Murmurandus: Just making my humble contribution to pushing back the frontiers of historical research.
kadvael56: Um - no doubt... But not having read those books I couldn't say for sure! :wacko:
Enewald: Harald Hardraade is of course already dead at the start of the CK 1066 scenario - I don't think too many people mourned his passing. We've yet to see Thora's reaction to the news of course!
Alfred Packer: And it's all rigorously researched, I can assure you!
coz1: Good question about the Norwegian succession. Harald Hardraade left the kingdom to be ruled jointly by his two sons, perhaps a pretty good compromise given that the younger (Olaf) was far more able than his elder brother Magnus. Of course joint kingship is a little tricky to represent in CK, so at the start of the game you find Olaf as the King and Magnus as the powerful Duke of Trøndelag, which comprises the entire northern part of Norway. In reality the brothers agreed that Olaf would rule the south and Magnus the north, so this is a reasonable representation. Also Magnus has an Intestinal Worm and in reality died in 1069 leaving Olaf to rule alone for the next twenty-four years. Stay tuned to see what happens in this game!
J.Passepartout: Well, Thora is getting near retirement age now, and for some reason Skofte wasn't allowed to make her his Marshal.
kadvael56: Um - no doubt... But not having read those books I couldn't say for sure! :wacko:
Enewald: Harald Hardraade is of course already dead at the start of the CK 1066 scenario - I don't think too many people mourned his passing. We've yet to see Thora's reaction to the news of course!
Alfred Packer: And it's all rigorously researched, I can assure you!
coz1: Good question about the Norwegian succession. Harald Hardraade left the kingdom to be ruled jointly by his two sons, perhaps a pretty good compromise given that the younger (Olaf) was far more able than his elder brother Magnus. Of course joint kingship is a little tricky to represent in CK, so at the start of the game you find Olaf as the King and Magnus as the powerful Duke of Trøndelag, which comprises the entire northern part of Norway. In reality the brothers agreed that Olaf would rule the south and Magnus the north, so this is a reasonable representation. Also Magnus has an Intestinal Worm and in reality died in 1069 leaving Olaf to rule alone for the next twenty-four years. Stay tuned to see what happens in this game!
J.Passepartout: Well, Thora is getting near retirement age now, and for some reason Skofte wasn't allowed to make her his Marshal.