Quote Originally Posted by Caravel View Post
I would first finish the campaign you're on and then install the files and start a new campaign - just to be sure.
OK will do. Might take a few week-ends before I give it a go.

I am in the middle of an Italian campaign in which I have been quite lucky so far. Had my homeland, taken Crete, Rhode and Cyprus from the byz with crusades. Sicilians managed to get a revolt in Malta that I then took from the rebels. They had no better idea than to attack Rome while I still had a crusade marker in Venice ... They got excommed. Crusades launched, sucked papal troops on the way. Arrived in Rome where I took an awful beating against three units of RK, two FS and two MS (a but overconfident I did everything wrong - got my spears stuck against the FS and MS - flanked with my FMA and MS who themselves got flanked by RK coming out of some woods - mass rout and all ... well done ). Next turn I came back with more units and a better general and the Sicilians retreated. Then I took Naples (retreat again). Finally launched a crusade to Sicily (even though the Sicilian king had died they remained excommunicated for some reason ). I won with huge losses (almost all the knights hospitaller accumulated in five crusades were lost in the process ). Sicilian king died without heir and the castle was occupied by the remnants of his army turned rebel ... The next turn, they tried to break the siege (very weird move they had almost nothing - battled won with just archers without loosing a single men ...) Unfortunately, two peasants managed to escape. Thought I was up for a long siege but I received the message according to which the rebels had agreed to hand over the province peacefully ... Weird again ...Then the Hungarian attacked Venice but cancelled their attack immediately. I attacked with all I had in Naples and Sicily and took Croatia from them without a fight. Next turn they tried to take Venice again and reclaim Croatia but took two beating instead (something has to be done to stop them producing jobbagys, it's just to easy if you have a few horses and bows) so that both their best general are weak attacker and good runners. That's when I had to leave Want to finish this ASAP and can't wait for the week-end (only worry is those 8-star byz general in Serbia but their army is just made of crap units so it should be all right). Pope stuck in the papal states with basic troops (just hope that some idiot will not launch a sea invasion ...), HRE has huge stacks of UM and peasants north but nothing serious. The only think that could annoy me at this stage are the crusades that will be launched by other faction and will want cross my land and suck my troops ....

After that short digression ... Well many thanks again