French Enduro Challenge

[Gatecrasher]

VIVE LE ROI!

Starting tonight! A grand campaign that will stretch from 1100 to 1947. I will be playing as France through Medieval 2, EU3, E:TW, N:TW, VIC2 and HOI3 and I will stream all of the events live.

At 10PM I will start the campaign with Stainless Steel 6.4 in Med2. I hope to stream for at least 2 hours tonight and make this a regular event during weekdays. If you'd like to stop in and discuss TW and watch me get my ass handed to me - click on this link: http://www.livestream.com/forelegantgentlemen.

A few house rules I'm imposing on myself for this challenge:
-No easy settings for any of the games.
-Try to forge and maintain any alliances with Scotland.
-No restarting. If I lose, the whole thing is over and I am forever shamed.
-Maintain the "hexagon" at all times.
-Be as historically accurate as reasonable.

Any more suggestions for house rules are welcome. Hope to see a few TWC people in the stream's chat window. My apologies if I put this in the wrong forum.

[RO Citizen]

That seems massive. Good luck, sir!

[Gatecrasher]

RECAP from last session:

Starting in 1100.
-I build an army in Angers to conquer Rennes. The Captain of said army goes rogue and I now have a half-stack flag sitting outside the capital of a my province.
-Prince Louis leads a 1/4 stack flag out to engage the rebel captain, and manages to win despite poor odds. Even though Louis and his Maison du Roi manage to slay 142 enemies under the Oriflamme, Louis leaves the battle having earned the title "Prince Louis the Lazy".
-During the siege of Rennes I find out from the Livestream chat that "Ladders are for [wussies]." and "Real men only use siege towers!".
-Louis reinforces with units from Paris to march on English-controlled Caen while my diplomats begin talks with the HRE and the various Italian factions.
-A small English force ambushes Louis' army in Normandy but is quickly overpowered. The Pope notifies me that if I continue the war with England I will be excommunicated.
-I continue the war.
-The next turn Caen is taken by force, all prisoners are put to the sword. France is excommunicated. The French Cardinal Etienne of Rheims declares himself to be the true Pope, creating a schism in the Church.
-I stopped there for the evening (1117AD), on the brink of holy war engulfing Central Europe. I'm not backing down from some False Pope.

**Next session is tonight at 9:30PM EST.**