I just started playng XL a couple days ago, I really like it. Started a game as Bohemia (ancestral interest) and it seems like all you have to do there is mark time until some neighbor comes under pressure then join the gangbang. The HRE cracked up after French attacks and an excom, so I grabbed two provinces, then the French were gutted by the Spanish and English, so I grabbed two more, then the Danes fell apart (three more), then I was strong enough to attack Hungary (two more). Now it's 1221 and I have an HRE-sized empire.
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