A challenge is a fine thing, agreed. Victory is a lot sweeter when you have worked hard for it.

Who knows, perhaps I'm able to find that script and to adjust it. After all I consider this "I don't want to blitz with barbarian factions" thing a rather personal preference of mine. From what I read here in the forums, people tend to have little to no problems with starting their campaigns with 5-10 heroic victories. While I often enough quickly lose interest in a campaign that forces me to fight battle after battle without any chance to replace losses. Mostly because I usually take heavy casualties in every battle I fight with barbarian armies.

Being part of that minority of the TW player scene who is much more interested in the "Civilization" part of the game (in other words: the campaign map and the strategy) rather than the battles itself doesn't help either.

By the way: the Nile delta looks awesome.