Europe's a mess and I just need to rule it

[Accomplice]

Let's play Medieval 2 Total War



What's M2TW?
The Total War series combines turn based kingdom management with real time tactical combat. Medieval 2 is set in Europe and is a remake, not sequel to Medieval TW.

First off, we need to choose a faction, and that is were you come in.
The available factions as of current (there are many I have not unlocked, but oh well):

• England: Good archers and infantry, but somewhat lacking in cavalry
  
• France: Superb cavalry, but somewhat lacking in good infantry early on
  
• The Holy Roman Empire: Good all around, but lacks the professional armies of England and France later on. Also, they are surrounded by potential enemies.
  
• Spain: Good navy. Good light cavalry, and light infantry comes at the cost of good heavy versions of the same.
  
• Venice: Strong militia infantry and late tech, but lacking in cavalry.
  
• Sicily: Strong militia, early knights and archers. Late knights are not so hot.
  
• Milan: Strong militia and crossbow units, but not much in the way of cavalry.
  
• Scotland: Excellent spears and pikes, but most nobles prefer to fight on foot (like MEN), and as such they have little in the way of cavalry.
  
• Denmark: Good infantry (they prefer axes to spears), but lacking heavy cavalry.
  
• Portugal: Good light cavalry, infantry, and navy, but their professional armies aren't as strong as their neighbors.
  

Also, should we go for the long (capture 45 regions) or short campaign (15 regions)?

Once we get going, I will be asking you to vote on policy decisions as they come up. Do we invade? Do we launch a crusade? Do we sit back and build up? Do we desperately try to hold off the two dozen nations that we have ended up fighting?

Vote away.

[Apples]

I vote France. It sounds like they're the only ones who know how to use a horse to stomp their enemies violently into the ground. Why use cannonfodder infantry when we can ride to glory? For Rohan France!

Oh, and I vote long campaign so we can rub our victory in everyone's faces more.

[kenlorens]

Scotland! They drink like real men, they wear skirts like real men, so why shouldn't they fight like real men? Apples, infantry are not just cannonfodder. Ever heard of a ZERG RUSH? Bam. Victory from the peons. But I do agree with the long campaign.

[Apples]

Are you claiming that the Zerg could take down Rohan?

[kenlorens]

Yes, in fact, I am. It's not something I'm particularly happy about, but there it is. Fact: The Zerg could totally own Rohan.

[Apples]

I say bring it on. Zerglings aren't that big, a rider could totally take them down. And even if by some freak chance Rohan did fall there's no denying that they would still be way cooler than the Zerg. If we die, we do so with honor and glory! War is not about victory, it's about style and tactics. Rohan has both. The Zerg have only numbers. A little tactical planning (perhaps showing up partway through a battle with a lot of cavalry and the rising sun at your back) will trump numbers any day.

And that's why we should play as France.

[kenlorens]

Think about it this way. It's an entire race (several, actually) breed to kill. There are trillions of them. Rohan is a small nation, filled mostly with farmers and laborers. The elite few who are pretty kick-ass at riding number in the thousands. I'm not just talking the riders against a couple Zerglings (which are the somewhere between the size of giant dogs and small horses), I'm talking about them against the entire brood. Hydralisks would take them out before they even got the chance to get in close, which is where the cavalry really shines. A couple Banelings would wipe out half of their force. It would only take a handful of Ultralisks to massacre entire villages. So, yes, I think that the Zerg would completely destroy Rohan. Your point about dieing with honor and still being cool? Fair enough. I can concede to that.

And that's why we should play as Scotland.

[Apples]

Zerg v. Rohan, Scotland v. France, Masculinity v. Fabulosity. Clearly we need to either drag more people into this or have Accomplice provide us with a tie-break vote.

[gametwizter]

I say England. Why even bother with hand to hand combat when you can just launch a barrage of arrows? And we also can hide on the Isles like pansies. Then all we have to worry about is the navy of Spain (which we could make friendly [perhaps]) and the proximity of France (which we take over). Range v. Speed v. Hoards, Korea v. China v. Mongols, Elegance v. Masculinity v. Fabulosity. And now we have three nations each with a backer.

[Apples]

But what would be England's Mascot? Scotland is apparently the Zerg. French could totally fight under the banner of Rohan. What about England? Tea drinking old ladies with pea shooters?

[Accomplice]

I've closed voting, and determined which faction we will play using a method of which I think all will approve:

(That's a d6 with the flags of the three countries drawn crudely on, if you couldn't tell)

Apparently we're England.

The first installment should be up tomorrow.

[kenlorens]

So now we're a bunch of tea-drinking old ladies with pea shooters. Way to go, Gametwizter. I can't complain, I guess, it was fairly decided. I approve of this method.

[Tedd B.]

Well i guess its too late to vote but I was going for England anyway so yay.

[Apples]

Well, tea is tasty, so at least we've got that going for us.

[Tedd B.]

Well I am thinking more of Boston Tea Party type of feelings and methods but more extreme. But yes tea is tasty.