Pretty fun campaign, finished in a night. Not extremely challenging (at least for me), but a straightforward play-style made it enjoyable. Nice to see that not every campaign can only be completed by an expert player, or by using difficult exploits to gain an advantage. Interesting map theme and unique landscape. Was also happy it was more than one scenario, and was not forced to save repeatedly throughout. Also interesting to see unique perspective of history. Another plus was being able to play as the Slavs for several games, and to see a bit of their strengths.

The designer shows great love for his country and it's history, and the campaign was quite immersive. Impressive work. If anybody is still playing AOE2 HD, give it a try and enjoy the campaign.

Wanted to congratulate the author on a well made, unique campaign.

Oh, I looked in there. There are no community campaigns. I don't expect the mod maker to resolve it, it's just one of those things. But if I'd known to look there in the first places it would have saved some time.

How to start the campaign:

Single Player > Campaign Menu > Community Campaigns: The Golden Age

PLEASE give clear instructions of what to do once subscribing, for the casual player! I subbed and couldn't find any option to play this campaign, so it was a waste of time.

@nfinity183 Thank you!
Actually I'm working on a new campaigns based on the Slavic history, but for the Definitive Edition, so your recommendations could be very helpful!

* In Mission 1, there should be way more enemies on the road. The very few tough units you do cross can be easily converted due to their isolation.
* So, the wolves are your only enemy in Mission 2? There could be a little more. I'm guessing this mission is purely for show, but even in that case, I wish it didn't take so long for the Monks to reach the other side of the road.
* In Mission 3, the Magyars are no threat to your base because you start with a tough base. They also aren't very aggressive.
* It would be nice if the Byzantines kept attacking you after their first couple of waves in Mission 4.
* Mission 5 would be harder but not overkill if you started in the Castle Age with fewer resources.
* Zaharija is a wimp! Even with his decent numbers, why does he start in the Castle Age?

Regardless, I enjoyed this campaign a lot, great job!

Alright, I just played the campaign! Here are my thoughts...

* The scenery is gorgeous throughout the whole campaign. You did a great job fleshing out the towns and bringing life to the Balkans!
* The entire campaign is incredibly easy. It's on par with the William Wallace learning campaign. However, I could easily imagine it being a more genuine challenge with some of the following tweaks...

Uh, am i supposed to do something other than subscribe to get this to work? My start menu has changed and the mod is listed in installed mods but its not showing up in the campaign menu.

This work is amazing. Congratulations.

Thanks for this campaign, i really loved play it.

Just played this mod and wanted to say..this campaign was actually funner than some of the ones the company made..enjoyed it very much ty for making it.

I played that campaign. Everything works well. A good story and well programmed. Thank you, i had a lot fun.

Pišem ti u nadi da ćeš me razumjet jer engleski mi ne ide baš od ruke! Kampanja je vrlo zanimljiva kao i dio povijesti, nadam se da znaš da će Bugarska biti jedna od novih civilizacija koje će baciti u novi AOE 2. Smatram da bi i dalje trebao raditi kampanje, jer povijest balkanskog prostora je prepuna raznih priča koje se mogu pretočiti u kampanje, ti si tu prikazao samo 0,1% Bugarske povijesti ali neka, hvala ti na sadržaju!

Nice campaing, thanks a lot.

@Relish_ Still no, but if you delete the folder main-menu locatet in the content location on your computer ... resources\_common\textures\ui\
You can play the game without this main menu.

Is there a way to download this without getting the main menu profile?

@gondorczyk it is not possible (for now) :)

The Balkans and medieval Bulgaria are cradle of the slavic culture, so questioning the origin of the bulgarians is unnecessary. Bulgaria is more slavic than any other slavic country. (Doesn't matter if you want it, or not)

@kararp Bulgarians are slavs

Bulgarians aren't slavs... they are turks.

Можеби най - добре ще е самият мод да е кръстен България - Златният Век. Иначе Респект за направеното! IYI

Направи България, самостоятелен избор. Още повече ние не сме славяни, а заедно с маджарите БългАРИЯ и УнгАРИЯ сме арийци - наследници на САРматите.

i have a question, is there Poland as playable faction?

Hey mate, really very good done work, i like it!

hey i have to say well done mate ;) i loved playing your campaign.. easy but butiful made ;) Dekuji

@AMA about Manga check the Priority of the Mods in the game, or subscribe for this Mod again and wait the download to complete. You can also try to reinstall the game. :)

yes i got the campaign but without red-flag (its just white flag like any normal campaign scenario) and without background map. I got main menu wallpaper though

@AMA about Manga You can start the Campaign from Single Player > Campaign Menu > Community Campaigns > The Golden Age .
There you will find a map of the Balkan Peninsula. Completing the missions (marced with Red flag) one by one you will discover on the map all the scenarios in the Campaign (Just like in the original Campaigns).

why i got no map for selecting the campaign, im kinda confused

@Nick Wilde Всъщност модът с новите византийски сгради е използван и тук, но според предназначението си. Също и "чудото" е променено. Разбирам, че алтернативната византйсика архитектура е много по-билзка до средновековната архитектура на царство България, но на този етап не се обмислят значителни промени по модът "Age of Empires II HD: The Slavs". Все пак е възможно да бъде направен отделен мод, доста по-концентриран върху България и българите, в който да се използват идеите ви. Поздрави! :)

Гсподин Цеков,

възмножно ли е да се упдейтне мода да се ползват само Византийските сгради на Катбарф и според Вас възможно ли е да направим едно ново чудо за Славяните, което да е малко по -подобаващо за периода?

