Started a campaign last night

[Slaists]

A surviving Rome AI ? That's quite a surprise ! Without using any mod ?

Yes, a surviving Rome AI (no mods, vanilla, patch 12 beta). My game is only some 15 turns into the campaign. Given that I am playing as Carthage, Rome is not likely to survive for long though ;)

[Spoonska]

I started a new campaign about a week ago with the goal of achieving "This Is Total War" and the win without auto-resolving achievements. It's been some fun. It reminds a lot of Shogun 2 because I'm constantly under attack and under agent spam.

It's been really slow going. I'm at turn #100 I think, maybe a little under that. All I own at the moment is pretty much modern day France. It's not a lot but it's enough to support 6 armies and 1 fleet. I've had a lot of fun with Barbarian armies. This is my first Barbarian playthrough. My armies mainly consist of : 1- Oathsworn General, 2 - Balista, 4-5 Slingers, 4 Chosen Spearmen , 2 Heavy Horse, 6 Chosen Swordsmen.

The campaign map has been uninteresting I would say. From what I've seen Lusitania has conquered almost all of Iberia and Rome has Italy + the alps. I don't see anyone gaining map, but it's nice to see some big factions for once. The most frustrating thing from the AI is still sieges. It really seems like 1 in 4 sieges the AI is inactive.

I like my strat however I need to adjust some before Civil War happens. I've pretty much kept full stacks in cities along bordering countries, while I have 1-2 stacks pushing out. Like I said though slow going. Hopefully by the end of today it won't be a problem. I'm planning on getting a lot of playing time in and I should start to snowball if I play my cards right.