The Rebel Alliance Challenge

**Rhyfelwyr** · 05-20-2008, 14:52

I'm having a go at this while I'm waiting for Kingdoms to arrive.

I notice the Short Campaign is to hold 80 regions. I've got to 67, started with 60.

Instead of consolidating a homeland, I've gone on a blitz spree. I basically emptied every settlement, leaving them undefended, and grouped all armies from nearby settlements into full stacks. Doing this I have stormed the English and the northern French territories. Hamburg is under siege. In the east, I've got a full stack besieging Novgorod. My men from Bern took Milan, though Venice snatched it when I went to take Genoa.

Basically, I'm winning the war in Britan and France. I'm also crushing the Turks and Egypt, with my army from Timbuktu going to get the Moors. Russia will also soon be mine. Also the Byzantines are getting hammered, I just took Constantinople and Nicaea. Plus Hungary's in trouble, while I took Krakow from the Poles.

However, there are areas where I'm struggling. In Spain things are pretty even, but in Italy I think Venice will overpower me, while Sicily is going into my African and island territories. Also Scotland could cause me trouble now I've beaten the English. Also, the Danish are advancing into Scandinavia.

Using blitzing tactics, its getting harder as my armies are depleted. My money went well into the red from the first turn, so I can't train new units. Battlefield success has been the key so far, especially with the stakes of my Welsh Longbowmen against the English cavalry.

**Vladimir** · 05-20-2008, 18:04

Huh. I guess I could go about sacking cities without worrying about reputation.

**Rhyfelwyr** · 05-20-2008, 20:16

Originally Posted by ataribaby

When these settlements happen to be under your control... you've got a very defensive campaign on your hands!

Blitzing is the way to go:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

That won the Short Campaign (80 regions) by Turn 12. I normally turtle as well.

That was probably the single most fun campaign I have ever played, and I have played as every faction. The diversity of units makes it so fun. From making English cavalry kebabs with my Welsh Longbows to fighting the Egpytians with my Nubian units in the desert, I loved every moment of that campaign.

If you think you've had enough of the usual factions, you have to give the Rebels a go.

My tips are to blitz like Askthepizzaguy in a Panzertank while on some serious stuff. Abandon every settlement and group all units together, then storm the AI off the map. As you can see from my screenie, you will find there are two troublesome areas of the map - Iberia and around the Alps. Therefore, you should avoid these areas and concentrate on taking out everywhere else first. Also if you can kill off a factions family members, that could save a lot of time. I got both Yerevan and Mosul after killing the last Turkish general in Iconium.

**Ibn-Khaldun** · 05-20-2008, 21:32

Originally Posted by Caledonian Rhyfelwyr

Blitzing is the way to go:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

That won the Short Campaign (80 regions) by Turn 12. I normally turtle as well.

That was probably the single most fun campaign I have ever played, and I have played as every faction. The diversity of units makes it so fun. From making English cavalry kebabs with my Welsh Longbows to fighting the Egpytians with my Nubian units in the desert, I loved every moment of that campaign.

If you think you've had enough of the usual factions, you have to give the Rebels a go.

My tips are to blitz like Askthepizzaguy in a Panzertank while on some serious stuff. Abandon every settlement and group all units together, then storm the AI off the map. As you can see from my screenie, you will find there are two troublesome areas of the map - Iberia and around the Alps. Therefore, you should avoid these areas and concentrate on taking out everywhere else first. Also if you can kill off a factions family members, that could save a lot of time. I got both Yerevan and Mosul after killing the last Turkish general in Iconium.

And all of that with just 12 turns??

I tried the rebels .. used add_money and process_cq cheats to find out where I should build something .. one thing I discovered that in the polish/hungarian territories you should keep the castles or convert all towns to castles cause you can not recruit any troops from towns there

But other than that .. this is fun