Crusader Kings II Challenge - An Empire Divided

[Monk]

Incredible work Arjos! You may be the first to succeed, and doing so with the sultanate! To be honest I was of the same mind as others, i thought the Byzantines would be be the first to succeed. I am glad to have been proven wrong at least based on early appearances

Avoid any succession crisis and you should have it all wrapped up.

ye he said you can try as many times as you want. but tbh i am 99% sure that Rum is best, then ERE and then the Latin Empire. but Rum is so much better that i think the other 2 have no chance.

From the start you're right, Rum is just too powerful to take in a head on fight. Waiting for the opportune chance while consolidating is your best bet to take them out. Assassinating their sultan while they have a child heir and spamming their more powerful vassals with your chancellor's "ruin relationship" is a good way to precede an invasion of someone more powerful than you.

The Sultanate of Rum has zero internal problems at the start - it's up to the player to create some strife.