Rann Gotanoa
@ranngotanoa.bsky.social
Catholic Social worker
I play video games such as Medieval 2: Total War.
I play video games such as Medieval 2: Total War.
Historical accuracy win! I, the Kingdom of Hungary, am attacking Constantinople with an army of peasants while it is defended by Frankish and Turkish mercenaries.
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Historical accuracy win! I, the Kingdom of Hungary, am attacking Constantinople with an army of peasants while it is defended by Frankish and Turkish mercenaries.
Its hard to not be a Lenovo Thinkpad supremacist when thinkpads are simply better.
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Its hard to not be a Lenovo Thinkpad supremacist when thinkpads are simply better.
France needs to hurry up and run out of money so that I don’t need to keep fighting their mercenaries. #medieval2
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
France needs to hurry up and run out of money so that I don’t need to keep fighting their mercenaries. #medieval2
THIRTEEN UNITS OF DISMOUNTED FRANKISH KNIGHTS. HOW DOES ONE COUNTER THAT
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
THIRTEEN UNITS OF DISMOUNTED FRANKISH KNIGHTS. HOW DOES ONE COUNTER THAT
I changed stone forts to cost between 1000-1500 florins so that they’re easier to build.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I changed stone forts to cost between 1000-1500 florins so that they’re easier to build.
I was planning on building a stone fort on that bridge to protect Metz from France, but of course they jump the gun and attack me.
Anyone wanna place bets on how long until Poland attacks me?
Anyone wanna place bets on how long until Poland attacks me?
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I was planning on building a stone fort on that bridge to protect Metz from France, but of course they jump the gun and attack me.
Anyone wanna place bets on how long until Poland attacks me?
Anyone wanna place bets on how long until Poland attacks me?
Feeling the pain of being DM and having dope character ideas. An aberrant dragon mark dragonborn champion fighter would be banging cool.
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Feeling the pain of being DM and having dope character ideas. An aberrant dragon mark dragonborn champion fighter would be banging cool.
Just finished setting my copy of Total Vanilla Beyond to be a 1 year per turn. I know all the professionals do it .5 years per turn since thats how to characters age but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
October 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Just finished setting my copy of Total Vanilla Beyond to be a 1 year per turn. I know all the professionals do it .5 years per turn since thats how to characters age but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Got MX Linux working on a T460 Thinkpad. Steam installed no problem and I can now play #Medieval2 on #Linux!
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Got MX Linux working on a T460 Thinkpad. Steam installed no problem and I can now play #Medieval2 on #Linux!
Some day I will write a 25 part thread on why Stardew Valley and Medieval 2 Total War are fundamentally the same form of game.
(And maybe @sejimacore.bsky.social can get mad at me for it again)
(And maybe @sejimacore.bsky.social can get mad at me for it again)
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Some day I will write a 25 part thread on why Stardew Valley and Medieval 2 Total War are fundamentally the same form of game.
(And maybe @sejimacore.bsky.social can get mad at me for it again)
(And maybe @sejimacore.bsky.social can get mad at me for it again)
If this gets five likes I will change my discord to darkmode for the first time in five years.
August 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If this gets five likes I will change my discord to darkmode for the first time in five years.
This is why I will not be updating to Windows 11
me booing and hissing every time OneDrive tells me my drive is full and asks me if I wanna pay a monthly fee for more storage. no. I bought an external hard drive for a one-time fee, thank you
July 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is why I will not be updating to Windows 11
I’m going to put Skynet in Medieval 2, unfortunately I will be copy and pasting for the next week.
July 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’m going to put Skynet in Medieval 2, unfortunately I will be copy and pasting for the next week.
Well the Cathars are here. Luckily I have my own priests bringing the hammer down on those heretics, just like St. Dominic would have wanted!
February 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Well the Cathars are here. Luckily I have my own priests bringing the hammer down on those heretics, just like St. Dominic would have wanted!
My ally won’t give me a loan :(
February 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
My ally won’t give me a loan :(
Didn’t expect to win this battle. I forgot just how amazing French heavy cavalry can be when used against archers and light infantry.
February 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Didn’t expect to win this battle. I forgot just how amazing French heavy cavalry can be when used against archers and light infantry.
Look what I found! Might have to try making my own custom campaign here soon.
www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...
www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...
[Tutorial] How-To: Add multiple campaigns (aka provincial campaigns)
Well it's been a frequently asked question how you can enable provincial campaigns in Medieval 2, and so far we thought it isn't possible.
After asking the friendly guys at CA (thanks a lot) I was ti...
www.twcenter.net
February 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Look what I found! Might have to try making my own custom campaign here soon.
www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...
www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...
Big things coming! I made recruitment pools for a bunch of merc units and now I’m going to make roads, churches, and taverns all make mercenary units available to recruit!
#modding #medieval2totalwar
#modding #medieval2totalwar
February 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Big things coming! I made recruitment pools for a bunch of merc units and now I’m going to make roads, churches, and taverns all make mercenary units available to recruit!
#modding #medieval2totalwar
#modding #medieval2totalwar
I don’t know if there is a delicate balance to the factions in #medieval2:totalwar but if there is I am absolutely demolishing it with recruitable mercenaries.
February 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I don’t know if there is a delicate balance to the factions in #medieval2:totalwar but if there is I am absolutely demolishing it with recruitable mercenaries.
3197 Byzantine soldiers against my 1554, most of which are mercenaries without any experience. I have no field artillery of any kind. Lets see if I can beat this 2:5 odds battle!
January 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
3197 Byzantine soldiers against my 1554, most of which are mercenaries without any experience. I have no field artillery of any kind. Lets see if I can beat this 2:5 odds battle!
A photo dump of one of my greatest generals named Sigismund the Merciless. He had nearly maxed out dread, units would panic and flee as soon as he charged them.
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#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights
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#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights
January 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A photo dump of one of my greatest generals named Sigismund the Merciless. He had nearly maxed out dread, units would panic and flee as soon as he charged them.
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#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights
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#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights
Well this is the battle it all comes down too. Not bad odds but Venice has some stronger infantry than I do.
#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights
#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights
January 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Well this is the battle it all comes down too. Not bad odds but Venice has some stronger infantry than I do.
#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights
#medieval2totalwar #m2tw #medievalknights