Denmark

[Gbone]

Hey -

I'm a long time lurker.

In one campaign (the basic) I went on a destroy-Germany campaign and went south. The only problems that I had was to keep the empire together, and the choice on whether or not I wanted to kill off Milan or Venice. That choice was a bit difficult due to the Papacy frowning on me, which was ironic.

The second I focused on the coastline, namely the cities west of me, with the difficulty being Germany (since I went to Hamburg, that city SW, and the city W of Denmark) and France. I was one step away from crushing England (actually put a large army north of London) when a crusade was called for Tolouse. I got Tolouse and then Milan backstabbed me.

[cambovenzi]

Hey -

I'm a long time lurker.

In one campaign (the basic) I went on a destroy-Germany campaign and went south. The only problems that I had was to keep the empire together, and the choice on whether or not I wanted to kill off Milan or Venice. That choice was a bit difficult due to the Papacy frowning on me, which was ironic.

The second I focused on the coastline, namely the cities west of me, with the difficulty being Germany (since I went to Hamburg, that city SW, and the city W of Denmark) and France. I was one step away from crushing England (actually put a large army north of London) when a crusade was called for Tolouse. I got Tolouse and then Milan backstabbed me.

moral of the story is never trust milan (or any other faction for that matter, if unmodded)
:)

welcome to the forums, btw.

[IceWolf]

I started my 2nd campaign, 1st with the Danes. Right away I took Hamburg. I intend to keep it garrisoned as my southern basiton of defense against the HRE. I tryed to marry my princess to a HRE noble but was turned down. I did secure an alliance though. Next I took Oslo, converted it to a city and toook Stockholm as well. I then turned south to Antwerp. I sent one noble and a 3/4 stack on a crusade to Jerusalem. I stopped at the isle of Nicosia to establish a base of operations there. Many of my men had deserted by now. I hired some mercs who also deserted by the time I was able to get a seige in place on the holy city.
I'm going to try to wait out the seige and hope they don't sally as I have only 6 units and no funds to hire mercs. Meanwhile I took my main army and took Inverness from the rebels then sailed south and took London. I plan to move on the rest of the Brtitish Isle settlements to better establish an economy and eliminate England and Scotland from the game. The early army I'm fighting with isn't as good as what I had with the English, I hope it gets better soon.

Lab

[IceWolf]

Some turns later. It's all falling apart around me. I took Jerusalem, Bruges and London but got my northern army wiped out at Nottingham. Lost 3 generals including the king. Then the HRE stabbed me in the back and took Antwerp and Bruges. Its good that I put a half stack garrison in Hamburg, it's now beaten back 3 assaults by the HRE. Meanwhile the arab savages that populate Jerusalem (10% catholic) kicked me out. To add insult to injury the scots took Inverness. My empire now consists of Oslo, Stockholm, Arturs, Hamburg, Stettin and Nicosia. I packed up a general and a 3/4 stack from Jerusalem and am transporting them back north, hopefully they wont get attacked on the way. Napoleon said that if you're faced with multiple opponents you should strike the strongest first, but even if I succeed against the HRE I'll just be going straight south into Europe and be sopurrrounded by new enemies. No I will hit the weakest-Scotland with the crusading army and a new army I'm trying to build in the homeland-money's tight though. I plan to hit Inverness and Edinburgh simultaneaously and pray I'm not outnumbered then consolidate and go south to fight the English.

Lab