Some humble Tips and Advice for beginners

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by CharonJr:
You don't even have to take the fortress itself, just holding the province prevents the building of new troops (there) and usually nets you a very nicve additional income which you enemy will no longer get (getting stronger while weakening an enemy is always a good idea ).

The holder of the fortress gets the income, while the holder of the province gets to set the tax rate.