Pics & History of your Empire

**naut** · 05-28-2006, 11:29

Wow Chezi that is the HUGEST ransom I've ever heard!!!

So I've started playing as the Bulgarians, High XL, Hard

And I must say its the hardest game I've ever played, so much backstabbing!

, First the Cumans then the Serbs, and if I'm not careful it will be the Byz next!

Its a miracle I survived at all.

**NodachiSam** · 05-29-2006, 05:17

Rythmic: Keep us posted man. Its interesting to see the Armenians and Danes expand like that. The Armenians look like they are too thinnly sprea out though. Maybe it is patriotic reasons, but they should've stayed out of Armenia :P

**Prince Cobra** · 05-29-2006, 08:56

Originally Posted by Rythmic

Wow Chezi that is the HUGEST ransom I've ever heard!!!

So I've started playing as the Bulgarians, High XL, Hard

And I must say its the hardest game I've ever played, so much backstabbing!

, First the Cumans then the Serbs, and if I'm not careful it will be the Byz next!

Its a miracle I survived at all.

Very happy somebody plays as Bulgarians !!!!

I wonder how we,the Bulgarians, survived for so long ( so many conquerors - byz,mongols ,turks, dangerous neighbours

),too. Good luck my master! Please keep me in touch how your (and mine ) country progresses.

**naut** · 05-31-2006, 13:12

So I've played some more as the Bulgarians.

The Mongols Arrive:

Tragedy, the damn Cumans Invaded Bulgaria!!!

My forces are much too small to win!

My men fight hard:

But they are no match for the overwhelming Cumans:

My Allies lift the seige:

The Pope wants to marry my daughter???

Finally peace with the Serbs!!!

Bulgaria is safe, for now

Hope you enjoyed that!

**Martok** · 05-31-2006, 23:48

Wow, your Bulgarians have really gone on a roller-coaster ride lately.

It was awfully nice of the Hungarians come to your aid, though; I don't know if I've ever seen that before! Yes, I've had allies help me out in field battles, but I don't think they've ever helped me break out of a castle. Well done!

**NodachiSam** · 06-01-2006, 05:20

Hang in there man! :D That looks like it would've been a tough battle to win, maybe if you had kept you archers a little further from the spears it would've let your horses charge in without being confined. When two units overlap they get a small defence bonus. Charging through another unit also muddles up the charage a bit. I wouldn't ally with all your neighbours though, you'll need to expand at some point.

**Prince Cobra** · 06-01-2006, 08:44

I can't believe it!!! A byzantine army to help you without wanting to take some lands from you!? The Hungarian I can believe... although historically that was very very rare. Your diplomacy is excellent my master.

Now I can sit safe in my mansion near the byz border and to have rest.

NodachiSam I think his strategy is good. Otherwise it would have been difficult to push the Cumans back. I expected the Golden horde to make more problems to the Cumans

. And the situation in the Middle East is interesting too- the Horde had made the Egypt weaker which potentially is good for Byzantium and to some extend for you ( the powerful Egyptians are far way). Of course this can lead to more powerful south neighbour which is not very good.
So the situation is very interesting- currently there is only one enemy the Cumans but they are extremely powerful... Interesting... I see future problems of their khan from the north - there are quite powerful countries there... But until then nobody knows what will happen...
And I liked the marriage proposal from the pope. Maybe this bug has its explanation- using my rich imagination I think it could be an uniate(actually Kaloyan really had an uniate with the Pope) or a marriage with any descendant of the Pope's ally Hungary. Or maybe the Pope feels lonely

Waiting for the next pictures...