>>531140636
>not ready to join
If you can hit at least 15 provinces and a fort by turn 12, you're ready for multiplayer. Playing more against the AI will not prepare you better. In fact, it'll make you worse, because you'll learn strategies which don't work against anyone who understands the game beyond recruiting hordes of chaff.
Just join a game, ask some questions here (don't say exactly what nation you're playing in what game or you'll get targeted), enjoy getting fucking wrecked, try to figure out why and what you can do about it, and go again.
Join us, shit's much better online.

Also, if you get the chance, try to join a blitz game. It'll go for like 6-8 hours if you don't get wrecked earlier, but you'll learn a lot because you'll get to see the consequences of your early game decisions withing hours, instead of after weeks.

>5th turn of the day for the same game
Pankoman's blessing be upon you nerds

>>527939548
You did pretty good for your first game. I saw you carving territory to conquer later very efficiently. You could have gotten massive. Maybe you got too aggressive too soon.
Pro tip: a few indies punch WAY above their weight class. Barbarians are the most common ones. They also bring multiple commanders and they're usually mixed in with the rest of them, so you can't easily hold + attack rear with some cavalry either. Wait on those until you heavily outnumber them, have some magic, or simply bring a lot of firepower. They melt under heavy ranged attacks.
As a rule of thumb, be careful with anything that does more than 15 points of damage per hit. Barbarians do 24. They'll fucking wreck your shit in the early game. They're beatable, but rarely worth the cost. Things in caves tend to be nasty too, plus it's dark in there and they usually have dark vision.
Now join another game and do it better.