Quote Originally Posted by Mahrabals apprentice
Personally I Crusade to Jerusalem via Antioch and Acre. In my experience if you go on an early Crusade (and a Crusade to Jerusalem has been called early in the campeign every time) then the Egyptians have no expanded far.
Use your 3 full stacks and take the Saini, Cairo and Alexandria . This means you can leave your Southern flank weak and concentarte 2 stacks on the Turkish frontier.
However when the Mongols come along if they turn South your boned
My first 50 turn campaign had an early Jerusalem crusade. My second campaign, turn 100, has not had a Jerusalem crusade yet and probably won't as the game is getting late.