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**Sith_Lord** · February 26, 2009, 07:06 PM

So I've been a long-tim eplayer but Ive never actually finished a campaign. I kind of get bored micromanaging everything. Well, Im at 43 settlements of a needed forty five and I need to recapture Jerusalem. Once I take riga (here is a crusade on it) and and Jerusalem thus completing 45 settlements and jerusalem, will I have won the game or do I still have to play out the remaining turns?

**claudius2007** · February 26, 2009, 07:07 PM

You will have won the campaign but you can choose to continue and take over the whole world if you want. I usually think that is boring as I usually finish around the end of my turns so by that time neither the Mongols or the Timurids can really challenge me anymore.

**Muagan_ra** · February 26, 2009, 08:31 PM

I normally get frustated by the diplomatic side of things, and quit. I know the game is called "Total War", but when you get a war which lasts for 100 turns and it's impossible to make peace with the AI, the constant fighting gets more than a bit repetitive. This wasn't a problem in RomeTW - and I thought this game was supposed to have improved on that.

**Sith_Lord** · February 26, 2009, 10:04 PM

Well I finally beat a campaign.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

I deicded no to continue...

**~~GreatSultan~~** · February 27, 2009, 05:32 AM

Good....now control the whole world and see what happened

(I've done it once)

**kkaana** · February 27, 2009, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by GreatSultan

Good....now control the whole world and see what happened

(I've done it once)

I have done it several times with different factions...

**Old Geezer** · February 27, 2009, 08:55 AM

Do it once and forget it. It is so very tedious sailing to the new world and the payoff in battles is not worth it. If you want to fight in the new world then Kingdoms is the way to go. I found to my surprise and pleasure that the Americas Campaign is a very good one!

**Sith_Lord** · February 27, 2009, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by GreatSultan

Good....now control the whole world and see what happened

(I've done it once)

Naw, I declined already, I may do it with Scotland though. I just dont have the attention span.

**Old Geezer** · February 27, 2009, 04:52 PM

If you have everything ready you can make it to the new world soon after tromping the Timurids (which is decidedly the most fun to do with the Scots, but I strongly urge you to remove their pikemen's secondary weapons). I don't think IIRC you can load elephants on ships so I never got them over to the Americas. Why not elephants if you can put trebucets on ships? Heck, you can put 10 princesses on a ship and there is no ship in the world large enough for 10 princesses.

**Sith_Lord** · February 27, 2009, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

If you have everything ready you can make it to the new world soon after tromping the Timurids (which is decidedly the most fun to do with the Scots, but I strongly urge you to remove their pikemen's secondary weapons). I don't think IIRC you can load elephants on ships so I never got them over to the Americas. Why not elephants if you can put trebucets on ships? Heck, you can put 10 princesses on a ship and there is no ship in the world large enough for 10 princesses.

How do you remove the pikemens secondary weapon?