My byzantium campaign

[frederickm]

I'm playing a rise from the dead byzantium campaign.
When all I do is develop Nicosia and Rhodes and then leave the other to rot, and then play to turn 200. At turn 200 I lost all territories, with some gains +ceasefire and get backstabbed diplomacies in which I raize then entire town.

Entire Byzantium is crushed, and at the defense of Nicosia from Spanish who have migrated to Middle East. I lost 75% of my family, now at turn 200 I'm going to go and revive the glory of the former Roman Empire

15 turns in, I own Antioch, Caesarea, Acre, Edessa, and another one of those towns thats by the coast. Also on the other side from Rhodes I own, Nicaea, and Smyrna.

[Spartan90]

Interesting idea... may I ask why you waited 200 turns to act? How did you survive all that time with only a few settlements with crusades and jihads knocking at your doors?

[Lord de Lyonesse]

Are the family members you let live adoptions or are they original comneuns family?

[Azim]

What difficulty are you playing on?

[frederickm]

M/M

My family line has mixes of Spanish and Polish, however the royal line is from Princess Comnenus.

I survived purely on 2 towns each with about half stack generals. I lost about 10 territories from war, but I also kept invasion away by constant diplomacy and demanding their land for ceasefires and then destroying all their buildings.

No Crusades/Jihad launched on my islands because Egypt is ally and Turks are launching Jihad on constantinople while Milan is crusading on constaninople.

[Azim]

How'd you get them to give you land? You only had two islands... not very threatening.

[Double A]

Yes but with only ~20 generals for upkeep + agents + navy +only 2 towns with crap = a big stockpile of $$$