The Holy Roman Empire is my favorite faction in Total War: Medieval II. What about you? 
I try to play as different factions. Factions like HRE and Milan are tough because you're surrounded on all sides by potential rivals at the start.
You sound like you know a lot about the game, you must be really good at it! Have you played the campaign about colonizing America? 
I played all of them at one time or another including the fan made one based on the Third Age of Lord of the RIngs.
That sounds really interesting. What other fan mods are there? 
There's a historical one based on the Indian subcontinent that I'd like to try someday. There's also one based on Game of Thrones.
Do you play any other games? Imperial Glory is supposed to be similar to the Total War series. 
I have played games like Lords of the Realm and other RTS games in the past.
Lords of the Realm is a good game. You have to keep track of the serfs and build castles in addition to just battles.
Yeah, but Total War is the best I've come across that simulates the actual battles.
Shogun was the first Total War game to come out, wasn't it?