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    kwait nait Member Monsieur Alphonse's Avatar
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    I am currently playing as the Papal states simply for fun. Every one that attacks me is excommunicated and is easy prey. Inquissy guys pop every turn and are very handy to kill rival merchants, annoying princesses and diplomats, and best of all assassins. I am actually doing something good by sending those guys to hell. I have reunited Italy with the exception of Bologna and Venice. Venice have threatened to attack me so they are next. I don't know if I finish this campaign because it is almost like cheating (or maybe not almost). Maybe I restore the Roman Empire just for fun. To win I have to capture or liberate 100 regions.

    To play the Papal States simply make the playable in the descr_strat
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    Ranting madman of the .org Senior Member Fly Shoot Champion, Helicopter Champion, Pedestrian Killer Champion, Sharpshooter Champion, NFS Underground Champion Rhyfelwyr's Avatar
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    Turn 102 as the Turks right now. I own all of the Holy land except Jerusalem, I also own Dongola and Jedda, and as far north as Tblisi. I have all of Turkey (obviously) and also Thessalonika, Sofia, Bran, and Budapes, as well as Rhodes to the south, used to keep forgetting about that place. I had been going to play as an evil horde faction and sweep across the world, but though I would be better using the Jihad function and getting high chiv characters to prepare my lands and armies for the Mongol invasion. I'm still fighting the Mongols, they've yet to take anywhere, doing the usuall lurking about just south of Yerevan. I'm currently building stacks of Ottoman Infantry/Sipahis/Qupakulu to tackle them.

    And BTW, Qapukulu are everything Kataphracts should have been. Exactly the same (including the AP mace ) but with much better stats. And I can train them with +1exp thanks to a Swordsmith Guilds HQ I captured in Bran.

    Right now I'm looking to tackle the Italian factions since Milan just sent about 3 stacks consecutively to besiege Budapest, unluckily for them they were up against a 10 Command 10 Chivalry 9 experience General.

    In diplomatic terms, I'm allied only to the Moors and Egypt. I have had in the past Hungary and Egpyt as my vassalls, the first time in TW I have ever had a vassal. The good rep I had back then did it I think. But now my reps down due to executing Mongols, so I'll just backstab the Egyptians and get all their wealthy undefended cities.
    At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.

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    I'm finally doing good in my English campaign.

    I just finished a Crusade against Toulouse (was owned by the excommunicated French). And I've got the French down to 2 cities left, one in southern Europe and one in northern Europe. Pretty soon, they will fall, just like the Scottish did.

    I've also married off all my sons finally. One son married a good Spanish princess (we are really good allies), another married a Portuguese princess, and the last is married to a random woman. I'm going to try and keep my family married to Spanish princesses, and forge a large alliance! So far I've given them probably 7,000 total in florin gifts, and I also gave them a settlement I bought from the French. They love me!

    Sadly though, one of my settlements has the plague. About 1/3 of it's population is gone now. But luckily, I had only a small garrison there, and I have managed to keep it from spreading.

    I don't know who to conquer next. I think I may go north to Denmark, or south to Sicily. The Romans and Milanese are way too strong, so I can't handle them yet.

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    Prince Louis of France (KotF) Member Ramses II CP's Avatar
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    In my Broken Crescent campaign my vendetta against the Mongols is almost complete. The enemy broke through my cordon west of Samarqand, and were marching on lightly held Balkh, but before they could reach it my armies surrounded them, and in a series of massive battles all but annihilated them. Their sole remaining general, Khan Ogodei, retreated and escaped with fewer than two hundred men, fleeing all the way south to the Herat region. I have vowed that he will not survive long.

    To elucidate, I declared a vendetta after the Mongols brought over eight thousand men to exterminate Bukhara despite the most valiant defense my men within could offer. Since the declaration my field armies have done nothing but march directly towards confrontation with the Horde. No more waiting behind bridges, we went on the offensive.

    There have been some horrific defeats. Over two thousand javelin men died to drag down a hundred and fifty heavy lancers, and I counted it a small price to pay. Twenty five hundred mixed tier one spears and archers fell to drag down five hundred more Mongols, including Khan Jochi.

    There have been some defeats more sweet than heroic victories too, including a battle in which two hundred elephants slew three thousand Mongols... but were driven amok, and lost the field.

    And, of course, there have been a few heroic victories, with mixed force armies including AI reinforcements butchering whole stacks of Mongols.

    All in all it's been the best solo campaign I've played yet. Just to put it in perspective, the power of the Mongols and the improvements in the battle AI, I have 54 provinces and 12 generals. And I didn't blitz either, the **** Mongols just keep killing my commanders. Even in victory they often die.

    Next I'm going to thrash the Seljuks a bit, even if my Ghorid vassals protest, and finish up the campaign.

    If you haven't tried Broken Crescent, I highly recommend it!


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