I must say that I am greatly addicted to this game after having it for only one day! Yesterday I played a campaign with the HRE from 1:00 pm to 3:00 am, and never really noticed the time.


Eventually I will have to actually have to fight a battle in campaign mode, as I have been testing out some of the campaign mechanics (to get used to them). Last night I managed to join a Crusade (in turn 25 or so), so I spent at least five turns sending my Faction Heir to the Bologna/Florence region. When my faction heir got to the region, I loaded his army up with mercenary units (adding three priests, two spies, and two assassins). During the trip down to Juresalem, my fleet was attacked twice by an Egyptian Navy. So, after seeing Poland beat me to Jursalem (we were the only two factions to join the Crusade), I decided to make a little stop by Rhodes to take over another rebel region. That little stop was in an atempt to evade another Egyptian Naval strike. On the way back home (I was planning on possibly taking more land on the way) the Naval fleet was attacked by a Venitian fleet, and sadly his body was lost at sea.

All was not lost, however, as the new Faction Heir is actually a better military commander than my current King.