Children of Storm v0.4 for LH 1.0
http://forums.elementalgame.com/443960/page/2/#3364374
Download: http://bit.ly/10L01pC (if file is not accessible, I just uploaded new version - wait 10 minutes then try again)

v0.4 contains:

12 new fantasy factions
34 new fantasy champions
18 new monsters and their lairs, and 5 of those are recruitable monsters
4 new types of rivers and lots of new stamps featuring arctic and burning lands terrain
.. and much more (items, traits, mounts to mention a few things)

Install instructions:
See Readme.txt in download


For me Fallen Enchantress Legendary Heroes witch Children of Storm mod its the best fantasy 4xstategy game ever created !

I didn't know about this but it looks right up my street. Because it will require Steam, though, I will only buy it if it is too good to ignore. By coincidence I have just discovered and installed a mod for Civ 4 (+BtS) called From from Heaven 2, a dark fantasy total conversion mod inspired by "Judeo-Christian and Celtic / Norse mythologies and the works of E.A.Poe and H.P.Lovecraft" which gets glowing praise from just about everyone who has played it. It is based on Civ 4, of course, but plays very differently, though I'm still learning about the game mechanics. Religions in this game are much more important than they are in vanilla Civ 4 : each of the seven religions has an alignment :

Good
Good-Neutral
Neutral-Good
Neutral
Neutral-Evil
Evil-Neutral
Evil

Each of the 21 purely fantastic and highly imaginatively conceived civilisations also starts with an alignment, though in this case there are no intermediate grades, it is just Good, Neutral or Evil. Adopting a religion can alter the alignment of a Civ and the whole alignment system affects diplomacy drastically.

Each Civ also has many unique units (more than vanilla Civ4 has) and also at least one Hero unit, a unit which gains experience and levels up over time.

I'm only scratching the surface here, this looks to me like an absolute masterpiece of a mod. Magic features very prominently. There are many spheres of magic (18 or 21, I've forgotten which) , for instance : death, fire, chaos, life, nature, earth. Each Civ starts with a palace which naturally produces mana (mana is necessary for casting spells and has to be of a kind corresponding to the sphere of magic which the spell belongs to, so death magic spells require death mana) of three kinds, different kinds for different Civs ; for instance, the Luichuirps (spelling ?), a Good aligned dwarven Civ, starts with Life, Enchantment and Earth magic. In order to cast spells, however, you will need to produce an adept, a mage or an archmage : these units also gain experience points and can level up and upgrade, so for instance a level 4 adept can upgrade to a (level 1) mage. There are also raw mana nodes which appear on the map in the same way as resources do and which can be upgraded by your adepts to nodes of a specific type of mana. Each Civ also has its own World Spell. There is so, so much more to this mod though ...

The epicness of this mod is already apparent to me and I still don't understand fully how it all fits together, but I'm going to have fun finding out. The background mythology is worthy of Tolkien himself and reminds me somewhat of The Silmarillion.

I didn't make this post to deflect attention from Fallen Enchantress, which from the superficial glance I've given it looks like a mighty impressive game in the making, but it reminded me of Fall from Heaven 2 (which is VERY easy to install, btw) and since Stardock created Galactic Civilisations, which is very similar to Civilisation, it has got me wondering whether Fallen Enchantress and Fall from Heaven 2 are in any ways similar / different ?

I haven't played FFH, but the maker of that mod, Derek "Kael" Paxton, is the lead designer of Fallen Enchantress and Legendary Heroes.

Aha, so there's my answer in a nutshell. Very intriguing, thanks.

It's replacing it.

Space Sector Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Review
http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2013/05/fallen-enchantress-legendary-heroes-review/

All mods in one place: http://steamcommunity.com/app/228260/discussions/0/828940351652900772/

LH is both an expansion and stand alone to FE, since it's price depends on whether you own FE or not (although in my case I got both for free anyway) There's no reason to keep both though, unless you want to play FE's scenario.

I've tried FE but never really played it all that much. Partially that was because I was playing other things, but it never really sucked me in all that me. LE on the other hand, succeeded in doing exactly that. First of all, the battles are actually fun to play now, and each race has it's own unique combat ability that can made a big difference. Each weapon also has a unique abiltiy and there are tons of special quest only weapons and such. City building doesn't seem to have changed much but somehow seemed better anyway. I like how I was only able to find room to build three cities at first, but nonetheless could keep up with neighbors four times my size because they expanded too quickly and on poor plots. Yes, you can build a huge empire with dozens of cities, but you'll have to do it carefully and choose city bonuses that reduce unrest. By the end of the game I do this with no difficulty.

