I’ve played legendary a few times but didn’t enjoy it. I go for VHard as on both my legendary campaigns I got multi-stacked by about 4 different enemies within 10 turns.
I’ve done full playthroughs with Dwarfs, Empire, Bretonnia, High Elves, Wood Elves.
Can’t wait for 3! I played Troy and the depth of the game is just staggering levels below WH.
I don’t think I have completed any playthroughs yet, and I play on easy 
When I started playing, Undead, Dwarfs and Chaos were my first tries. Recently, I’ve given Empire, Skaven, High and Wood Elves a go.
I can’t imagine playing a total war game without magic now.
I tend to play as European nations only, something like forming Flanders from Hainaut, or forming Prussia + Germany from Brandenburg (easiest way imo). Just about to start as Teutonic order cutting through the Urals to the Sea of Okhotsk with the plan of simultaneously working through to SE Asia, and Westward in Europe to form Germany.
It’s frustrating but I find them ganging up on you to be fun. Ikit is really fun and doable. Just go right and leave the left hand alone that defends your flank.
Chaos using SFO mod changes the dynamic to a semi permanent approach so it’s easier.
Find other factions tedious.
Trying dinos now.
Yep can’t wait for three!!!
I only recently tried Ikit (hadnt played skaven before). Absolutely love them now. The voices, weapons teams and warp bombs are so much fun.
Thanks for the suggestions. In the middle of an Offaly play through right now - have unified Ireland and am ready to pounce on England
And they quote the wombles of wimbledon - as a kid that’s just hilarious when you hear that.
You start talking like Skaven after a while, its a little disturbing. 
Dwarves have a character that pops up that’s voiced by Brian Blessed - that’s also super fun.
Brian Blessed voice acting <<< link
Yeah, Gotrek is one of my favourite characters from the Warhammer universe.
My favourite is Bretonnia I think, great economy mechanics and when you get your later tiers you can match anything.
Nothing better than having cavalry as your main “anvil line”
My only gripe (in general as well) is when you confed someone and gain their leader (Fey Enchantress etc.) You can’t reset their points… The AI sure know how to spend on the most pointless things!
Did any of you ever get to play Woodruff?
Me and my kids spent hours playing that. I would like to find games similar. Any ideas?
I haven’t tried Bretonnia yet, but will do so soon for something different. I always hear people complain they are too squishy and lack sufficient top tier units?
I tried Empire (Karl Franz) again on Saturday. I always struggle with them. It seems to take ages to get a wizard and artillery, and the early troops can be a bit squishy when coming under attack from Orcs/goblins and undead armies.
Then the relations with other empire factions is a real pain. I try to unite through peaceful means as going to war just adds additional pressure particularly as you don’t have much cash early on but getting peace and trade deals agreed with them is really difficult. I end up blowing most of my cash and empire points on those event actions that pop up - seems to happen with far more frequency than say the High Elven one does.
Add in the fact that peaceful measures give you fewer options to upskill your lords…I’ll probably try a different faction next weekend.
I don’t think I have heard of it. What sort of game is it?
Never felt it myself, I think they have an excellent starting position ideal for turtles like myself You litterally have 2 choke points East, no threat from the West (for ages), North has 1 weak opponent and South is where you expand…
Maybe people think that because they have basically the same infantry from low tier to their end tier it’s weak but I only use archers (with poison) from the pesant bits come end tier.
Look up Grail Guardians, I use them as my “anvil” instead of normal infantry, they have high armour, shield and immune to psychology… With the bonus you can charge on mass into their front lines and cause big damage before they go static. Combine with a Life Wizard to keep healing them and then the rest of your other cav to flank and smash in behind… All the winged ones you get mean you can kill their artillary early and then join the fray.
Ironically the key to both Brettonia and Empire is taking Marienburg early… The money it makes is ridiculous.
For Empire just spend your money convincing the lords you want to take v’s the ones you will take out. I always found for Karl the key was getting Reiksguard asap, then upgrading them later. My final set up for Empire is usually;
Karl
Life Wizard
Warrior Priest
5* SteamTanks (main line)
3* Handgunners
2* Hellstorm
3* Hellblaster Volley Guns (these destroy armour)
2* Demigriph Knights
2* Outriders (the purple AP ones)
2* Halberds (near the hellblasters to avoid cav charges)
Have the warrior priest charge in and make them blob them near your tanks and just destroy them with your ranged.
Thanks @Draexnael , I’ll look into Bretonnia for my next run. Which Lord would you recommend going with first? The starting position does sound ideal, particularly compared to Empire.
I didn’t think it was possibly for the Empire to get Marienburg early anymore following an update? Bretonnia seem to capture it at the start well before I can get Karl Franz anywhere near it?
I wonder if my part of my problem was giving back the two cities to Stirland and Talabacland they had lost to the Undead instead of just keeping them for myself. I had thought giving back would provide me with a buffer against the undead until I was ready while improving relations with the other lords - but early cash is such an issue, maybe it is the wrong strategy
Adventure game funny and mad. Using just the mouse (so no need to be a deft had with a game pad).
Game from the 90’s like the Goblins serie.
I have done a search and found it ‘Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth’ so will down load it and have another go (I lost my original CD). It was a very clever game and really funny.
Here’s a long video of the game play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWOpqCyJ-jM
EDIT: It really is just a nostalgic thing for me, one of those things that brought me and the kids closer.
I’m like @Iftikhar just loved those strategy games like Ceasar 2/3, Railroad Tycoon (still play the Railroad Tycoon 3 from Gathering), Sim City, Civilization (a hybrid of 3 and 4 would have been the best) also got into Total War: Shogun 2 great game (except the naval battle interface but if you have a big enough fleet you came just let the computer simulate it).
Oh! and FM just upto 2016.
That really took my computer to the limit of what it could do in a reasonable fashion, I keep asking do simulations really need to have ultra graphics?
I go Louen Leoncoeur, you get the other lords if you confed later. He is great at holding the line, the starting base is great also.
It’s tricky but with either Bret or Empire you build a 2nd stack and around turn 4 go and put it under seige and then bring your main lord to support and take. Your main lord should have taken some of the “suggested” places, for Empires this is Ubersreik → Grunburg → Eilhart. the key is getting it under seige before someone else and before they get a huge stack.
I don’t give back cities, I also don’t “re-instate”, they always end up just being a pain in the ass. As Empire I cleared to the West and North first, if you get the forts which sit in each pass that secures you from most. Then the Vampires can be dealt with, if they get to you before you get mid-tier you get wiped. Use Halberdiers as your front line until you get tanks, they are solid and just need to be kept clear of ranged. If you clear all the way to Brettonia you are basically safe to expand West/North and have 1 roaming army near the south who can reinforce your forts in the passes.
Absolutely.
I have played every civilization game from the first. I still prefer to play Civ3/Civ4 than any of the newer versions.
Occasionally I go back and play them, and they still hold up as great games. I also liked Colonization both the original and the mod.
I loved colonisation, someone released it for the iPad but it’s buggy and really hard to use sadly.