Ireland (M2TW:K Faction)

M2TW Kingdoms:

Factions: The Britannia Campaign England Scotland Norway Wales Ireland The Crusades Campaign Kingdom of Jerusalem Principality of Antioch Egypt Turks The Byzantine Empire The Teutonic Campaign The Teutonic Order Lithuania Denmark Novgorod Poland The Holy Roman Empire The Americas Campaign New Spain The Aztec Empire The Mayans The Apachean Tribes The Tlaxcalans Tribes The Chichimec Tribes The Tarascans Tribes

Ireland are a new faction introduced in M2TW Kingdoms. They control half the island of Ireland due to an English invasion, which started in 1171 under King Henry II with the support of a Papal Bull.

Starting Position

At first glance, the Irish starting positions seams weak, the English control half the settlements on Ireland and all 4 Irish settlements are spread out around these English settlements, however this is misleading, the culture of English controlled parts of the Island is still strongly Irish, the English themselves will be busy fighting the welsh for much of the early game so few elite units will be in Ireland. The Irish also start the game with their unique character, Brian O'Connor.

Once the island of Ireland itself has been united, its a prosperous and secure base to build up to the stronger Irish units and plan further conquests.

Units

Unit Summary

Ireland has a weak early game roster, which gets much stronger as time goes on, they are notably lacking in archers but this is compensated for by their excellent cavalry (such as lord's retinue and calivermen). Also of note is that Irish spearmen can only be recruited in towns, but as Irish cavalry is the best in the campaign, spearmen are not often a high priority for Irish generals.

Overall strategy

After uniting Ireland, ,the irish should then try and develop their economy and to help weaken the english through assasins and spies, or help the english and destroy the other factions in the map and then betray the english . If choosing the first option you should always try and attack the english through assasins and spies . When your army reaches about 2 full stacks or so that you cant definitly support (the upkeep doesnt make you bankrupt) then you should attack england or scotland and taking the northern part of the mainland. After achieving that you should destroy norway and take the nearby islanads. You should encourage the barons alliance at all times, preferably by making sure the enemies leaders are always low authority ones.

Strategy Guides

• Britannia Campaign: Ireland on Org

AAR's

• For Ireland! A Brittania AAR on TWC