Velasco: Yup, it seems to be!
J.Passepartout: I think the Angus family are going to need all the fairy help they can lay their hands on.
Van Engel: OK, I'll lay my cards on the table from the outset. I don't for a moment expect to take this game right through to 1453 for the simple reason that I have never once so far played a game of CK anywhere past 1300, so why should this one be different? All I promise is that I will keep going as long as I'm enjoying myself, then I'll stop. And you never know - I may break my previous record and get into the 1300s!
Lord J.Roxton: Interesting. The style was inspired by a book of Scottish Fairy Tales that I was reading to my younger daughter. They all seemed very samey, and curiously reminiscent of games of CK - "Once a upon a time there was a king who had three daughters..." etc, etc. I realized it would make a great style for an AAR. So don't let me stop you - let's have another one!
coz1: Jings, man, ye didnae think Ah'd be daein' a Scottish AAR wi'oot the accents, did ye?
gosam: Thanks, I'll try my best. Keep the feedback coming, too!
King of Men: Thanks. Updates will be at the rate of one per ruler, which I guess will be once or twice a week - no promises though!
Dead William: No I didn't cheat, I just made judicious use of the pause button. I don't know if it works in all versions, but in 1.04 if you get a peace offer in before anyone else when your (Christian) enemy has just lost his last province he will usually (always?) accept, even if it isn't you who has taken control of the province. I think you have to have been part of the besieging force though. So I sit with my finger over the pause button and bang it down the moment the siege is over. It never fails! Grabbing the title was the easy part, of course, since Wicked Ogres' titles are very cheap!
Fiftypence: Thanks - it's good to be back in business!
Alhazen: Welcome, and thanks.
Well I haven't played to the end of the next ruler's reign yet, but he's pushing fifty so expect an update fairly soon. Thanks for all the encouraging comments!