Description: Couldn't chase down a Mongol general, but he'll get his due when all their lands fly gray. Adana burns. The crusaders are one region ... all » away from Antioch; it won't be long now. Ryazan burns and flies gray. That's pretty sweet; with rockets in the army itself, don't need to build siege equipment to take cities. Slower marching, but faster city-taking. With a couple strong armies in and around Sarkel, the time has arrived to work the Turks. Aleppo and Antioch fall without fuss. The crusade is a success! Only a few Mongol regions remain. In fact, all muslim lands are coming under Sicilian control. Truly a glorious time for Christendom! Sarkel burns and flies gray. Armies march on Moscow and Bulgar to the north, and Tblisi to the south. Our foothold in Egypt pumps out weak/mid-range units to keep the Sicilian presence in the region strong, and assist in the march through lower Egypt. More reinforcements are sent from Sofia, the closest Citadel with proper upgrades under our control. Armies march on Edessa and Damascus. These desert regions have very few defenses, and most are castles, which is what I've been wanting in that area. Somewhere about here, things with Fraps stop working properly. At the end of each turn, usually during the Mongol turn, the recording simply stops. Took a while to figure out what was happening, eventually just had to try to remember to hit F9 and keep recording with only about a second or two loss. Edessa and Damascus both fall, bringing a total of 8 Mongol regions into the kingdom of Sicily. 6 remain, but not for long. I'm going to avoid Jerusalem for as long as possible to not achieve victory conditions. I want to see what happens as the game goes on, and certainly explore the new world. Moscow falls without any sieging. I like the way that works! With the Byzantines also gone(taken out by rebels, lol), Orthodoxy vanishes at the blink of an eye. Elephants! Sweetness, elephants are available in the Mosul region, and quickly snatched up as mercenaries. Siege is layed upon Acre, bringing Sicilian forces to flank the north and south of Mongolian-held regions. This was a particularly bloody videoturn, even though it only lasted 3 gameturns. « (<<)

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