Thanks gaijinalways. I hoped it gave enough good info to defend its length.

Good points I forgot about excomms and king positioning. Make sure your king doesn't get cut off from your empire, like sending him on a crusade to the other side of the map via boat and watching your army destroy the port in the provence you crusaded to. Your king being isolated from the rest of your country and make a really big mess with the people's loyalty. Think of Robin Hood and you'll get the idea.

Another one is the built in self-destruct that happens when you take over a large portion of the map. I think it happens just after the 60% early out when you are playing a world domination game. When your kingdom is larger than that number, it is built into the game for you to start having problems with loyalty, rebellions, and re-emergences.

With the headaches you get it can sometimes make you wish you took the minor victory.