Middle Ages conquest

[sabo]

Thanks to another thread on this site I noticed how popular this conquest is, and everybody was correct it's great! My question is, what civ does everyone like to play? I'm playing as the Franks right now and things are coming along nicely.

 

[lbhhh]

I played as the swedes. Its great, you can really terrorize France and England with constant berserker attacks.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

I have to agree; France, Germany, Norway, Sweden are the best Civs for all levels.
Danes are a bit too easy in general, and most other Civs are great at one level, but annoying/ overpowered in others - Byzantium for example is a cakewalk on Regent, but really painful above Emperor due to corruption.

Also, Castile was a lot of fun, more than a number of 'original' Civs (follow my sig, if interested).

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

I liked the Danes. They are great for war-mongerering.

 

[warpstorm]

I really liked the Succession Game the Breakaway folks played in using the Celts. Thanks, Doc.

 

[Vietcong]

i palyed as the muslims in spain, and when done, controeld all of spain, france, and northren italy, including the hloly land.

 

[alex994]

I like the Byzantine, nice easy to go!

 

[HellboundHeathcliff]

I just finished one as the Franks. Controlled all of spain, france, germany, n. italy and most of holland when i got a VP win with 19 turns left. I had 2 relics but didn't need to go anywhere near the holy land.

I played as the fatimids the first time around. Might replay as them eventually to try doing things differently.

 

[Duke Togo]

I've beaten it (Regent level) with England, Germany, Cordova, Sweden, and Byzantium, and about to beat it with the Turks... The "barbarian" nations have it way too easy in the game. I had racked up 70,000 points at the point of victory (30,000) when I completed the Conquest with the Swedes. Try Byzantium if you want a little more challenge.

An interesting note, you can take Jerusalem fairly quickly with England if you load your army (which you start with) and the Grail Relic into one of your galleys, and sail it directly there. The defenders won't stand a chance. You can also try to hit Venice on the way and pick up their Relic.

 

[sabo]

Like I mentioned before, I'm the Franks on my first one, I've finished off Burgandy and I'm building my forces against Castille right now, and right before I want to attach Harold in Norway demands horses from me. I had to think long and hard about it but since I have no way to get to him at the moment as those little ships I got only carry one and would get slaughtered by Viking longboats I had to give in, Harold you just moved into second place right after Castille

 

[tomart109]

Thought I would just get the win, going through all 9 conquests (wanna see the victory movie!) But the Middle Ages are so interesting that I'm playing it again...

My first was Byzantium, that was a good easy start - it was fun to take Jerusalem and vaporize the Abbasids! (The royal elimination adds a good twist - killing the 3rd king is easier than stomping out every last little town. Another example of the well-crafted variety of the Conquests, and a tad easier than the 8 cities in FoR.)

Now I'm playing Germany, and cleaning up Burgundy, who attacked me. They're a prime opponent, stretched long and thin - once you cut them in two, the capital is isolated in the north, making their southlands totally corrupt and ripe for the taking. Soon I'll have northern Italy and decide whether to go west into France or eastward. (Hmm, guess I'm a warmonger.)

Has anyone seen many treaties or alliances in this Conquest? It seems a striking difference after the recurrent dogpiles in Rise and Fall of Rome, where if you get attacked everyone else joins in, even those on the other side of the world. (Isn't it great when Egypt declares on the Celts, or Huns on Carthage? Several times per game??)

But here in the Middle Ages it seems safe to attack, since no other civ seems to care, even your neighbors, and those of the same religious persuasion as the foe... Perhaps historians could explain.

 

[Ville]

Some viking civ

 

[Cuivienen]

My two favorites are Byzantium and Burgundy, but they are both virtually unplayable beyond Emperor unless you reduce corruption (which I do in all of my games). So far, though, my favorite game of Middle Ages was one, when, as the Byzantines, I reconquered the whole of the Roman Empire excepting England and moved my capital to Rome before winning. Of course, that was on Regent and played solely for style points.

 

[Tweedledum]

Here's a good reason for liking the Danes...

 

[Duke Togo]

Originally posted by Tweedledum
Here's a good reason for liking the Danes...

You can do the same with England, AND return a Relic at the same time.

 

[Tweedledum]

Originally posted by Duke Togo
You can do the same with England, AND return a Relic at the same time.

Just tried it and... even better.

 

[Duke Togo]

Ayup

 

[Gogf]

As the Danes, a good challenge is to try to conquer all of Europe for victory points. Another is to capture other civ's relics.

 

[pirke]

I'm currently playing Germany, already got rid of Poland. Next were the Danes, but I didn't have a good transport over the ocean, so I only need to take his capital now. In a few turns I'll be going to war with the Burgondy and after that the Franks.

It really helps when you have all wonders and are leading in tech here (3 armies of 4 knights can do pretty amazing things!)

 

[tomart109]

Originally posted by Cuivienen
My two favorites are Byzantium and Burgundy, but they are both virtually unplayable beyond Emperor unless you reduce corruption (which I do in all of my games).

I thought that even that small modification rendered your games unfit for the hall of fame, and thus useless for seeing the conquest movie after winning all nine.... . . . . . ?