Just started a Casse campaign yesterday. Its a painstaking process, building up a hoard of gold, then buying a horde of men, assault the rebel cities asap, then disband before the army sends me banckrupt (or ebven more banckrupt).

I find I build a core of slingers and maybe a spearman or two, and then top up with mercs. Casualties are high in this armour free environment, although once I can afford it I'll be investing in axemen.

My aim is to take the entire British isles, trigger reforms by bulking up on health buildings and markets, and then getting those juicy irish armoured assault inf to do my dirty work on the mainland. Long supply lines will take some tinkering.

My continental campaign will begin in Denmark: I'll crack the Sweboz and work my way down the Atlantic seaboard from there. In EB 0.8 I found the Germans far tougher than the Gallic faction (maybeb because I was thei only neighbour once I took Belgium?) and having them on my flank was a real bore. I want to take them down first before I start the fratricide.