There was (is, hee hee)a game on the
good old nintendo 8bit a game called
"shingen the ruler" Where you had to
come out of your home provience with
your''e little army and kick the crap
out of all the other proviences till
you own the whole country. The beginning
is really hard because you are far weaker then everyone around
you and they attack right away.

Anyway, I had survived the beginning rounds
of a game and was building up forces.
And the freaking ninjas from Ikko Sect
were all over me! See, there is nothing you
could do about ninja incursions (unless your own
ninja manage to intercept them)
you would just get a report like
"food stollen" or "building blown up" or "someone has started a riot" and it really pulled down your stats and it was hard to build back up.
Anyway like every turn the Ikko Sect ninjas were messing up my stuff. My ninja told me that Ikko sect was behind it all.
so I unallied with the countries betwwen me and Ikko Sect
and took enough troops and supplies for a three provience push.
and I kicked their monk asses.
that was almost ten years ago and I still remember.
That game had great AI.
happy halloween