New to MTW

[Quickening]

It will be great to read others campains!

Here's a question, what replay value does Medieval have?
I mean, what is set in stone to happen and what is not?

For example Im playing as the English in the High period. I sent a general across the sea to attack Norway. The rebels there decided not to fight and fled.

Now, if I started a new game as the English in the High period and did the exact thing, would the rebels always flee?

It would be great to think that everything in the game is kind of random so that when you play it it is different!

Incidently I chased those rebels into Sweden and beat them there. Two provinces for the price of one battle I love this game.

[macsen rufus]

Hey Q, nice going.

what replay value does Medieval have?

If you start a new game you'll certainly get different results - the AI will take different decisions, your characters will develop differently - heck, even different weather could change things!

As for Norway - if the rebels pulled back because they were seriously outnumbered, they'd do the same a second time. If it was touch and go, then repeating the turn might give you a different result.

An example - last night I replayed a year in my current Irish VI campaign. I launched attacks on three Mercian provinces in one go - at first I auto-resolved the first battle - won with massive losses on both sides, Mercians withdrew from the other two battles, abandonning both provinces (I don't usually auto battles, I just wanted to switch the machine off, go to the pub and fight battles properly later!)

When I relaunched the year, I fought the first battle, won with few casualties as the Mercians didn't put up much of a fight, so more survivors on both sides. Result: the other two provinces I attacked stood and fought instead of withdrawing....

So fairly small differences can affect even how the very same turn is resolved. A new game will be sure to be different, and I find it very replayable indeed (which is why I'm still on the same favourite game after a few years -- no other game has stayed fresh more than a few months for me -- this is what makes MTW so unique, IMHO).

[Quickening]

That is great news!

I can see myself playing this game for years to come in that case!

Here's the next stage in England's conquest of Europe.


PART 4: POLITICS AND THE NORSE


With Britain and Ireland secured I was at a loss what to do next. Tired of conquest I decided to focus on building up my economy. I had no enemies and didn't really want any. That doesn't mean I still can't influence world events from behind the scenes...



As the years passed I received some good news! It doesn't really matter but it is certainly nice to know.



So the Papacy has fallen... good! Tired of being asked to help out in the Pope's crusades when I have more immediate worries.



Then disaster struck. My Generals in Britain began being killed one by one by an assassin! I lost a lot of good men. He must have killed about seven before he was finally caught in Scotland.



With Scotland appeased and far from ever rebelling again, I decided to find new lands to conquer. I didn't want to start a war on the continent where the powerful French, German and other European nations would be very difficult to overcome.
But as I was expanding my dominion over the oceans for the benefits of trade, I noticed that Norway and Sweden were both under rebel rule. I immediately dispatched an army to take these lands before my enemies did.



For the first time, my opponents decided that they could not win and so the rebels fled from Norway into Sweden thus giving me the country without a fight.



It may have been wise to bide my time and ensure that Norway was firmly under my rule before attacking Sweden but I decided that it would be best to strike while the iron was hot. This time, the rebels did not flee and I met them on the battlefield. It would have been wise of them to flee however since my army included a few regiments of powerful Royal Knights.



The Norsemen are hard opponents. But not so hard that they will stand against the charge of heavy cavalry from every direction.



It wasn't long at all before they broke and fled and being on foot, not one of them escaped my riders as they chased them down.



And so two more lands were mine for next to no effort. Over the years there were several extremely minor rebellions in Norway and Sweden but they were swiftly crushed. In the present day, there is a strong military presense in both countries and the people seem content enough.

Across the sea there is another rebel ruled province. But I think I shall leave it be for now. I feel safer on my islands and my presence may anger the neighbouring Russians.
For now, I shall look after my provinces and make sure all is in order. Im not a warmonger. I'll wait until someone has a problem with me before I crush them.

[Jesenjin]

Nice playing for a begginer I must say.... Keep it up!!!
But I myself would advise you to play from Early with either Danish or Sicilians If you want some challenge... I have never really won Medieaval because i play it this way but it is rather enjoying thougt to build something from scratch and to build it sucesfully.....

[Martok]

I'm definitely enjoying your campaign, Q. Keep it up! You should consider posting this in the Pics & History of your Empire thread as well. You certainly don't have to, of course; although you might get more of an audience if you did.

A pity that assassin killed so many of your men before finally being caught; I don't think I've ever seen an AI assassin be that successful before. Have you not built border forts at all, and/or stationed spies in your provinces?

Oh, and I'll also let you in on a little piece of information that you may find slightly useful: Whenever you get one of those messages saying you have the best/ most of something (happiest people, biggest army, most developed, etc.), your faction leader's Influence goes up by one. So those messages aren't just for flavor--they actually have an impact on the game (albeit a only small one). Just though you might like to know.

By the way, welcome to the Org, Jesenjin.

[BlackHat]

While reading this enjoyable thread, I saw this picture.



I have never seen a V&V displayed this way. But I am playing the MTW. Not MTW:VI. Is this something that was added in VI?

Thanks,

[naut]

Yes BlackHat, that is something added in VI.

Also I strongly recommend VI! Go get it now, it cost me £4.50. So I'm sure you could get it for $2-$5.