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[Cowhead418]

Very interesting campaign cowhead! It doesn't happen often but I've seen the Danes get pretty big too (I think they got even bigger after this picture.http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...eofdenmark.jpg

I feel bad for your civil war problem. It really is dam tough to keep high influence while staying the same size. I guess the game just isn't really built for that type of play. If I were in your shoes and at war with the Sicilians I could not resist the urge to take constantinople.

Well, I've tried for about the last 8 turns to take Constantinople but my efforts were fruitless. The Sicilians only stationed a garrison of about 15 men. Every time I attack, they retreat immediately into the castle (even if I attack with 20 men) and I'm forced to make a tough decision. Do I conduct a 10+ year siege or assault the fortress? Either way I face massive casualties. Right now I'm just letting the Sicilians have Constantinople, hoping that they will increase the garrison so as to shorten the inevitable siege when I do invade.

[Geezer57]

Well, I've tried for about the last 8 turns to take Constantinople but my efforts were fruitless. The Sicilians only stationed a garrison of about 15 men. Every time I attack, they retreat immediately into the castle (even if I attack with 20 men) and I'm forced to make a tough decision. Do I conduct a 10+ year siege or assault the fortress? Either way I face massive casualties. Right now I'm just letting the Sicilians have Constantinople, hoping that they will increase the garrison so as to shorten the inevitable siege when I do invade.

With an enemy garrison that small, you should be tossing a batch of high-valor Emissaries against them - one successful bribe, and the big "C" is yours intact! If their leader unit is too loyal, send some Assassins along with the Emissaries - when the top unit is gone, the next one down may be far less difficult to bribe.

[Vladimir]

With an enemy garrison that small, you should be tossing a batch of high-valor Emissaries against them - one successful bribe, and the big "C" is yours intact! If their leader unit is too loyal, send some Assassins along with the Emissaries - when the top unit is gone, the next one down may be far less difficult to bribe.

A small garrison is a boon for the player and not a vice as it allows you to do this.