Following the current trend in my gaming threads, I have discovered that my troutty laptop can run Rome: Total War! Joy of joy! As such, let us relive our memories of these games. Not just the Medievals, but all of them. I want to hear about your finest military victories, your worst defeats and every Pyrrhic victory in between.
Did anybody else, in Viking Invasion, always play the Irish and stock up on almost nothing but Gallowglasses? Those guys were brilliant. I also enjoyed sending over hordes of Missionaries to the Viking lands in order to convert them, which breeds rebellion. I would take over the country, only to immediately lose it to a sudden barrage of psychotic Vikings from the neighbouring country. Great craic, like.
My favourite victory occurred in the final tutorial mission of Medieval. It was the Battle of Jafar, in which the English had phenomenal cosmic power, but itty bitty living space. Shortly after saving the princess, I had to fight the Battle of Jaffa, and I finished that battle with 7 Foot Soldiers remaining. Exactly 7. Literally everybody else who had participated in that battle - friend or foe - was dead. This was years and years ago, but I still remember it well.
So yeah, get to it, lads and ladies. Let us swap our war stories!
Also, if you have a hankering for these games, most of them are in the Steam sales right now.