Never played the Vikings?!? What is wrong with you people?

The Vikings are the easiest of the VI factions, and their mechanics let you play the game several different ways. The most fun I had was using raiding parties to keep all the main island factions in the bronze age, accumulating treasure and going from coast to coast raping and pillaging. You can go on for years with just a few small armies (which eventually get insanely high valour, and lots of stars for the leaders).