does anyone else play aiming to pursue a roleplaying objective or simply recreate history? to my eternal shame i grew weary of the game but recaptured my enthusiasm by playing with objectives that i plan at the outset of the campaign. as an example in my current campaign as the HRE i'm trying to play with the objective of recreating the hanseatic league and dominating north sea and baltic trade. idea is to take lands in scandanavia and flanders while trying to keep peace in the region. well we'll see how it goes anyway!

what similar plots have people used i would be interested to find out as i feel it adds a whole other dimension to the game.