Seljuk Turks campaign

[edyzmedieval]

Lots of tickets sold. DJ edYz.

Thank you for the laugh.

I'm loving this campaign. Not sure what to do later on, I just want the Mongols to expand but they've spent 20.000 men just on me and they don't have that much power to advance further on. Almoravids are crumbling due to rebellions and factions are reappearing, which means great fun later on. Byzantines have been eliminated after i killed their King in battle but I expect them to return soon.

[gollum]

Just take the steppe and then work your way west.

[edyzmedieval]

Just take the steppe and then work your way west.

That's the issue with the Steppe.

1. I'm allied with the Cuman Khanate, I don't want to break it since they bring some trade profit and plus they're allied with almost all of the countries on the map.

2. I want the Golden Horde to live and expand eastwards. Unfortunately, they're just sitting there.

3. I only have 280.000 florins. I want to reach 350-400.000 florins before I attempt any expansion eastwards. Right now I'm using agents to sow unrest, particularly Alims.

4. Fighting against the Almoravids right now is a bad decision - they have huge armies (I have the most, but still) and if I go to war with them my 15.000 florin profit per turn will suddenly go down to 1000.

I will have to wait for the moment and expand wherever I can (rebel provinces).

[gollum]

if you want to make omelette, got to break some eggs edyz :)

Your options seem to be:

1. Rush the Mongols and the Cumans and take on the steppe, and still make profits from elsewhere

2. Rush the Almoravids and crush them sink their boats, slaughter their armies and sleep with their women. This is pobably the less financially viable option as i guess you make the most profit fromtrading with them

3. Wait to build up more money base and troops.

I'd go for 1. Mongols give good battles when they still have troops and you have to attack them in the steppes. Butchering the Cumans afterwards with a backstab would also feel good :)

[edyzmedieval]

I waited, I waited and then I attacked the Pope who kept invading Eastern Europe. Took Serbia and another province and I've been trying to incite revolt in Wallachia and Moldavia so I can take those as well. Mongols stopped attacking me but I need to have three full stacks in Georgia to prevent them from entering my territory.

[edyzmedieval]

I had to cheat

My Sultan wouldn't produce any heirs so I was left with only one who came to the throne when he was 36, so I had to spawn a heir or else my journey would be completely over.

Otherwise, epic battles between the Bohemians who have inland Europe and the Almoravids who have Spain and all of the coastal European provinces.

[gollum]

That doesn't count, especially with the Muslims with whom you can't get around it with incest.

Throw us a screenshot when you find time; it sounds real fun battling all those Almos with the Turks. I love muslim vs muslim wars, Sultan vs Sultana and Khaliffa vs Khaliffa.