Synchronised Timeline

[Didz]

I've reached Turn 200 in my current synchronised game and apart from the worrying fact that the game just crashed on me with an unexpected error things are getting quite interesting.

I assume that like me the computer controlled factions must have more or less fully developed their cities by now because I am beginning to see some serious armies attacking my border fortresses. Venice in particular seem very fond of armies consisting of massed trebuchets and parvise crossbowmen.

The garrison of Sophia had to deal with two full stacks of these a couple of turns ago and I've been forced to keep a strong force of Horse Archers in each of my fortresses to act as a strike force to eliminate the trebuchet crews and stop them reducing my walls to rubble.

The bad news is that even with this sort of resource at its disposal the AI is still not capable of pulling off a victory, I think I should have gone for VH on the battle difficulty.

No sign of the Black Death yet, no gunpowder and no Mongol invasion but I am getting some really interesting battles and seiges.