Quote Originally Posted by econ21
Poppycock. I think I am going to start an AAR to show that M2TW can be a challenging game. I just started it this evening. It's only 1104 and already the French have defeated me twice, taking Caen and killing off one line of my family tree. The two battles were at 4:3 and 5:6 odds. The Pope's told me to back off France and crusade to Antioch. I feel like Napoleon ranting at Ney during Waterloo: "troops - you think I can manufacture them?!" It's all good.
If you are limiting yourself in some way, then like I said, then the game is not challenging you, you are challenging yourself.
Maybe you prefer to think of it as that is just your game style, but then again the game isn’t challenging, your game style is.
I have to object when you say that the game can be challenging. It is much more appropriate to say that you challenge yourself in the game. Which, I have to sincerely say is great for you.
A challenging game would be one that would give difficulty to all (or maybe most or many) game styles.