Kingdom of England

[humvee2800]

Well, As england I did better then i thought I could, in perhaps 20 or so turns I had taken most of Ireland and all of england and Scotland.. On hard difficulty too (not too easy...).

Problem was second I took out Scotland The 3 towns I had in france were attacked and despite taking out numerous French armys before falling, I in the end lost all of my french holdings. Since I only had 2 or so large armys on the northern parts of scotland and all my other armys acting as garrisons for the huge amount of citys I had (im using road to jerusalem).

Then it gets funny, the pope gets me to cease hostilities against france while france is free to continue attacking me till finally it is excommunicated. At that point I breathed a sigh of relief and got the surrounding countrys to declare war on France. Then a new pope gets in and allows france back in and gives me another forced ceasefire while france continues to attack me (meaning I can not to anything in the way of a meaningful counterattack).

I had gotten one town but was forced to leave it as 5 full stacked french armys surrounded it... Currently Im evacuating all my forces from europe... It feels alot like Dieppe ...... even though I know once I get things back together I will likely take all of France I doubt it will be in the remaining lifetime of Sir William... in his mid late 50s (as i remember) He will die long before my counterattack.

Currently he is leading one very nice stacked army (for the age) on a crusade... I hope with any luck he can acheive one last great victory before he dies.

Any advice for me would be awesome, first time I ever needed any strategy wise.

Ive given thought to setting up a small kingdom with a few generals in and around the crusade for antioch if I manage to take the city.

[Kratos]

Use naval invasion to lanch a quick assault on Bordeaux and Toulose (both castles). Once taken, garrison with longbowmen and wait for the french counter assault. When most of the french forces are on their way down there, launch another invasion, this time in Normandy, and quickly sieze Cean and Angers.
The french should now be left with but one castle (Metz), meaning they will propably be stuck with militia units for the rest of the game.
Good luck!

[humvee2800]

Err\... thats the problem, I am not far enough to have any good english units....

[Illyrians]

if you have money use mercanies,, if not just make cheap stacks of armies. Use spies and assasins to.

[townie33]

if you just spam billmen and longbowmen that should work and personally i wouldn't make a small kingdom in the holy lands. they will drain you of money and man power

[Kylan271]

I agree keep away from Holy Land for now,a crusade closer is better,Moors or rebels near Russia(good amber resource there). Religious difference and distance to capital will deplete your resources and troops. Naval Ops seems the go...June 6th????

[malcolm mcdowell]

Well, As england I did better then i thought I could, in perhaps 20 or so turns I had taken most of Ireland and all of england and Scotland..

most of ireland? which mod are you playing?

[Ged]

Road to Jerusalem. it says if you read it.

[loquar]

How are Denmark and Portugal/Spains relations with the pope? Maybe get a foothold on the mainland from one of them, build a bit of a mainland powerbase up before driving back into france?

Or maybe the moors? not too far away by sea and soon into iberia