When I bought Crusader Kings 2 shortly after it came out, my first thought was, "Wow! This game is awesome!" My second thought was, "Look at all the material I'd have for an AAR!" I've had mixed success with CK2 thus far, but I think I know what I'm doing (he said ominously).
My latest completed AAR, Chaos's Revenge ended a bit early when... well, you'll just have to read the AAR to find out! In any case, I asked my readers to vote on the next AAR, so here we are.
I'll be playing as the House of Hohenzollern, better known as the Count of Nürnberg.
House rules:
1. No cheating.
2. No gamey tactics.
3. No ragequits/reloads.
4. No save editing (unless needed for technical reasons.)
Goals:
1. Get a Duchy. I hear Brandenburg is lovely this time of year...
2. Try to recreate Brandenburg-Prussia as best I can ca. 1399.
3. Avoid becoming Holy Roman Emperor if at all possible. Managing all those vassals... *shudder*
4. I will not aggressively pursue opportunities outside Brandenburg-Prussia unless they are contiguous with existing territories or sensible.
5. Survive to 1399. For some players, that might be a given; for me, probably not
I'm using 1.06b. This will be narrative with elements of gameplay, although I will focus as much as possible on characters (which the engine is perfect for!) instead of events.
EDIT: I upgraded to 1.08 and purchased Legacy of Rome in the midst of this AAR.
EDIT: I also upgraded to 1.091 and purchased the Republic.
The first update may take a while; I've promised myself I'd try to finish Novum Romanum Imperium 2.0 before I start another AAR. A lot will depend on other non-AAR projects, but I will work this into my regular rotation soon.
As an added bonus, my goal is to make this the first step of a mega campaign, perhaps going as far as HOI3 (or, if it's out by then, East vs. West! ).
Contest winners (approved by Mr. Capiatlist):
Sirce: Casimir/Cassandra.
Prince of Savoy: Eugene/Sophia
Vrael_1492: Viktor Emmanuel/Konstanze
varetta: Xavier/Elsa
Gen. Marshall: Maximillian/Anna
EtzelHoveri: Burkhard/Gerlinde*
Gen. Marshall: Maximillian/Frederika
generalolaf: Sigmund/Laura
Caezaire: Reinhard/Johanna
Ricardo Rolo: Alarich/Grimhild
Athalcor: Leopold/Adelheid
Giulu: Johan/Johanna
SirktheMonkey: Markus/Barbara
History_Buff: Andreas/Andrea**
Gen. Marshall: Siegmund/Brünnhilde - in EU3!
*EH got a second character with the same names because I messed up. o
**Technically, HB never gave me a female name.
Italics indicate which character name was used in the AAR.
My latest completed AAR, Chaos's Revenge ended a bit early when... well, you'll just have to read the AAR to find out! In any case, I asked my readers to vote on the next AAR, so here we are.
I'll be playing as the House of Hohenzollern, better known as the Count of Nürnberg.
House rules:
1. No cheating.
2. No gamey tactics.
3. No ragequits/reloads.
4. No save editing (unless needed for technical reasons.)
Goals:
1. Get a Duchy. I hear Brandenburg is lovely this time of year...
2. Try to recreate Brandenburg-Prussia as best I can ca. 1399.
3. Avoid becoming Holy Roman Emperor if at all possible. Managing all those vassals... *shudder*
4. I will not aggressively pursue opportunities outside Brandenburg-Prussia unless they are contiguous with existing territories or sensible.
5. Survive to 1399. For some players, that might be a given; for me, probably not
I'm using 1.06b. This will be narrative with elements of gameplay, although I will focus as much as possible on characters (which the engine is perfect for!) instead of events.
EDIT: I upgraded to 1.08 and purchased Legacy of Rome in the midst of this AAR.
EDIT: I also upgraded to 1.091 and purchased the Republic.
The first update may take a while; I've promised myself I'd try to finish Novum Romanum Imperium 2.0 before I start another AAR. A lot will depend on other non-AAR projects, but I will work this into my regular rotation soon.
As an added bonus, my goal is to make this the first step of a mega campaign, perhaps going as far as HOI3 (or, if it's out by then, East vs. West! ).
Contest winners (approved by Mr. Capiatlist):
Sirce: Casimir/Cassandra.
Prince of Savoy: Eugene/Sophia
Vrael_1492: Viktor Emmanuel/Konstanze
varetta: Xavier/Elsa
Gen. Marshall: Maximillian/Anna
EtzelHoveri: Burkhard/Gerlinde*
Gen. Marshall: Maximillian/Frederika
generalolaf: Sigmund/Laura
Caezaire: Reinhard/Johanna
Ricardo Rolo: Alarich/Grimhild
Athalcor: Leopold/Adelheid
Giulu: Johan/Johanna
SirktheMonkey: Markus/Barbara
History_Buff: Andreas/Andrea**
Gen. Marshall: Siegmund/Brünnhilde - in EU3!
*EH got a second character with the same names because I messed up. o
**Technically, HB never gave me a female name.
Italics indicate which character name was used in the AAR.
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