If you don't want many factions, Shogun may be for you, it is a nice cosy little game and very cheap if you can get your hands on it (ebay might be your best bet) however as drone says it may not work on vista, I'll let the techies sort that out though.
Or you could get rome or medieval 2 if shogun doesn't work and if you don't want a big game, think about getting the kingdoms expansion pack. This is because it has 4 small campaigns, all have fairly small maps with 5-9 factions, which may suit you well.
Medieval 1 will have similar problems to shogun if that doesn't work and empire's, well it isn't my cup of tea but if you have the specs you may opt for that.
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