TWM2 - Russia

[DWCallaghan]

Can you make money as Russia ? Oce I got troops to tale Riga, Moscow and Smolensk, there is nothing left, and in negative !! Is only way to make merchants instead of soldiers early on ?

[StealthEvo]

Wrong forum bro Try disbanding some of the more expensive troops and raising taxes.

[Double A]

Wrong forum bro Try disbanding some of the more expensive troops and raising taxes.

But those are the good ones!

If your navy is more than 2-3 ships, disband the least experienced boats until their upkeep is around 500 combined.

Upgrade Novgorod and Riga with as much trade stuff as you can. Moscow is a good place for farming. I like to send some horsemen (because they are generally worthless in sieges) down to the Crimea to take the village there, that way I'll have a Black Sea port in case someone else takes Kiev.

[glorfindel85]

yeah russia was always trouble. i use one army to take first stockholm, riga, and helsinki and another to take smolensk, kiev, iasi, caffa and bucharest. build ports, roads and markets first. russian cities are quite profitable. later u can take vilnius, oslo, moscow and other eastern cities, preferably before turks do. you will have to deal with danes, poles and hungarians first. scandinavian cities can be very rich, change oslo and helsinki to cities.

[... where did it run?]

It's important to take stockholm before danes do. That city becomes a trading powerhouse. Similiar to Venice or Antioch

[DWCallaghan]

Thanks for all the tips !!

[Mercuri]

also if you get boyar sons from reward disband them, you wont need them unless the poles are right at you capital or something. Very high taxes, free upkeep units and such. I never really had a problem with russia

[SturmChurro]

If you go into negative you must not be very good at Medieval check your little money thing tab shows what your spending and how much.

[DWCallaghan]

If you go into negative you must not be very good at Medieval check your little money thing tab shows what your spending and how much.

Thanks for that very sound advice !! I agree I am not very good at TWM2, that is why I am on here asking for tips !!

Anyway, followed the tips etc, did ok until about turn 90 when the Mongols showed up and stormed every castle/town I had, even a fully stacked Novogorad.

Oh well, back to drawing board and my Scotland. funny thing here is everyone says create the "Auld Alliance" with France, so I do, take out England and quess what ? Yip France breaks the alliance and attacks, which suddenly means Portugal and Poland on my case as well !! Britain is secure though, so just build everything up I guess.

[zcylen]

Anyway, followed the tips etc, did ok until about turn 90 when the Mongols showed up and stormed every castle/town I had, even a fully stacked Novogorad.

that's when the party begns
they're a headache, at least to me

[emanb56]

Russia is isolated and can easily be defended compared to other countries.
Take surrounding rebel settlements quickly, but dont waste troops by immediatly storming the castle. wait until the settlment is ready to surrounder and you will have a huge victory.
By saving troops you can make 1 or 2 armies to capture everything.
At the same time be building all the important economy buildings and farms.
Poland is your only worry early on so keep a half stack at the settlment closest to them and be ready for an attack.Try to keep good relations witht hem or even make an alliance to delay an attack and give you a chance to build up. If poland does attack you DO NOT fight them in an open land battle..Defend cities or a hillside bc they will have plenty or polish nobles and missle troops to pick you apart in open battle.
once you get a good economy make a nice army and kill those damn polacks.
Hope this helps.

[zcylen]

russia is my next faction to play so I better take notes

[shikaka]

I think you have to expand as fast as possible.
Race to Kiev and Caffa (taking Smolensk on the route), and you can trade with Byzantium (who are very trustworthy allies).


edit: guard cities with free units, use cheap khazaks to conquer

[thespaniard]

i dont bother with the southern most cities i always forget to do something with em and they end up revolting i take the little island city and the cities between it and novgord i bum rush riga and smolensk then i then invade thorn right away so they only have one fort left to build the evil polish nobles