I have just got the game and the manual clearly states that new games are not supported - shame really, I shall have to finish my current campaign before loading. My English forces have reached a critical point - I am Crusading against the Alohmads in Spain. The first Crusade failed, but the Spanish are now well embroiled with the Alohmads and I am looking for my Crusade to arrive in time to defeat the exhausted Alohmads and my forces in southern france to mop up an exhausted Spain quickly before the Pope intervenes. I have about 6-8 years of preparation to do and this will backed by Welsh longbows which are about to start streaming out of the land of my fathers.