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This is my first M2:TW campaign, played as English (M/M). Year is 1420.

I'm surprised by the very slow progress I'm making. When I played RTW (VH/M), I would usually finish the long Imperial campaign by this time (170 turns).

This campaign has been a constant struggle with the lack of money, numerous invasions, and interferences from the Pope. When I finally managed to get things under my control, the plague struck, living me with no money to face the invasion from Denmark and Milan. After some hard fighting, I won, taking two provinces from Milan, and forcing Denmark to became my vassals

I think this was a turning point, after that all is going well. I successfully finished the crusade to Jerusalem, made peace with Mongols and started to build a small empire on the East. I almost conquered entire Iberian peninsula and I'm about to wipe the French from the face of the Earth within the next few turns, thus winning the game.
As you can see, I had a lot of fun playing M2Tw so far...

I have a question, if you don't mind: do you also experience such a slow pace in the campaign, or is just me, due to the fact that I just started playing this game?