Hell at Iberia..

[Emre Yigit]

I find Iberia to be extremely satisfying. I takes patience, a lot of money, maybe a few allies. But a gradual creep into neighbouring (and high-tech!) provinces, seeing the positive effects on the rest of my provinces, and the slow change of colour in both state and religion, is oh-so-much-more satisfying than crusades for Jerusalem, which is a true bottomless pit for casualties.

In my current game (I'm playing England), I somehow managed to marry my son to the soon-to-be-queen of Castille. Kinslayer on a massive scale she may be (four siblings assassinated/executed I believe) but Dalia "the Lion" is proving adept at nibbling away at the Moors! Without my help, each war ends in stalemate; with my help, victory.

Also, remember that the reconquista took a loooong time, and it certainly wasn't a historical inevitability.


PS... And it doesn't get easier. When I got down to Seville and Cordoba, I couldn't believe the castle garrison size! (2K+)

[grumphie]

yeah. HUGE garrisons and even longer sieges due to far better techs. gets even worse against mauritania, they can easly raise WAAAY over 10k troops, as they threw that at me just after a massive civil war inside mauritania. their civil wars saved my ass. allowed me to grab a duchy withou their interferance. france with their multiple holy wars in north africa, they own everything but mauritantia in north africa now, saved my butt as well. currently theyre almost at cairo bye bye shia caliphate(though it got delayed by a lot becuase of a stupid depose liege war by aquatingy. almost messed up my carefully plotted manouvring of my nephew to the throne of france. in 5 years or so im ready to assasinate his grandfather and father: jimena will rule france!)

[n000b]

Well, I just had my first game in iberia as castille, It took me under 50 years (2 kings) to unite iberia. TBH it was pretty easy, I expected a huge war lasting for centuries, now i just sit on my quiet isolated peninsular with nothing to do. Meh, im gonna start a new game as the d'hautevilles in Sicily, now thats a fun and challeging starting posistion!

[RedRooster81]

Well, I just had my first game in iberia as castille, It took me under 50 years (2 kings) to unite iberia. TBH it was pretty easy, I expected a huge war lasting for centuries, now i just sit on my quiet isolated peninsular with nothing to do. Meh, im gonna start a new game as the d'hautevilles in Sicily, now thats a fun and challeging starting posistion!

At that point I usually marry my son to a Hauteville heiress and scheme to inherit Sicily. I don't know why, but I always have this strange urge to unite Iberia and Sicily.