This is by far one of the best strategy games on the iPad. Everything is very doable without spending money, though spending money does speed things up. Incredibly entertaining and realistic individual games, with the multiplayer options. Unlike the previous version where you would just have repetitive waves of forces to fight.. This one allows you to conquer and expand your kingdom, and to hold it all together which is no easy task you got to keep battling it out..
I got to 97% of conquering everything and now I know what Rome mustve felt like at peak :-)
I couldnt figure out how to get that last place, it said that it was surrounded by some special defense. But I can say is that I played like there was no tomorrow.. And promptly deleted the game so that I can be productive again :-)