So I'm going to start a Rus game after downloading the latest DLCs. But the Duke starts with way too many demesne. And hardly enough people to hand them out. What to do? I've never had that problem before?
Advice on starting Novgorod
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Go west life is peaceful there
go west in the open air
go west where the skies are blue
go west this is what we're gonna do
Sorry killed a 200k golden horde doomstack yesterday
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Maybe give out more countys to a single count and retrive them later for a new distribution.
go west in the open air
go west where the skies are blue
go west this is what we're gonna do
Sorry killed a 200k golden horde doomstack yesterday
Edit:
Maybe give out more countys to a single count and retrive them later for a new distribution.
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If you move on a day or so each of your new counts will spawn a court, giving you more options.
You have a number of options:
1) "Spawn" more court members using the "Invite holy man to court" option as was said earlier. You could also use noblemen, but they are more expensive.
2) Give away counties to baron-level bishops. This will transform the county and make the temple the primary holding, but you don't receive the -30 relationship modifier for "wrong government type" that you receive from mayors.
3) Invite people to your court. Since most people who are willing to join you do so because they have some kind of claim and hope for you to pursue this claim, it has the added value of giving you many vassals that might help expanding your borders later.
4) Look for a wife with as much stewardship as possible, it will increase the stewardship bonus on your demesne maximum and you won't have to hand out as many counties.
BTW: I was in the exact same spot once. You might want to turn your succession law to "seniority" some time soon, since this will most likely make your heir possess large amounts of land himself and speed up the expansion.
1) "Spawn" more court members using the "Invite holy man to court" option as was said earlier. You could also use noblemen, but they are more expensive.
2) Give away counties to baron-level bishops. This will transform the county and make the temple the primary holding, but you don't receive the -30 relationship modifier for "wrong government type" that you receive from mayors.
3) Invite people to your court. Since most people who are willing to join you do so because they have some kind of claim and hope for you to pursue this claim, it has the added value of giving you many vassals that might help expanding your borders later.
4) Look for a wife with as much stewardship as possible, it will increase the stewardship bonus on your demesne maximum and you won't have to hand out as many counties.
BTW: I was in the exact same spot once.
You might want to turn your succession law to "seniority" some time soon, since this will most likely make your heir possess large amounts of land himself and speed up the expansion.
Thanks. I solved this. Next question, should I create Kingdom of Rus or just create a lot of Duchies?
With gavekin succession law creating duchies are not a good idea. Actually you main task for your first ruller is to create kingdom of rus.
Ok. I'll create it. I switched to Primo already because Gavelkind makes me nervous.
as some one sad befor seniority could be valid option as it will let you easy collect Other Rurikovich land. in addition, you can not hold more then 2 duchy titles with out making your vassals unhappy and as a duke you can not have duke vassals.