My current to do list is:
Play more Tomb Raider Anniversary. It's a great game, but I've put it on hold for the other thing I want to do:
Finish playing a game of Medieval II. Seriously. I've had this game for ages, but I've never managed to get close to finishing a game.
This time, though, I think I might manage it. Playing as the English I've conquered most of France, so they are no longer a threat, and I'm at peace with them now.
When I captured Bordeuax, the Spanish attacked me, and after several wars with them I've occupied half of the Iberian Peninsula, and there's an uneasy peace that I assume they're going to break soon. This is a problem for me, since, while I easily have the military strength to crush any attacks, the Pope hates it when I fight back, and I'm trying to keep in good relations with the Papal States until I'm in a position where the rest of the Catholic nations are not a major threat to me.
Meanwhile, I've captured large portions of North Africa from the Moors, who are now a vassal state, and using the provinces I captured, I've built a fleet that's currently dominating the Mediterrenean, which I've been using to slowly transport armies to fight a war against the Timurids in the East, but I've captured several territories from them, and am now in a position to train armies there, instead of having to transport them from Europe.
My short term goal for the game is to avenge the assassination of King Simon the Merciless and destroy the Timurids once and for all.
Update because I have nothing better to do:
The war with the Timurid's is going well. I have captured several key settlements, and have won three battles against their largest armies. This has left them with few troops to defend their cities, but they were costly and I can't attack their cities for fear of spreading my forces too thin. Right now, what I predict is going to happen is a rush between me and the Timurid's to raise strong armies quickly. If they beat me to it, I'm going to be playing a defensive campaign, and will have to ship more forces over from Europe.
That's a problem, though, since I'm now fighting two wars in Europe. France was excommunicated, so I decided to declare war and capture some of their territories, but I attacked too early, and didn't have enough forces nearby to deal much damage. And then, as soon as I ended my turn, the Spanish marched on two of my cities and lay siege to them. I fought them off easily, but I don't have strong enough armies on the peninsula to strike back. And now the Pope's ordered me to cease hostilities with both factions, or be excommunicated. Of course, because of the way the game works, they can still attack me, but I can't fight back. Even breaking sieges makes my standing with the Pope fall.
I tried to pursue a ceasefire with both factions, but they both refused my offers, despite the fact that they can't survive a sustained war against me, and throughout the game I've been very trustworthy, only attacking non-catholic factions, or catholic factions who have attacked me first.
Update 2:
Still at war with the Spanish and French, but no further fighting. Still pursuing peace, but they're very resistant to my offers to not commit genocide.
However! A crusade was called to recapture Bologna from the Sicilians. I quickly raised one strong army, and bolstered it with mercenaries, and, with the King at it's head, they marched to victory and captured Bologna. Now, my relations with the papal states are perfect, which is great considering beforehand I was the catholic faction they hated the most, and I was on my way to excommunication.
Then, in the same turn that that happend, my forces captured another Timurid settlement (which had been their capital for about around two turns) and I got a message saying I'd completed the game. A little anti-climactic, yeah, but I'm going to continue playing and see how powerful I can get. We haven't even discovered America yet...
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