Good campaign. A little on the easy side and some of the maps lack detail, but otherwise worth playing. Nice work.

Mission 3 (Souther Buh) is ok for me :) very interesting
Mission 4 (Boulgarophygon) is also ok with the exception of one bug (may not be a bug):
- the gate in the byzantine fortress where you have to destroy the castle is locked and the byzantines cannot exit. So their army is trapped behind the walls and I kill it either with cavalry archers or with Mangonels (onagers) without any problem. You might want to check this one out. Otherwise the mission feels and plays great :)

Mission 2 (Ohrid):
I think this one is a new addition after the last updates. It was quite different and cool. Clement was given by Simeon the administrative and military authority in the region of Ohrid ( wiki source [bg.wikipedia.org] )
After delivering the 3 monks you can activate a time limit (enemy wonder or something) and put as an objective to:
- Reach the imperial age and research Block Printing and Illumination technologies in the monastery
- Build a university in the 3 little villages - Clement also trained a lot of teachers (the above wiki source)
Before the timer runs out.
This will further simulate the growth and development of the region.
TLDR The mission is super awesome!!! Congrats.

A comment after the mentioned updates:
Mission 1:
- The Optional Objective to Push away the Wiching's mercenaries cannot be completed (or at least I couldn't even after using marco polo cheats to see if there are any remaining enemies). I cannot get to their town center in the forest (maybe intentional). If not intentional please open the road to their TC.
- Maybe give the Wiching's player Heresy because with some careful micro I end up having a centurion and a Legionary every try.
- Maybe switch the Scout to a Light cavalry, because currently the Tarkans have the same line of sight and the Scout is kind of useless (I ended up scouting with the Tarkans for that reason)
- Also since you can heal you can safely change those 2 longbows to the Italian's Genoese crossbowman. A bit more challenging (bonus vs cavalry) and more authentic - what are 2 longbows doing on the way to Pliska as hired assassins.

I liked very much the whole campaign ! Good job !
I would like to say a few words about this:
Excellent modding of main menu, campaign menu, images, music and graphics. NICE!
Good historical research. I really loved to know about Bulgarian "golden age", but I think you could do something more detailed.
Sufficient entertainment from gameplay. Even tough i had fun playing it, I must say that the sceanarios are too much easy in my opinion and there are not enough triggers to make the game rich of objectives. The global design is simple and pleasant but too much linear (there are not much surprises from exploration, there are mostly obligate path towards objective) and eyecandies are totally missing.

@InTheMist
Well, I just tested the campaign again (from a brand new profile).
After the winning in Mission 3 (Southern Buh), the Mission 4 (Boulgarophygon) is shown in the map screen (on south).
Try to resubscribe the mod or update your game.

@InTheMist, the first two missions in the campaign represent the rise of the kingdom from a cultural point of view. But do not worry, the next four are military. :)

Wait, let me get this right.... it's now actually possible to mod your own campaign menu screen, so that you don't have to rely on the default scenario selection dialog? Just add custom units, custom buildings and custom civilizations and damn, you will be able to completely make your own custom edition of AoE, a custom DLC lol

Thanks to all of you for the good comments, evaluations and guidelines!
Special thanks to @lionheartfan, @Nick Wilde & @Chen'la!

I have updated a lot things in the Mod.
I hope you will like them. :)

Thank you

@Doomed World
The campaign's name is "The Golden Age" and it is located in:
Single Player > Campaign Menu > Community Campaigns

@MLG Wałęsa @Xboxpanda
Isihia - Preobrazhenie
Isihia - Katizma
Isihia - Ipostas
Isihia - Klyuch
Isihia - Rhodope

So i dont see the Campaign

I haven't played the New Campaign yet; but the Main Menu, the New Theme song & gameplay soundtracks as well as the Graphic modifications are definitely superb on other scenarios and campaings. Thank you so much for a wonderful Mod!

Please, song names!

whats the song name? i lik that music lol xD

Paterix, I'd imagine, you know, the dlc that has Slavs. LOL

I need DLC for this? Are you serious?

Браво! Отдавна чакам подобен мод. Само една малка конструктивна критика: пробвах първата мисия и диалога, където един от учениците казва "Pliska is on the north" би трябвало да е "to the north" Ако видя други грешки в текста бих могъл да ги постна :)

А възможно ли е да се направи един мод дето да даде на Славяните Византийската архитектура дето един друг потребител сега я прави и да им сменим чудото от руската църква със Златната Църква на Симеон, тя според мен е по-подходяща.