Crusader Kings III

[Valmy]

Finished the tutorial, looked around the map, when suddenly ....

Damn those are better graphics.

[Syt]

I gotta say I like the new mouse-over tool tips which lead to more mouse-over tool tips.

[Syt]

Something I love with CK II and now CK III is there's a Booker prize long-listed author I follow on Twitter who absolutely loves this game (and how messy white Medieval familes were) and regularly posts updates and screenshots from his games with commentary. It's a very enjoyable thing that occasionally pops up.

He is having quite the day today

Link?

[Tamas]

It sure is not as easy as CK2, or at least I can't yet just lulz my way through it.

[Sheilbh]

The brown and black ones are not exactly less messy in CK2

From what I can tell he mainly plays in Europe. Plus his recent novel which I think draws on lots of personal experience is that classic American genre: the gay black campus novel.

But he was recently tweeting about approaches to play CK2 - which I just find kind of weirdly relateable in a published author:

Brandon @blgtylr
Aug 28
There are two kinds of CK2 players: those who think it is a Game of Thrones RPG and those who actually know how to play the game.
And, like, no shade, but first of all, Game of Thrones and Crusader Kings are based on drastically different historical periods.

And if we are keeping it absolutely buck, The War of the Roses weren't even the most interesting dynastic struggle in English history, and certainly had nothing on the absolute chaos of intrigue and politics of the Capetians in the Middle Ages.
Sorry, I get riled up about Medieval history simulators.
Although ironically with the introduction of Cadet Branches, CK3 is going to make The Wars of the Roses actually a thing, which does excite me.
Not literally obviously. Because of chronology. But you get the idea.
Obviously, I am picking the 867 start. But who do I pick?! Might do something chaotic and play as the Count of Chalons! Or like, the Duke of Bohemia!
When I used to play the original Crusader Kings, I always played at the Duke of Aquitaine. And then I became obsessed with Matilda. And then the Duke of Apulia. So maybe I'll do a throwback and start as one of them.

Recently had a big thread on the messiness of William the Conqueror's family too

[Sheilbh]

Something I love with CK II and now CK III is there's a Booker prize long-listed author I follow on Twitter who absolutely loves this game (and how messy white Medieval familes were) and regularly posts updates and screenshots from his games with commentary. It's a very enjoyable thing that occasionally pops up.

He is having quite the day today

Link?

https://twitter.com/blgtylr

[Zanza]

I conquered Palermo from the infidels and Salerno from my brother in law, the latter based on a fabricated claim.

Matilda of Tuscany attacked me surprisingly, but despite being numerically inferior, I could beat her army thanks to terrain and leader. I captured her, which ended the war.

The skill progression looks interesting and I like the concept of stress when you anti-roleplay your character.

There are quite a few mechanics I have not fully grasped yet like control (similar to authority in EU4?) or what exactly influences my piety or prestige growth.

The role play elements are fun so far. I lost a couple of nephews to wounds from battles, got some skill decisions etc.

A Lollard heresy broke out in the HRE and spread through the kingdom of Bavaria. Will be interesting as religion is yet a black box for me.

[Syt]

Something I love with CK II and now CK III is there's a Booker prize long-listed author I follow on Twitter who absolutely loves this game (and how messy white Medieval familes were) and regularly posts updates and screenshots from his games with commentary. It's a very enjoyable thing that occasionally pops up.

He is having quite the day today

Link?

https://twitter.com/blgtylr

Thanks.

[The Minsky Moment]

Ran tutorial.  Looks nice.  Very laggy on my surface pro.  Is MSFT going to put this through their new cloud service?  I think my days of buying 4 figure gaming rigs are over.

[HVC]

you guys are going to make my buy this game. I hate you all

[The Brain]

I think my days of buying 4 figure gaming rigs are over.

Is 5 figure gaming rigs a thing?

[Tamas]

No idea yet how meaningful it is but the whole stress mechanic things seems nice for RPing. It isn't just penalties when acting against your traits but also stress-reducing when you act according them, like being a jerk with my Arrogant ruler at the moment. 

[Valmy]

That was definitely missing in CK2, there was no benefit or penalty for acting at all differently when playing as Vlad the Good-Natured or his imbred son Vlad the Deranged.

[Tonitrus]

I think my days of buying 4 figure gaming rigs are over.

Is 5 figure gaming rigs a thing?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8Pack-OrionX2-Dual-System-Extreme-Overclocked-PC-Intel-Core-i9-10980XE-and-Intel-Core-i7-10700K-FS-006-8P.html?campaign=affiliate/tag&utm_source=pcpartpicker&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=affiliategateway

[The Brain]

I think my days of buying 4 figure gaming rigs are over.

Is 5 figure gaming rigs a thing?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8Pack-OrionX2-Dual-System-Extreme-Overclocked-PC-Intel-Core-i9-10980XE-and-Intel-Core-i7-10700K-FS-006-8P.html?campaign=affiliate/tag&utm_source=pcpartpicker&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=affiliategateway

Unfortunately it's insane.