I have never, not once during the 2.5 years that I've been playing this game, reached the 100% mark in Total Domination. When I get big, it gets boring, and I start a new game. Which is why I now play in GA mode only.

Anyway, I've never seen the fun of rushing things and trying to get as much land as possible, as soon as possible. Why the hurry? All the big worries of taking the right provinces in time and using the correct techniques to get as much ransom money as you can would only hurt my head.

I'm slow. I take things easy, I like to build up my own country before burning another. I make it up as I go along, so to speak (though not necessarily without any idea of which way I want to go).

It is around 1220 in my Early/GA/Hard Aragonese campaign, and the recent bribes given out in Norway and Sweden have brought the total count of provinces under my rule up to 9.