Hi @Axalon,

money: In Vanilla, as the Danish, about 1150 I´m beyond the 100.000 Florins, getting more after that up to iirc about 2,5 million (if not every faction declares war and my trade goes to 0 ). In REDUX, it took me 250 years to get beyond 20.000 due to the eternal and costly building requirements. Okay, meanwhile in 1155 I´m at 800.000, but still a lot has to be built in newly conquered provinces, the Pope has to be attacked what will decrease income quite a bit, the Portuguese and Byz as well, and with an upkeep of roughly 15.000 a year money will again be a theme soon; economy is REALLY harder in REDUX than in Vanilla, I can tell..... ;-))

freakish princes: not only to get rid of them, but to kill entire or at least half armys is the aim; otherwise I´d take a 7star assassin, quicksafe, and kill those i@iot$....

armys: I love the rooster you provided for the Norse. Combined with the units recruitable in Baltics/British Islands, there is nothing till now that withstands them. Okay, it takes even in the home provinces at least 100-130 years to build up everything on keep(!)-level, it takes ridiculous amounts of money to do that, but it´s worth it - with every unit retrained (even Woodys), I only got beaten due to my lack of experience with BIG armys. And it´s a sight, seeing a unit of 10 Norse Pathfinders "crash" into the flanks of Regular Infantry (held by some spears) and walk through them with maybe 3 losses. Simply great what morale and weapon/armour upgrades can do with the right unit ;-)) next to the bodyguards my "beloved" unit.....

For wine, you should visit our region being the warmest in germany - and we´ve got some great red wines here (see "HIHO"-thread ;-))

So I wish you a good week, good work and good wine ;-))

greetings daigaku