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Well, I decided to expand in the area where there was no risk - north and northeast. I've now taken that Scandinavian area where Stockholm and Oslo are - there are HEAPS of resources there, one of them I'm getting about 40 florins a turn compared to 8 for the others.
I also did the land grab westwards and took Bruges and Antwerp before the Frogs did, and took Riga and Helsinki before Ivan did. The problem is, I now have a very broad front to defend. I'm guessing I might have to concede Riga and Helsinki if I get attacked as I really want to keep Antwerp and Bruges. I'm confident I can defend the Scandinavian homeland as my longboats rule the North Sea/Baltic Sea area.
So far I've survived with only having one castle - Hamburg (I made sure all the others were cities so I could up the taxes). What's everyone else's castle:city ratio? Mine's about 7:1 I think.
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