Phrossack
Armored Fish and Armored Men
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- Oct 26, 2008
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M2TW feels too much like a jumbled-up mess even on BC or SS, and on vanilla it's depressingly easy to just go for the WC and outrace the Mongols by years because there are a stupidly small number of territories to capture in a stupidly large amount of time. The papacy chiefly seems as though it exists mostly to frustrate and annoy players who end up Catholic.
I LOVE M2TW. BC is splendid, and lacks any of the flaws you mentioned. And manipulating the Pope is quite fun. You can easily win his support through a "donation" to the Church. And by working to get Cardinals, you'll not only earn his favor, but slowly get control of the College of Cardinals. Once you rig the Papacy, it'll be happy to excommunicate your attackers and call Crusades of your choice.