Originally posted by Sapura:
'. On more than occasion I have seen them being chopped up and on the road to a partition, Polish style, in the 1550's.'
Hmm? You're kidding me? Are you playing Poland-Lithuania or is this the A.I's doing by itself? Anyways, what is 'historically accurate', the Ottomans never took an ounce of Polish territory until 1672, when they annexed Podolia for a few years.
Sapura
No, no, that is not what I meant. Sorry, that could have been phrased better - I blame it on too much coffee.
No, they were chopped up by Venetians, Poles, Hungarians, Mameluks and Persians so that, in the end, there would be none of it left, just like Poland in those sad years of the partitions.
And to Hartmann: It is good to know that they succeed sometimes, but I have still to see it with my own eyes. I probably play too few games, but still, IMO they should expand fast in 99% of the games.
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