team 2 - Magyars (Kingdom of Hungary)

Notes:
- This scenario is meant to be played in multiplayer.
- The settings should be automatic, however sometimes I have some problems, so I recomend playing on 200 pop max, with an unexplored map, and with the Castle Age setted as starting age (and the Imperial Age as the ending age).
- All the "European" players (including the Eastern Latin Empire and the Sultanate of Rùm) are in the same team. It might be considered as inaccurate, and I did considered to create a third team, but that would have been harmful for the scenario's balance. So Just play and enjoy the scenario as it is.
- works for HD and the HD expansions.