Congratulations ATPG, the blitzmaster crown is yours once again

Nice run with the Turks, impressive level of achievement with your first Jihad. As I said, I made a few errors here and there in the 25 turn run so I was sure a faster time would be possible.

I think the Turks truely are the blitz faction of choice of the Islamic factions (and overall), simply as you have a 'young' faction leader whilst both egypt/moors suffer the death of the sultan by turn 3-4. Also, Turks position is better than egypt and Turkish HA/turkomans/sipahi outperform the Moors desert cav in 95% of situations.

Jihad speed blitzing with Ha horse stacks is always makes me chuckle, especially when you rush through and hit an untapped merc pool This gives the edge over catholic factions, plus consistent turn2 jihad on tap vs a lucky turn3 crusade with HRE is a massive advantage.

What Jihad structure did you use in the end? I know one of my mistakes was 2-9/19-25, when I could have achieved nearly as much with 2-8 etc. Still 23 turns is impressive, I was expecting 24

On a more general blitzing note, I'm going to set some times with a few other vanilla factions when I get the urge before making another turks attempt, so your record is safe for now from me at least. I may give Hungary a shot for fun Somewhere deep in an ancient castle in the carpathians, the lid of a old stone coffin grates open...