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[Xotes]

If you have Warband go try "Light&Darkness - Heroes of Calradia" , it's brillant.
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,240713.0.html

I actually decided to try it out thanks to this recommendation. While the translation is definitely shoddy, there's just something about the mod itself that really draws me in. Plus, the drawn art in the cutscenes is actually really freakin' good, which caught me by surprise.

[Robsoie]

Yes, i was completely took by surprise too when i started playing as i never expected it to be so good, it's an amazing mod and after playing since a week it became my favorite Warband mod, even better than Pendor that was holding the title for me until i tried this Light&Darkness.

A new patch for it has been released :
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,240713.0.html

Never thought this kind of story implementation was possible, Warband has so much more potential than i thought.
I can't imagine the amount of work that has been done on this.
And there are plans to develop it further !

[Waterplouf]

For M&B ( not warband ) I would also recommend star wars : conquest. While the mod isn't in a finished state, it's still very fun and quite impressing.

[Ozyton]

An inteview by an Italian member of the community made in April has just been publicly released.

[Robsoie]

About Light&Darkness, if for some reason you're stuck in the storyline, there's a rather complete guide there :
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,240713.msg5856155.html#msg5856155

But be warned, it's really full of spoilers so read really only if you're stuck or you'll spoil yourself a lot of the pleasure of discovering things.

[USEC_OFFICER]

About Light&Darkness, if for some reason you're stuck in the storyline, there's a rather complete guide there :
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,240713.msg5856155.html#msg5856155

But be warned, it's really full of spoilers so read really only if you're stuck or you'll spoil yourself a lot of the pleasure of discovering things.

I kinda wish I had this guide earlier.

Nevermind. It doesn't have the location of that stupid-ass cave. (If you don't know what cave I'm talking about, you probably haven't gotten to it yet).

[EuchreJack]

For a truly new experience, try Blue Blood for Warband.

It implements an authentic levy system!  Force those peasants to join your army for three weeks, then run and hide for three weeks (if you're a noble, otherwise just hide from enemy nobles when they have their levies raised).

[Robsoie]

@USEC_OFFICER
If you mean

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

the cave you're supposed to look for into the village of birth of a drunk tavern owner ?
If it's that, i took a lot of time finding it as it's on a place i thought was out of map

When you're at the village entrance , go to that hill :
http://i.imgur.com/mC2rd.jpg

Once you're on the hill, go to those trees
http://i.imgur.com/UGRFu.jpg

look on your left and go there, the cave entrance in on the left (you can see on the screenshot a bit of the entrance)
http://i.imgur.com/PJ5gk.jpg
Now, be sure to have something you can throw or a crossbow/bow along your weapon, you will need a missile at some point of the cave exploration , and keep them until you reach that specific point, you'll know when it is as you're going to be told something about it.

[USEC_OFFICER]

I've already found the cave (thank god), and I brought my viking axes/half-brick so I was completely fine delving it. Having full reinforced armour probably helped too.

[Xotes]

I was honestly sold on the mod the moment the title-screen loaded and that main menu music started playing.

That cave was a pretty fun dungeon crawl, I gotta say. Two-handing attacks seemed to be the only way to go to hurt the baddies in there, though.

Also, having a party of thirty or so manhunters is truly excellent for when you need cash quick, since you can roll over most infantry parties with ease. They're not so great when it comes to fighting things other than river pirates, forest bandits and mountain bandits, but the cash influx when you do take those parties down is well worth it.

[Leatra]

For a truly new experience, try Blue Blood for Warband.

It implements an authentic levy system!  Force those peasants to join your army for three weeks, then run and hide for three weeks (if you're a noble, otherwise just hide from enemy nobles when they have their levies raised).

This mod reminds me of Crusader Kings 2.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

I've been having A LOT of fun with Blue Blood. It completely changes the game. For one the lords are much more aggressive an  actually come out of their holdings if an enemy is trespassing on their land. The levy system works great indeed but I personally prefer making a mercenary company and whoring myself out to anyone who will pay for my services.
I'm currently playing an Irish lowborn which has been in the army serving one of the lower kings of Ireland whom have finally made up enough money to start buying up land and starting a real company. After I get some real strength I might even consider taking some lands off the English. Can a mercenary company lead by a lowborn unite Ireland or will the kings of Ireland unite against the despot?

[EuchreJack]

For a truly new experience, try Blue Blood for Warband.

It implements an authentic levy system!  Force those peasants to join your army for three weeks, then run and hide for three weeks (if you're a noble, otherwise just hide from enemy nobles when they have their levies raised).

This mod reminds me of Crusader Kings 2.

Yup, I got that vibe too.

@Catastrophic lolcats: Yeah, I also like being a mercenary.  Just got to make sure you free prisoners that aren't levy troops, otherwise they won't upgrade.  Although, in the previous version freed levy troops were free, so that was a bonus.

[Akura]

For non-Warband, I've found Solid&Shade to be fun. Namely because you can eventually become a necromancer. It takes some effort to get to that point(even if you take the start-up option that gives you the Necronomicon to begin with), but then you can turn the dead of your enemies into new troops. Or go dig up a graveyard for recruits or crafting bits. And yes, you can use bits of dead people to make things.

Spoiler: Some tips (click to show/hide)

Once you're necromancing, make a Ouija Board as soon as possible. You can't raise zombies without it.

If you just want prisoners, making Patchworks(only possible during the day, costs nothing, but takes some time to succeed) is good, since they always armed with weak, but blunt, sticks.

You can execute prisoners to get easy corpses.

Even your zombies need to be fed(or they WILL desert). But, humorously enough, dead bodies and their by-products are edible to your party, living or Undead.

[Yannanth]

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