

A sequel, Crusader Kings III, was released on September 1, 2020. Though it does tend to make for a pretty overpowered game, espically as a Norse Pagan (OK, Norse Pagan merchant republics are sick, I made one based out of Brittany and managed to dejure the entire map under the Kingdom of Brittany while throwing back the Mongols and Aztecs all without raising a single levy after the 2nd ruler I had. Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.Set in the Middle Ages, the game was released on February 14, 2012, as a sequel to 2004s Crusader Kings.On October 19, 2019, the game became free to play. If you want to learn how to make your own merchant republic for playing then check out my guide on Steam "How to Make Your Own Merchant Republic". Their ships and money helped me win a crusade and take all of Jeruslem.

In my most recent Ironman game I went back to basics and played as the count of Dublin, upon securing Ireland I gave the southern duchy (horrible at remembering names) over to my own vassle republic to help get an early jump on income.

Just keep them as #1 priority on the happiness meter. Lots of ships, lots of money, not so many troops except when they rebel (they tend to buy lots of mercenaries). As mentioned they make bad enemies but also powerful allies that pay taxes. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire ( ASoIaF ) fantasy saga where lords great and small vie for control over the lands of Ice and Fire, from Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms in the west, to Qarth in the east. It seems to me provinces convert faster to your culture, if all holding within the province are hold by characters of your culture.I usually try to make at least one as well. A Game of Thrones (AGOT) is a full-conversion mod for Paradox Interactive’s Crusder Kings II (CK2). This is very helpful if you want to convert the city to your culture (and if it's not the province's culture, yet). Now your primary holding is a city and you get to choose who gets the baronys within the province. I immediatly declare a de jure war on each of them and after winning the war you become the only holder of all baronys. We don't want that, because we want access to the financial power the city provides.Īfter winning the war/province, you grant the bishopic, the cities (and if available) and additional castle independence. Having the castle as the primary holding would make you a liege lord somehow. As a patrician you always want to hold the city not the castle.
