I was thinking of starting up a new campaign and doing an AAR similar to Didz's excellent Scottish blog.

Since most of my experience has been with Western Catholic factions, I'm thinking of playing the Turks, the ERE or the Egyptians. This way I'll stretch myself by using HAs and still have a fun time fighting off Crusades and Steppe Horsemen.

So I'm leaving it up to you guys, which faction should I play?