Not sure what faction to play as

[Hoplite7]

Just play England or France on short... It is easy to knock out one or two factions and get a few provinces

I've already done England to death, it's the only faction I've actually conquered the world with. (or came very close. Maybe 5-6 provinces left). And I can't stand the French accent! No offense to the French, but the overdone French accent in the game drives me nuts.

[Fisherking]

I've already done England to death, it's the only faction I've actually conquered the world with. (or came very close. Maybe 5-6 provinces left). And I can't stand the French accent! No offense to the French, but the overdone French accent in the game drives me nuts.

Sorry you had a shock there. That was just for Shogun to unlock all the factions.

[ReiseReise]

Once you complete a campaign it unlocks all the factions so if you conquered almost the entire map with England.... they should all be available.

Sicily is fun with the Super Normans and awesome Muslim Archers, and Sicily does not have to immediately go into Europe - sure taking all of Italy and the HRE is appealling, but try taking Africa and march to the Holy Land.

[MerlinusCDXX]

If you think the Hungarians are way too pink...stay away from the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Deus lo Vult mod), they are not only pink, but the shade is of a sickly pastel hue, no wonder the Muslims kicked their pansy pink arses out of the Holy Land (hard to take someone seriously when their surcote looks like it was a Project Runway entry)

(my ex-wife watched that show to distraction...good thing for TW games to kill the pain of horrible reality TV)

[Old Geezer]

Say, Hoplite, if'n you like white, try the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Crusades campaing in Kingdoms. Many white units! And, you can rent byzantine flamethrowers to fry the Mongols.

[Paradox]

Just finished English Campaign. And finally, I got the descr_strat files to work again. The Egyptians are officially my favorite faction now, I didn't like the Moors, the Turks weren't that good either IMHO. It just hit me, why isn't a Jihad video included here? There's a crusade video.

The Muslim factions don't have much political affairs too since there isn't a central power and there are no holiness....seses, sigh, Kingdom of Jerusalem sound like a great faction.

[russveld]

venice is really good starter civ. the italian militias are way better than other europeans and they remain usefull for a good period of time. Plus a full stack consiting of Venetian heavies, Venetian archers, some good cavalry and a carraci standard led by a good general cant be beat