Well Doug, I finally bought the game. First thing I did was install the patch and Regnum Dei Premium and started a nice Mongol campaign
My armies are micro management heaven and it is just as I suspected it would be without highly upgraded Generals and units, their units are not so tough. Still, I am having a ball slaughtering Poles and Russians while I wait for my Invasion Force to arrive.
I am currently allied with Egypt but I may have to do something about that later on, if only to pay them back for what they did in your campaign

.......Orda