Western Roman Empire (BI faction)

[econ21]

I am naturally cautious and inclined to turtle. ... I blitzed the Alemanni and Saxons early on and wiped them out.

I am seeing something of a contradiction there. I agree with your observations, but find the WRE campaign can be fun if you adopt a "no conquest" policy. Don't take any settlements beyond your frontier. That allows the non-horde barbarians to be grow and be a pain. Re-unification can be a long term aim, although again I don't start that fight.

You might want to try the God mod for some extra detail and flavour, although to be honest it makes things even easier for WRE as they soon start to roll in cash.

[Quirinus]

I am seeing something of a contradiction there.

Maybe 'turtle' isn't quite correct, more like.... 'slow opportunistic expander'? I dunno. I meant I didn't go on a manic expansion spree, but if I see a lightly defended settlement and the faction doesn't horde...

I agree with your observations, but find the WRE campaign can be fun if you adopt a "no conquest" policy. Don't take any settlements beyond your frontier. That allows the non-horde barbarians to be grow and be a pain. Re-unification can be a long term aim, although again I don't start that fight.

I recently downloaded professorspatula's More Hordes mini-mod, which probably makes the WRE harder to play, as the Alemanni and Saxons now do also horde. Might try staying pagan too the next time... though that might actually make the campaign easier. Hm.

You might want to try the God mod for some extra detail and flavour, although to be honest it makes things even easier for WRE as they soon start to roll in cash.

Where do I get this mod?

[gollum]

maybe econ was talking about the good mod:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=49504