Factions You Could Never Figure Out

[Ironside]

The Scots weren't too bad. Their roster is meh, but they can take out the Irish and Picts easily enough, and once they get a decent amount of upgraded Armoured Spearmen they can hold off the Huscarles. I never tried Northumbria, but their starting position is brutal. Maybe I'll give them a try next.

The opening move for Northumbria is going south. Advancing north will become a stale, that you can't afford when the Mercians starts to grow strong.

[gollum]

If you can supplant the Mercians quickly, the game is very easy as the Saxons the Northumbrians and the Vikings. Its the Picts that i find the hardest, as there are no quickly accessible rich lands to quickly expand there and secure cash flow. Even the Welsh can make with an invasion of the rich lands next to them, but the Picts are exposed an poor. Certainly the hardest for me.