So i keep forgetting to post stuff in this thread....
Anyway, past two weekends ive been playing Medieval 2 with Stainless Steel 6.4 mod. Very good game, but dammit does it take a lot of time.
Started an early era campaign with France. started taking barbarian provinces to create the kingdom of France when suddenly England declares war on me. I push them out of the continent and start the naval invasion when suddenly Genoa decides its a good time to attack me as well, so i end up fighting two fronts, north and south.
France early troops are very bad (for example Genoaa militia spearmen are twice as strong) so the battles often does not go the way i want them to. Also the AI is a bastard. it brings two armies and uses second army as reinforcement, thus attacking my army with over 5000 soldiers at once, from both sides. fuck that noise.
The England campaign ends up being costly and i loose half of my family members there, but joined by the Scots England is finally banished and stops existing.
I focus my efforts on Genoya and finally break the standstill of just bashing eachother armies back and forth. Some very powerful generals arise from the Genoa wars.... and then get pneumonia and die. Of course Pope likes being a dick and constantly tells me to "Cease hostilities" because its up to defendant to do that apparently.
As i push Genoa back towards Italy and leave them with 4 towns the Scots back-stab me and attack my English empire. Damnit, scots! i recall one of the 3 armies i have on Genoa front as well as recruit as much as i can in england. They take Endinburg but i stall them. Meanwhile i cannot finish my Genoa campaign thanks to pope.
And thats where my current save is, which is going to go slowly because when a single battle can last you 2 hours and your fighting 2-3 battles per turn it really drags on.
