Koei Tecmo Warriors

Koei Tecmo Warriors is a fan-made website and discussion board where English-speaking fans of Koei Tecmo's games gather and interact with one another. It started out as a single forum before gradually expanding into other social media sites. Their main goal is to provide comprehensive information on both old and new titles made by Koei Tecmo while fostering in-depth or casual engagement between gamers.

Originally called Koei Warriors before Koei and Tecmo merged, it was established in June 24, 2005 by a small group of fans who mainly came from the United Kingdom. Chin Soon Sun, who lived in Malaysia at the time, served as site administrator during its early years. As time progressed, the amount of members it drew became larger. Koei Tecmo soon took notice of the forum's growing influence and decided to hire Chin to further their brand within the overseas market. This led him to find replacement staff members who would continue to maintain the site in his absence. Even representatives from Koei Tecmo America became members to better assist with the transition.

At its peak, the site was heavily populated with both fans and newcomers who gathered together to share their thoughts, opinions, and critiques of the company's most recent gaming line-up. However, the site gradually declined due to a number of factors which ranged from Koei Tecmo not garnering as much attention with their products like before to various disagreements stemming between the users and moderators. The site's decline furthered even more as the number of staff members dwindled over time. While not as prevalent as it once was, many people credit Koei Tecmo Warriors for helping them meet and befriend fans who shared their passions.

Main Website
The main website site covers information on the various titles produced or published by Koei Tecmo. It also includes Gust games due to the company being purchased and turned into a subsidiary. Back then, the site's older incarnation included games like the Sengoku Basara series due to its similarities with Koei's Samurai Warriors series.

The main site's other features are news updates for more recent titles and game reviews submitted by staff members. Separate sections for polls and community updates are available, though they are no longer prominent due to lack of interest.

In the past, the site used to feature additional pages that kept fans entertained, though other members viewed them as distractions that only cluttered the site. Flash Player was a prominent aspect of it before the software ended service. It even posted special interviews with numerous insiders from Koei Tecmo and English voice actors who played character roles for the company's games. One of the site's older features included affiliate websites that mostly covered Dynasty Warriors.

Its current namesake Koei Warriors: Conquerors is taken from a separate board that once served as both a sister site and a forum for text-based role-playing by fans since 2007. Activities involved a number of role-players conquering China (via the Dynasty Warriors Conquer China sub-board) or Japan (through the Sengoku Warriors Conquer Japan sub-board). While this particular forum enjoyed a decade of use, it eventually ended due to inactivity.

Discussion Board
The discussion board is currently hosted by Tapatalk which allows anyone with a Facebook and Google account to join. Members who previously joined back when ZetaBoards was running the site can still log in using their old passwords.

While the layout of the board has changed throughout the years, it continues to maintain the same format for different topics. To accommodate the much smaller staff, certain boards had to be cut out or merged together to make things more manageable. The old layout allowed users to switch between different themes based on Koei Tecmo's multiple IPs, though this feature is currently omitted in favor of a display mode option.

Koei Tecmo Warriors Camp
Contains relevant information on the site itself. Aside from offering site updates and sharing official news from Koei Tecmo, it also has a sub-board where users can apply to become staff members or provide feedback on what the board needs to improve on. Upon joining and becoming active, members can gain access to exclusive privileges such as character renders, sound clips, videos, etc. Giveaways were also commonplace at the height of the site's popularity.

Koei Tecmo Warriors
Features sub-boards for many of Koei Tecmo's games, most of which happen to be made by Omega Force. It is considered the most populated part of the discussion board due to the massive amount of posts accumulated throughout the years.

Franchise/Collaboration Warriors
Provides a small number of sub-boards that focus entirely on collaboration titles produced by Omega Force. Hyrule Warriors, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, and One Piece: Pirate Warriors are given their own set of sub-boards due to being the most prominent in terms of game count.

Tecmo-Gust
Offers sub-boards dedicated to the discussion of games made by Team Ninja and Gust. The Gust sub-board mainly contains topics concerning the Atelier series.

Non-Koei Tecmo Warriors
Allows members to talk about other games not created by Koei Tecmo. Topics are typically divided by genre. A separate board for Sengoku Basara is available due to popular demand from users.

Miscellaneous
This section has a number of topics not related to gaming. It includes sub-boards for sports enthusiasts, historians, graphic designers, and writers. Other topics like the fun area and multimedia section are used for more casual interactions.

Archives
Contains previously locked or completed topic threads for archival purposes. At present, the section itself is no longer visible to visitors or members.

Main Websites

 * Current Main Website (English)
 * Former Main Website (English)

Discussion Boards

 * Current Discussion Board (English)
 * Former Discussion Board (English)

Current

 * DeviantArt Page (English)
 * Facebook Page (English)
 * Steam Community Page (English)
 * Tumblr Page (English)
 * Current X Page (English)
 * Koei Warriors: Conquerors YouTube Page (English)

Defunct

 * Twitch Page (English)
 * Former X Page (English)
 * Koei Warriors Media YouTube Page (English)