Playing as France, I managed to make the historical stalemate of the Hundred Years War moot.
You see, after taking the French provinces England still owned, Englands stubborn AI would only offer me white peace, and considered anything above that to be unacceptable.
However, France starts with a absolutely pathetic navy, and no real means of building it up. A naval forcelimit of 9 is a terrible thing. however, I decided on a cunning plan. A daring plan, but devious in its exploitation of the game engine. I would create a stack of cogs, and a stack of Carracks, and sacrifice the Carracks one at a time to stall the English fleet while moving a stack of units to my ally, Scotland.
It turned out to be unnecessary. Scotland declared a unrelated war before my carracks were built, and quickly summoned up several large stacks. The English, already worn from my pounding away on the mainland, fought valiantly, but ultimately lost. However, they managed to entrap a stack of 15 Scottish highlanders in the Western Isles... Using their hugemassive fleet. Which the AI won't divide.
I quickly collected my cogs and began slowly transporting units to the southern English lands, while the Scottish handled their main military force in the north and trapped their fleet in trying to keep that big stack away from the battle.
End result? Scotland demanded they release Wales, Cornwall and Northumberland, and I now occupy almost every English province left. If I'm guessing right, as well, Scotland is due for a royal crisis soon, and may be vulnerable to a PU... If I can tear England a big enough hole, and PU Scotland, I'll own most of France AND Most of the British Isles. At 1450, I will be so completely overpowered, I may be able to conquer the continent before this is done.
Il est facile de se prononcer à partir de Paris.