Oh, and some mods, like the Deus Vult Improvement Pack. This all makes for highly unpredictable game dynamics as the state of affairs on the 'world stage' is the product of the interplay of myriad events on the micro level. The qualifications and relations of individuals will highly influence their fate and is therefore of great interest to their player. Each is at birth assigned a number of inherited scores ('DNA') that determine health and fertility as well as administrative and military capabilities and the characters will, through the course of their lives, usually add a few noninherited traits that alter the scores. Twists to the story are created by simulating the lives of tens of thousands of individuals of note (courtiers and nobles), intermarrying, having children, moving, inheriting, plotting, accumulating wealth and titles etc. Unlike past Paradox titles, there are very few predetermined historical events and no predetermined historical personages that would always appear after game start. While the game has historically accurate scenarios to start from, featuring interesting personages such as William the Conqueror, Robert Guiscard, Alexius Comnenus, El Cid, Friedrich Barbarossa and Edward III, a significant part of the game's charm is that from that point on, a new alternate history always starts building. As with the other Paradox Interactive history games, Crusader Kings must be considered a macro-management real-time strategy game (as moves are played out simultaneously and continuously) but typically involves far more planning than the fast-paced action that is usually associated with real-time strategy. The lead game programmer was Johan Andersson. Unlike other past Paradox titles (Hearts of Iron, Victoria and the Europa Universalis series), Crusader Kings focuses on building a dynasty instead of a country, having similarities to role-playing games and even The Sims. So anyway, this is now a general Crusader Kings thread, so talk about whatever.Д¬rusader Kings is a grand strategy game made by Paradox Interactive about the period from Decemuntil December 30 1452. It's pretty easy to put yourself in the game and rule your own dynasty (I always start as the Count of York). There's also an expansion called Deus Vult that adds a bunch of stuff relating to the crusades. Dynasties and feudalism are a big part of the game, which is a big part of why I love it. It plays in real time, but the gameplay centers around the strategic map and not tactical battles. If you're not familiar with the series, Crusader Kings is a strategy game, similar to Total War without the real time combat. So, yay? I love Crusader Kings and have been hoping for a sequel for years. Last I checked it was at 1,276, but it's only been up a few days. I think this is just a stunt and they fully intend to announce it anyway. Apparently Johan from Paradox has said if 25,000 people 'Like' the Crusader Kings page on Facebook, they'll announce Crusader Kings 2. In general, it's more beneficial to grant titles to content characters, preferably distant family members without any claims to your primary titles.Saw this over on Rockpapershotgun. If you grant a title to a dynasty/family member (the ones with the blood drop icon on their portraits) they become your ally. If you grant a title lower than your primary title, that person becomes your vassal (e.g. you're a count and you grant a county), that person will not be your vassal you effectively lose all control over that title. If you grant a title that is of the same rank as your primary title (e.g. Just pick a desired character, open their diplomacy screen, and choose 'grant landed title' the 'include lower titles' box will also transfer any vassals/titles under the primary title to the chosen character (e.g. To dump excess lands, you may grant them via personal diplomacy to any eligible character (95% of cases, men). However, it splits your lands between your eligible heirs upon your death.

Gavelkind law increases demesne limit by 30%. These upgrades improve the higher the rank (kings receive more benefit from legalism than counts) For polygamy rulers, only the primary spouse stew skill counts. every 8pts of stewardship increases demesne limit by 1. Half your spouse's skills, including stewardship, are added to your personal skills (e.g. Marrying a spouse with high stewardship skill.

Having a high sterwardship skill and steward education (Midas Touched, Fortune Builder) The demesne limit may be increased the following ways:

Crusader kings 2 increase demesne size