Quote Originally Posted by Proserpine View Post
I have a question, in 2 parts for Grog & other uber-blitzers. What's the current record for a crusading (i.e. catholic) faction. Would it be possible to do, say, the Danes in 21 turns do you think?
ATPG holds the current record for catholic factions with HRE at 28 turns. I think he started crusade around turn3?. ie: 1-2 build/sack, 3-8 crusade1, 9-17 expand, 18-28 crusade2 iirc?

The danes would struggle compared to say HRE, due to two main reasons.
1/ Starting provinces and location: 1 province in the north compared to a central 6 for HRE. The Danes also have less florins/income/standing armies/generals at the start.

2/ I don't know if Danes get a starting diplomat/princess (or townhall...), but if they do it's still a good 5-6 turns from Arhus to Rome before you can call a crusade.

Given these two factors, I would probably put the danes low-mid thirties turnwise for a 106 province total blitz. Feel free to prove me wrong