I have it and its a great game!
Try this combination, it's bloody difficult on the campaign:
Clan: Date
Diff: Legendary
Try to survive! xD
So far I managed to get to the 100 turn and have 6 provinces, this is a HUGE advance! xD
That IS impressive! I havent met anyone that has come close to that yet! Congratulations
I also found mods for the Tech:
One I have used and tbh dont like cos it makes it too easy:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=441165 (1 turn per tech)
One I will be testing sooner or later:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=441595 (25%/50% decrease in time depending on which version, looks nice
)
RTW is a blast from the past, I only hope that TW:R2 will be as good as RTW and more like RTW than E:TW