Just registered and thought I'd say hi. I'm been a visitor for a while and I thought I'd step into the light.

For your delectation, I will now give a brief account of my latest campaign in MTW (not VI) - HRE Expert.
Decided to go defensive and just take all the nearby rebel provinces, as far as Lithuania, while I built up my trading network and sent a crusade to Antioch.
Crusade reached Anatolia, feinted into Tripoli, drawing out half the defending army, and took Antioch, but not the castle. Egyptian King attacked, and his death allowed my crusade to fend off twice their number, with heavy losses on each side.
Egyptians attacked again, but again my brave crusaders killed the enemy general and fended off about three times their number, but only 100 crusaders were left. There were now more men inside the castle than there were outside.
Egyptians attacked again, this time with ten times my number, and my brave crusaders were lost attempting to retreat.
I launched a new crusade immediately, and then the French attacked. I defended successfully, and the game crashed. I restarted and lost. I restarted and lost ... I restarted and retreated, then attacked again next go.
The Polish, encouraged by my retreat from the French, declared war, followed by the Italians and Hungarians, and then my King's own dear son. I supported said son, in the hope that he would have a positive influence.
Anyway, long story short, I now own three provinces, but my crusade did take Antioch and I managed to kill the Egyptian King, this time heir-less, so it's not all bad. I've also managed to get both my balance and income into the black so I have the utmost confidence that I can dominate the world
Bye for now,
Cat.