Well, I got pretty far in the Irish Campaign. BTW I'm doing all this on normal.

I was able to unite Ireland and form an alliance with the Vikings which lasted for a long while. I've yet to be attacked by them.


So soon I formed a large army and decided to go all out on Scotland. What ensued after this can only be related to the trenches of world war 1 in that We fought between two provinces for a very very long time, with it constantly switching masters. Finally, after probably 10,000 deaths, I was able to capture and hold a good bit of the land and ultimately conquered them. I then also conquered the Picts and moved onto the major superpower, Mercia which dominated Southern England. After a reckless war on my part my forces, still containing many Gallowglasses and other weak troops, were no match nad I gave up.

Now, I started a viking campaign and it seemd I was always in constant debt so I had to conquer more land, and to do that I needed troops, and with troops I needed money (hence debt) so the cycle went...

Any advice for either campaign?