I look forward to seeing the inward crush from the 4 corners!
On the backstabbing of your catholic friends, I found it best to start on perfect each turn with the pope (as you mention you are), and let it drop 3 ranks before topping it up with a diplomat to perfect. This should allow you around 8-10 offensives/turn without actual excom using 3 diplomats on rome.
I would like to know more about your initial build up and how much you 'wrangled' through diplomacy. Did you buy much land initially? Also, rough estimate of florins gained through diplomacy? I found getting enough stacks launched on first crusade awkward, simply could not recruit enough troops/mercs fast enough in the initial few turns. Although as I stated earlier on the thread, I basically ignored diplomacy and concentrated on military expansion.
Do you think you'll need a second crusade to finish? 45/12 at drop off is very impressive, but still a fair bit of marching to do at non crusade speed for the next 10 turns, esp if turks have yet to build roads.
Taking antioch turn 12 I guess would be well within your first crusade timeframe, I am assuming postioning was at a point to make the second crusade sooner rather than ending the first one late?
Anyway, good blitzing, I shall enjoy the AAR
On a seperate note, I'm having quite a lot of fun with my turkish campaign:
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Turkey 1.3 VH.VH
Objective: 106 province Jihad, military conquest.
Houserules:
-No allies
-No active diplomacy (map info/traderights allowed from AI diplomats)
-No debt
-No assassins
-Passive spies
-Sack/Ransom everywhere
-Massive multiple Jihad armies
I look forward to seeing the inward crush from the 4 corners!
On the backstabbing of your catholic friends, I found it best to start on perfect each turn with the pope (as you mention you are), and let it drop 3 ranks before topping it up with a diplomat to perfect. This should allow you around 8-10 offensives/turn without actual excom using 3 diplomats on rome.
I would like to know more about your initial build up and how much you 'wrangled' through diplomacy. Did you buy much land initially? Also, rough estimate of florins gained through diplomacy? I found getting enough stacks launched on first crusade awkward, simply could not recruit enough troops/mercs fast enough in the initial few turns. Although as I stated earlier on the thread, I basically ignored diplomacy and concentrated on military expansion.
Do you think you'll need a second crusade to finish? 45/12 at drop off is very impressive, but still a fair bit of marching to do at non crusade speed for the next 10 turns, esp if turks have yet to build roads.
Taking antioch turn 12 I guess would be well within your first crusade timeframe, I am assuming postioning was at a point to make the second crusade sooner rather than ending the first one late?
Anyway, good blitzing, I shall enjoy the AAR
On a seperate note, I'm having quite a lot of fun with my turkish campaign:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Turkey 1.3 VH.VH
Objective: 106 province Jihad, military conquest.
Houserules:
-No allies
-No active diplomacy (map info/traderights allowed from AI diplomats)
-No debt
-No assassins
-Passive spies
-Sack/Ransom everywhere
-Massive multiple Jihad armies
The power of the turn 1 jihad is not to be underestimated. If there were Muslims in Scotland I suspect Egypt would be the blitz faction of choice.
Did you pick Vilnius for your first jihad? I'm not a big blitzer, but I wiped out the eastern part of the map in 30 turns with Egypt's first jihad to Vilnius. Sack Jerusalem, Iconium, and Constantinople, and that's just turn 3.
ALL HAIL BLITZ MASTER ASKTHEPIZZAGUY, RECENTLY CROWNED HIGH COMMANDER AND BLITZKRIEG WARFARE CHAMPION!
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49 Generals by turn 28
44 Cities
62 Castles
218 Battles Won
34 Battles Lost
Regions Controlled: 106
Year: 1134
Turn number 28
My championship title has been restored. It reads as follows, as it always has.
"Master tactician, holder of walls, sacker of cities, great crusader, superb diplomat, pious and pure, intelligent, witty, faithful and charming, Praetor of Rome, Emperor of Byzantium, Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire, lord of Spain, France, Milan, Venice, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Timbuktu, King of the Britons, Defeater of the Saxons, sovereign of all England, Patron Saint of War, Beloved Ruler of all Europe, Greatest Generalissimo of all time, and a damn fine lover to boot." -Me, regarding myself.
I will update my signature line. Thanks go to Master Grog, for giving me the much needed challenge to my claim to the throne. Respect and admiration goes out to you. Detailed AAR will follow.
To any challengers to my throne: Turn 27 victory is possible. Just VERY difficult.
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I can't wait to start writing the AAR... that campaign will be smashing. I have all the save files and all the images captured.
There are roughly 500 images so far. It will take forever to build this particular AAR thread. But hopefully enough people will be interested in viewing it that they will give me feedback.
Last edited by Askthepizzaguy; 02-06-2008 at 02:23.
Re: Blitz All Challenge
Originally Posted by Grog
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