Knights of Mac and Linux, raise your banners and let slip the dogs of war! The Medieval II: Total War Collection is yours to conquer.

Mac vs Mac and Linux vs Linux multiplayer battles have been scheduled every Thursday at 9PM GMT: check the events page for what time that is in your time zone.

It begins! A brand new year of Mac and Linux multiplayer thrills, rivalries and excruciatingly close shaves.

But which dates and times work best for you? Reply here and let us know:

• Your timezone
  
• Your platform (Mac or Linux)
  
• Which of these games you have on Steam:
  
  • Company of Heroes 2
    
  • Empire: Total War
    
  • Napoleon: Total War
    
  • Total War: SHOGUN 2
    
  • Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai
    
  • Tomb Raider
• Which days of the week and times work best for you. E.g. 4PM every Saturday.

Reply here with the above, and we'll do our best to schedule multiplayer sessions that you're able to take part in.

What? Company of Heroes 2 Linux multiplayer

When? Thursday the 19th of November at 6PM GMT / 10AM PT

Who? Linux gamers… and Feral devs!

How? When the event starts, launch CoH2 on Linux, go to the main menu, online/skirmish, public games, then select a battle with [FERAL] in the name. You’re welcome to either join our team as a cheetah or fight against us. Don’t forget to keep the wider world updated with #BeatFeral on Twitter.

Can I just watch? Yes, the whole event will be streamed live on our Twitch headquarters[www.twitch.tv] from one of our Linux machines, complete with audio commentary. Or you can join as an observer using the Learn menu in-game.

Want to find out what happened last time we played Company of Heroes 2 against Linux gamers? Check out our YouTube video...

Back in September we held our first ever BeatFeral event for Mac, and... let's just say things caught fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cELWti1uOBw

Remember the Linux BeatFeral event on the 1st of September? Re-live the glory and the horrors in our best-bits video with commentary from CoH2 Linux dev Marc and QA testers Cass and Reynolds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgKG1cTMVVA