Im a very VERY late arrival to the wonderful TW games; I got Medieval years ago, but didn't have an old enough computer to play it on, only getting one a year ago; and only playing since about july. I played Vanilla for a month or two, then got the Viking Invasion, and installed XL in December. Fantastic game - Im slowly reading my way through this whole forum, very rewarding. My great thanks to all those people who answered my questions before I'd even had them!