

Rule for long enough and you can make a variety of changes to succession laws. When the character you are playing as dies, through the various ways that it will inevitably happen, you take over as their heir. Family and lineage are the most important things in Crusader Kings II. In Crusader Kings II you are not playing as a nation, nor even as a single character, but as an entire dynasty. In 1066 all the counties in Ireland are ruled by males, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. I added Queen to the end there not just as a nod to the opposite sex. In particular the top left panels, as those are where the majority of your gameplay options are. Once you are loaded into the game, leave it paused and familiarise yourself with the UI. Thus you can work your way up from Count to Duke and finally on to declaring yourself as King or Queen. In 1066 each county in Ireland is its own ruler. Here you will be able to learn the mechanics of the game without worrying about any of the bigger nations coming to impose their rule on you. It’s not important which one, any of them that aren’t too old. So go ahead and pick the Stamford Bridge start date then pick a Count in Ireland to play as. With the base game the earliest you can start is 1066.

Start as an Irish countĪny veteran player will give you this advice. The number one question I get asked is, how do you actually play it? Well, here are my Top 5 Tips for getting started in Crusader Kings II. And thanks to many Steam and Humble Bundle sales the player base is still growing. Yet we are still seeing expansion after expansion for the game. Crusader Kings II is a game that, at the time of writing, is nearly six years old.
