Hi Axalon,

Thanks for the indepth response!

I think I may have been too hasty in over-estimating the Moorish impact. My current French game has taken a completely different turn (one which I gave a slight push to accomplish).

So, standard scenario to begin with, I have all of France - having wiped out Burgundy and Aragon, and had a common border with the Moors in Cordoba - the Spanish and Portugese were still present, but only holding 2 and 1 provinces respectively.

I watched with trepidation as I shored up Valencia with 3 full stack royal infantry/frankish infantry (I love these guys) and assorted cav and archer regiments. The Moors had 6 full stack armies, predominatly Moorish infantry, but some nice special units mixed in as well.

I had one assassin, and the game gave me a 25% chance of killing the Moorish leader - which incidently was one of the highest percentages I've ever got on a leader, so I sent him in.

And, surprisingly he was successful. The Moors immediately break out in civil war - but with 4 of the armies joining the rebels. This happened in Granda as well, and after two more turns, the Moors were no more thanks to the rebels and the Saracens who had stormed across Africa and took Morroco.

So, it does indeed seem that any of the factions can dominate - which is great. I only out forward my earlier findings based on 2 and a half play throughs, which was an insufficient sample size.

I have to agree regarding infantry - RTW was my first TW game, so I am used to relying on the legion strengths, so am approaching MTW in the same way. Always have a core of sword/axe infantry, 2 spear regiments for the wings, and then archers and cav as auxiliary.