I just spent most of the weekend just gone playing M2TW - and I have had some great game moments.

The AI has made some surprising moves - which if you allow yourself to become complacent will soon wake you up.

1) the HRE were seiging a number of my castles and cities as the French - most it attacks within a few years - there was one castle on our border - it didnt attack like i was expecting and not watching - half expecting the battle screen to come up - it had starved me out
Yunus-0, AI-1

2) Another battle for Antwerp agianst the Germans - they did their usual frontal peppering with crossbowmen - I decided to run them down and watch the action close up - the dismounted nobles wading in with those huge axes - it was bloody

little did I notice the several units of feudal foot knights which had come round the back

the AI sucker punched me!! - I couldnt get the square back in time - Antwerp falls

4) the Danish and the Portugese both made peace with me - for those that believe the AI only wars

5) I lost faith with the church and heretics began appearing all over my lands - I put out a call for priest I knew the inquistion would not be far away

6) I had launched a crusade against Antioch - My crusader army sat on the outskirts of the city - the AI (Mongols) being cav heavy - decides to ride out and face me in the field

It was beautiful to watch - the desert sands, the blood red sky, the music, the HORDE of cavaly - their banners shimmering in the winds - the Horde danced around us first this way - then the other continually probing for weaknest - small skirmishes - teasing me out - losing my shape

all the time their horse archers wheeling and circling cutting us pieces where we stood - and then withdraw

they head no intention of a full battle they just wanted to halve our number with few of their own loses - they would be back

maybe it was the drugs

but I thought it was MAGNIFICENT