Reply With QuoteAwesome, I myself just got a Steam card so I can purchase a copy of CK2.
What the hell?
Christmas Eve - 70 to 80 degrees average, lots of wind, lots of rain.
Christmas - 30 degrees by morning, 5 degrees by night, no wind, tons of snow
Well hello there sudden 70 degree drop in temperature in one day.
Also, ground covered in layers of mud, ice, snow? Totes safe. Snow took out our power over and over, which started triggering fire alarms, and also froze our pipes solid.
Power's back, pipes still frozen. Yay?
Not how I imagined Christmas would be.
Plus side? Got a legit legal copy of Crusader Kings 2, which I'm totally going to do a RP'd let's play of. I started a playthrough as a custom queen of Navarra, just to build history that I know stuff about so it wouldn't be all shit. Playing her grand daughter, and will start from the first day of her rule or so for the Let's Play After Action Report. While her grandma died young, low 30s, just after conquering Castille ( leading the armies herself, earning her the monicker "The Conqueror"... which made things interesting when she was married for a brief while to William the Conqueror, King of England's Son, William II... which only helped with conquest ), she passed away from "Natural Causes" ( I still think someone assassinated her ), leaving her young son, at the time 6 years old, in charge of another war she had just started before shortly passing away, against... basically the entire region of Aragon / Barcelona. The Regent ultimately gained victory, due to alliances with Sweden, England, and France, after a full decade of war.
It was at this time that King Otxoa took his Kingdom, from the mantle of his mother, Queen Auro The Conqueror. His reign saw alliances with the Russias, Holy Roman Empire, Denmark, and Wales added to the collection that his mother and regent had built upon. With his 7 daughters, and younger sister married off to form more, and more alliances... well all but one sister, whom he ultimately turned into Navarra's own Antipope. By this point in his reign, the rest of Hispania was dominated by Muslims, and he had no need to manipulate the Pope through any sum of money to get claims against Christian neighbors. With the Antipope, his own daughter, in his pocket, internal enemies could be handled easily, while his only external enemies were, well, Muslim. After a grueling set of campaigns that lasted from howis first day on the throne, until his death and dementia, King Otxoa of Navarra was able to gain control of most of Iberia, and formed the Empire of Hispania, cementing himself as Emperor Otxoa the Great of Hispania. Within 2 years of him doing this, he began to succumb to stress, lunacy, found himself growing ill, until he died of diseases of the mind.
The current spread has Hispania under control of his eldest daughter, Empress Auro, named for her grandmother, of Hispania. Her mother is Grand-Princess of Ryazan, and Tsarista of Hispania. Her aunt is Queen Alfhild of Castille. Her eldest sister ( next youngest ) is Queen Urraka of Galicia ( which is nearly half controlled by France ). Her next youngest sister is Princess Estefania of Hispania, Duchess of Portucale. The next youngest sister is Queen Eliza of Sweden. Her next youngest is Queen Fakilo of Navarra. The next youngest is Queen Lanko of Leon. The next youngest is Queen-Bishop Munia of Hispania, identical twin sister of Lanko. And finally, the only son is King Munio of Portugal, Chancellor of Hispania. And of course, no royal line is complete without Bastard Children, both Empress Auro and Queen-Bishop Munia both have bastard children. Due to some... oddness, Empress Auro's bastard child, is King Antso of Navarra. Yes, King of Navarra, ( King Consort, rather ). He's married to Fakilo. Incest! I dunno who arranged it, or if they know, but, yeah, totes incest.
Now, I know what you're thinking. How are they all rulers in Hispania but married off for alliances? Matrilineal Marriages, of course.
But yeah, AAR <3
Awesome, I myself just got a Steam card so I can purchase a copy of CK2.
The White Army and the Black Baron;
Are trying to force us back to the Tsar.
I feel like playing CK2 now.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow;
Between the crosses, row on row;
That mark our place; and in the sky;
The larks, still bravely singing, fly;
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
I tried playing as the count of Glamorgan (where I live)... this game is a pain in the arse. It's got lovely detail, but dear god is it a mindfuck.
The marshal of Glamorgan tried to kill Cadwgan's half-brother/heir, so I had him sent to jail and exiled. Then, within about five weeks, his brother tries to kill him... that's courtesy for you. Had him arrested, but he escaped to Pembroke. The bastard.
"And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.'"
Just wait until all your siblings start wanting to get your Imperial crown.
That's why I'm glad that one of the youngest sisters, the fucking antipope, has the best relation with me. If any of the siblings try something against me, I'll have her to fall back on.Originally Posted by MorningWood
Just wait until all your siblings start wanting to get your Imperial crown.
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Do it. See how your world ends up compared to mine.
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You just have to keep looking around, eyes on everything. Intrigue is fucking everywhere.
So I was playing on my Irish Duke, and a brother in law I didn't even know I had declares war on me. And this asswipe has like a thousand fucking counties, and I end up using all my gold (over 1000) paying mercenaries and waging war. And even worse, I couldn't even take over his counties like I planned because I didn't want to pay to have ships carry my army across sea.
I hope this asshole rots in prison.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow;
Between the crosses, row on row;
That mark our place; and in the sky;
The larks, still bravely singing, fly;
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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