Crusader Kings 2: A Crazy Crusade.

Hey there, I’m Brandon and I’m just going to talk one of my favourite strategy games ever. Crusader kings 2. Crusader kings 2 is about your character (who is historically significant at game start) being your normal lord, whether it be a count, duke, king or emperor. 

You can be a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian, A pagan Viking etc. You could be French, Spanish, Swedish, or any other culture, with each detail giving your character some background (as well as some special troops). With some expansions you could be Indian, Mongol or even Chinese. Why not go out there and make yourself the new Genghis Khan.

The game is full of craziness and shenanigans, which are multiplied when you go play multiplayer (good luck trying to avoid constant assassinations). The game is all about diplomacy, trying to keep good relations with the A.I makes sure they don’t try to kill you. There is a land system in the game which revolves around historical cities or provinces, which each hold different “building slots” called holdings which are represented by cities, castles or churches. A player can only hold so much land before they have to give some away to their vassals. These vassals are your subordinates but they also have their own ambitions, so they will try to either conquer each other or usurp you.

There are a lot more details to the game, which are better to learn on your own rather than have someone explain vague topics to you. There is a full tutorial in the game that you can experience a proper game while learning, and continue that game if you wish after the tutorials are over.

There is a lot of randomness to the game so each play through is never the same, unless you play certain historical characters, which means that one life will normally be quite similar to their historical one. My personal favourite person to play as is during the 867 bookmark is to play as Halfdan Whiteshirt, He starts as the Jarl of Jorvik and is a Viking (hoorah for raiding!). He is one of the few feudal Vikings (feudal being the governmental form, better than the other Viking government of a tribe) and being a Viking he can raid other people for large amounts of money.

Overall the game with its randomness, large map size and mods give the game a limitless potential for those who enjoy these types of games. It lets the player strategise his way around his enemies and conquers others through sheer either war and/or diplomacy. If you like strategy games, why not give Crusader Kings 2 try, it goes on sale often.