So yeah, LH is finally a great fantasy 4x and I highly recommend it.

New huge 1.3 patch is out:

Stardock Releases Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 1.3 Update

This “Empires” patch focuses on making the AI more dangerous and diverse. There are more than just monsters roaming the world, and the AI players have been updated based on feedback from the fans to be more effective in both strategic and tactical mode. AI players are now more adept at using their magical power, building more lethal armies, protecting their territory, pathfinding and more. Even the AI for the random monsters has been improved, allowing them to better guard their lairs against adventurers.

In addition to the vastly improved AI system, the 1.3 update includes updates to the Hiergamenon to bring all its entries up to current rules, UI improvements, gameplay balance updates, bug fixes and a new spell called Ineluctable Vision.

For a complete change log please visit: http://forums.elementalgame.com/446175

New AoW III gameplay http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/08/22/age-of-wonders-3-trailer-shows-ten-minutes-of-dwarves-and-destruction/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=emp

New game like Warlock/AoW III: Endless Legend
http://imgur.com/a/N8mne#yXncyqZ
http://www.iceberg-games.com/index.php?dispatch=news.list

For me FE LH 1.3 with CoS mod is one of the greatest 4x turn based strategy game! :D

1.3a CoS for 1.3 FE LH is out:
http://forums.elementalgame.com/443960/page/11/#3381856

Worth to try:
http://forums.elementalgame.com/446891/page/1/#3385537

From the creators of Endless Space? My interest in this one piqued instantly.
I've created a wishlist entry:
<span class="bold">Endless Legend</span>

In SD store FE LH cost 9,99$
http://www.stardock.com/media/Mailers/stardock20thann/20thanni_strent/index.html?email=%EMAIL_ADDRESS%&amp;utm_source=StardockEntertain&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=STRENTLOGO&amp;utm_campaign=Stardock%2B20th%2BAnniversary

If you have FE price for you is 4,99$, all dlc cost 2,49$.

New big dlc for FE LH:

http://forums.elementalgame.com/449629/page/1/

Design your own undead army or lead the Empire of the Dead to dominion over the living
in the latest DLC for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes.

The ancient sorcerer now known as Morrigan the Risen returns to leave another black stain on history as he leads the Empire of the Dead in his skeletal form. All-new mechanics change the way undead empires form and grow; they grow their population by spreading cemeteries and mausoleums rather than farming food like lesser races. Undead casters enjoy all-new spells, including the abilities to feed on the lifeforce of friendly units and even conjure a powerful but temporary army from nothing.

Fearsome monsters await in the Dead World. Undead varieties of the already-terrifying half-spider Brood and the never-before-seen hell knights challenge adventurers and armies alike. A new hand-crafted map holds carefully placed secrets to discover.

The Dead World DLC Features

A brand new faction: the Empire of the Dead, led by the nefarious sorcerer Morrigan the Risen. Undead ignore food, growing their population by building cemetaries and mausoleums and by reanimating slain foes
New spells for undead casters – summon a powerful but temporary army, feed on the lifeforce of friendly units in battle, and more
New undead empire fully implemented in faction/army creators – design your own skeletal and spectral troops
New custom map: The Dead World
New Hellknight monsters – powerful mounted undead knights with enchanted gear
New Risen Brood monsters – skeletal undead half-spider monstrosities



List of all currently available Elemental: Legendary Heroes Mods
http://forums.elementalgame.com/446461/page/1/#3385359



Worth to try mods:
MEGA pack textures, animations and sounds for LH By vito74mm
- This Mod improves the quality of nearly all the textures in the game, adds some improved animations, and adjusts the game music to make the world seem more murky.

[eMOD] Children of Storm v1.3c for LH 1.3 By Heavenfall
- A high fantasy mod pack for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary heroes by Heavenfall

[eMOD] Children of Storm v1.4a for LH 1.4
http://fallenenchantress.nexusmods.com/mods/1850//?

Changelog: http://childrenofstorm.wikidot.com/versions

Check this mods to :

[eMod][LH] Armor Visuals
http://forums.elementalgame.com/449886/page/1/#3415572

[eMOD] XtraMonsterMovement
http://forums.elementalgame.com/448340/page/1/

[eMOD] XtraNoMoreRoads
http://forums.elementalgame.com/450043/page/1/

[eMOD] Demons and Wizards v0.5
http://forums.elementalgame.com/446891/page/1/#3385537

Thanks for posting these. I tend to follow FH modding, but it helps to have some other insight on what mods are good to use or not.

Great news for polish players : http://www.techland.pl/?id=newsy&amp;news=412