Ugh. I play my games with the time limit turned off, and normallythat works out great.
However, the other day (or couple of days rather) I was repelling Mongol invasion of Khazar...

Let it be known that Mongols (13000 in this case) + no time limit + Expert +4 morale bonus (so that they are VERY difficult to rout) makes for looooooooong battles. The death of their Khan went completely unnoticed.

One evening (3 hours) + another evening (2 hours) and I withdrew into the fortress. Killed 11000 of them, lost 900 men (mostly varangs ), but I simply couldn't stare at that battlefield any longer.

gotta say that without a bridge, Mongols are HIGHLY annoying in battle. Sitting out in the forest while being pelted by arrows from every friggin angle gets old in a hurry.

Of course, if I autocalced, they'd hand me my ass on a silver platter.