Apologies in advance for the long post..

My campaign as the English (VH/VH) went something like this;

In France, secure Bruges and Rennes and then sit tight so as not to upset the Pope. These start bringing in the cash. In England, send everything North, take York, blitz the Scots, come back round for Dublin and Caernavon. Consolidate my Empire then send all my spare (and now highly experienced) troops to the continent. Since then I have steadily expanded so that I now control France, Germany, Northern Italy, Denmark and have outposts in Corinth and Antioch. Its about turn 105 and I have 36 provinces.

Now its been fun, but not that challenging and my question really is, what can I / should I Modify in the game to make that campaign run a bit more like this...

Turn 2, France lays siege to Caen, Caen defended with heavy losses, send reinforcements from England, remaining troops march on York. English defeated by overwhelming number of Scots north of York. Re-group and defeat Scots field army, lay siege to Edinburgh. French lay siege to Caen with full stack. Edinburgh taken, Caen lost. English troops move to crush remaining Scots resistance at Inverness, French navy blockades London. For the next few turns English consolidate UK whilst French take remaining rebel settlements in France, all the while harassing my ships and ports. Eventually, the rich french provinces allow the French to build up quicker and they land two full stacks near London, one lays siege, the other marches for Nottingham. Everything hangs in the balance...