Get rich quick as the English!

[ScrapTower]

I should add that taking the Isles by turn 12 will make you rich fast but you have to move your units smartly. ie to siege Wales as fast as possible, send your king alone with his troops tagging behind. He is the only one on a horse so he can seige Wales in two turns if not slowed by his troops. Hire some mercs when he gets there so they wont sally before his troops arrive. You will also need a ship waiting to take him and the prince to Irelend after that...

[CaptainSolo]

Hey i have no doubt this method works at all mate but it's all a little too fast paced for me.I like to sit back with a nice cup of Earl Grey and a cigarette and relax over a slow build up.The calm before the storm as it were.
Anyway i could never adopt this tactic as someone other than me has come up with it
A big thumbs up from me though as it certainly seems a sound strategy to get things started

[ScrapTower]

Yeah, this will put you at the top of the charts quickly. This is my total domination strat :P... I've yet to play it thru because I was perfecting my opening. It looks like the game is in the bag tho. Anybody else wanna share some cool strats?

[nameless]

This should be in the MTW2 guides I think.

I usually do similar within 16 turns but I'm also taking some pieces of the rebel towns on the continental.

Scotland usually starts off slow so if your fast, they won't be able to mount an effective defense. I've seen parts in the later game where they actually become a strong nation but that's only because the English AI didn't bum rush them. In fact, at the start start leveling up your spy. If you do it right, you can take out scotland in one turn and the pope wouldn't give a crap. Since the spy opens the gates for you and the scottish army usually stays outside monitoring the area.

France is pretty good in honoring their alliances, especially if their marriage alliances. Just keep a strong garrison in the area and they'll be good boys.

If I might add, you should also try and capture the towns north of Denmark, if your lucky, the Danish might not have captured them yet.

This effectively takes out an opponent that could seriously challenge you later on.

[KARTLOS]

it seems a bit long winded - the aim of the game is conquest not collecting florins, i would say you could probably complete the game asthe english by around turn 50, rather than collecting 100 000 florins