game plan: start off in sicily, build Italia, SPQR, and Make Hellenism Great Again i will probably fail
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hmmm, too much work to get a foothold in sicily switching to good ol' Haesteinn and going to start by invading the aghlabidspic.twitter.com/bNyPJneQVY
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scrolling through settings . . . looks like there are a ton of new crusading events and options
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Success! Took almost all of Sicily in the prepared invasion, and a nice chunk of Tunisia too, in spite of the meddling of Egypt. Looks like Byzantium is holding on to the duchy title in Syracuse, though . . . damn And de jure Kingdom of Sicily requires a lot of Apulia . . . hmmpic.twitter.com/t3yGNZnqcD
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Here's de jure Kingdom of Sicily. Looks like most of the peninsular counties are unaffiliated with Italy, so I think the next step is to pick them off and take the crown.pic.twitter.com/Pzue0wzz8B
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OK, so far so good--I've got 10/21 counties in the Kingdom. Most of the non-Italian and non-Byzantine counties were easy pickings, even with defensive alliances--they broke up quickly. Problem: Foggia, the last province, was part of a 2-county duchy. 10 year truce . . . damn.pic.twitter.com/kQn2LW23bV
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AH! Only a five-year truce! I'm 52, I *think* I can survive until it clears. Fingers crossed . . .
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But wait! My damn wife killed herself having another son and now I have to deal with a massive split in my holdings in the event of succession before I'm ready. And I brilliantly just converted to Christianity so I can't arbitrarily just whack off Syracuse. Damn me!
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Think I just have to risk a border war against Byzantium for Syracuse. Fortunately Byzantium's in the middle of what looks like a substantial civil war, which ups my odds of success.
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fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckpic.twitter.com/8lpnGCNIsp
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wait why not camp in messina for the sweet strait bonus? I've won against frankish armies 1.5 times my size that way
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Replying to @eigenrobot
that's why you always have single ships camped out near routes of attack
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