Olaus Petrus: Yep, what was stranger was, if you notice in the Rome battle screenshot, the leader of the enemy army is the former Pope, Lázár
I figure the historical book writing Hungarians wouldn't want to say they were fighting the ex-Pope, so I didn't mention it.
Yes, the Russians are in a fix. The capable guys are dead, all the new under-age rulers seem to be inbred or crazy, the Seljuks are moving up and both of the Mongol tribes are fighting them at the same time. Although one tribe has already splintered and is almost gone, and the Mongols still need to get through my old vassal, the Duchy of Moskva, to reach me....will be interesting to see how it goes.
Belgian Fuhrer: Thanks, I appreciate the compliment and hope you'll continue to enjoy the AAR.
RGB: Well, in my experience, the conquering is not so hard, it's the keeping that's the problem. This game tends to be very fickle, and everything can go wrong very easily if you're not careful.