Quote Originally Posted by ichi
The way I always looked at the land bridges is that one or two ships wouldn't prevent an army from crossing over the course of an entire year. And they make the game a little more interesting, IMHO

ichi
I think you could argue the two points equally well and it comes down to your personal taste.

But imagine my surprise as I was sitting in fat Wessex with nothing but the governer and two trebuchets when the Spanish suddenly walked up my backyward with two full armies
I was able to throw them out though by the help of some reinforcements from Denmark and Saxony

That just sparked me to a new question, but I'd better make a new thread for that...