What happens if the AI wins?

[Vlad Tzepes]

I'm dealing with a Takeda Shogunate in my Shimazu campaign (hard). They've killed the Ashikaga twice. They are a war machine, though still under 25 provinces. I got the Realm Divide event, managed to keep an ally, the Matsuda, but the Takeda are steamrolling. They methodically siege city after city, using at least 3 full stacks to assault. Think I'm gonna lose this campaign :)

[gauch0]

I'm pretty sure another clan claimed the Shogunate in my first (Shimazu) campaign, but I ultimately won the game by conquering Kyoto and the requisite number of provinces myself.

[Daveybaby]

I'm dealing with a Takeda Shogunate in my Shimazu campaign (hard). They've killed the Ashikaga twice. They are a war machine, though still under 25 provinces. I got the Realm Divide event, managed to keep an ally, the Matsuda, but the Takeda are steamrolling. They methodically siege city after city, using at least 3 full stacks to assault. Think I'm gonna lose this campaign :)

Try sneaking an amphibious assault behind their front lines, you may well find theyve got barely minimal defences in the majority of their cities. A couple of stacks (plus a few ninjas & monks stirring things up) can do immense damage to their economy and thus their ability to wage war at the front.

[Vlad Tzepes]

That's exactly what I did, landing in former Date territories and starting a victorious (but slow) conquerinq march toward South-West.

I also wreck discontent with a couple of high-ranked priests in Takeda lands.

They seem confused.

Oh, I'm mean :)

[Cecil XIX]

Not to surprising I guess, the game seems to let you play on no matter what until you're defeated. I assume the Oda have the requisite number of provinces as well?