The Creative Assembly’s first Chapter Pack for Total War: Three Kingdoms is now live on Steam with Eight Princes. Taking place a century after the period began, it adds a new campaign and eight new princes with their own play-styles. These include figures like Sima Jong, Sima Jiong, and Sima Yue, with five different classes between all eight princes.

Other interesting features include new Cataphract elite units, unique buildings, assignments, and new court options. You can also choose four new alignments – Wealth, Mind, Might, and Spirit – to develop your faction. Given that it takes place in the same period, don’t be surprised if familiar faces and names are referenced.

Total War: Three Kingdoms has been available since May – check out our official review for the game here. It became Steam’s biggest launch of 2019 in a matter of days, with peak concurrent player counts averaging over 150,000 at launch. Stay tuned for more details on additional Chapter Packs as they arrive.

The Creative Assembly’s first Chapter Pack for Total War: Three Kingdoms has been announced. It’s called The Eight Princes and presents a new standalone campaign that takes place after the Three Kingdoms war in 291 CE. Along with adding eight legendary princes, each with their own playstyles, there are also new units. Check out the trailer below.

New units include mounted archers, imperial guardsmen, heavy cataphract cavalry, and much more. New alignments like Wealth, Spirit, Might, and Mind will also be available to develop your faction, along with new buildings, assignments, and court options. There will also be changes to public order and faction-rank based on the current timeline.

The Eight Princes comes to Total War: Three Kingdoms on August 8th. In terms of mechanics, Chapter Packs differ substantially from the standard expansions of previous games. They take place at different time periods, with new events, starting positions, and new heroes (though characters from the main campaign could appear). We’ll see how it pans out when The Eight Princes releases in August.