CKII Game of the Week/Month

[Dunaden]

This was fun, thanks for putting together these challenges Nintz.


Here is my 2nd attempt at Portugal, first attempt lasted less than 20 years , when I got Holy Warred out of my duchy.

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/578985893043424763/EBBF8ABEA1F677F23AB5C4E0C699DBD3EB7D6D70/

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=137608431


France and I got in race to conquer Andalusia, France ended up with Granada and Murcia, so had to invade to get those to complete the de jure requirement. Then had to wait a few years to get the HRE inheritance to come through.

 

[Yerko]

Finally managed to complete after some failure with claim pushing and my second character outliving his heirs.

Here a picture for the Empire and the Kingdoms

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And here the dynasty map

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Had a lot of fun playing this one, never really started from this location before.

 

[Nintz]

@ Dunaden, Yerko - Good job! Both confirmed.

 

[blaidd]

I legitimately inheritted it. This was actually quite easy, if you have the stones to pull it off.

If you managed that the way I think you did that's probably the most genius thing I've ever seen.

 

[Dracko81]

If you managed that the way I think you did that's probably the most genius thing I've ever seen.

Pope calls crusade, Norway wins (Elective crown laws). Have one de jure duchy of Jerusalem title, swear fealty. Internal wars to get another duchy (internal conquest ftw). Grant new duchy and lands to my son. Wait for him to prefer me as ruler, assassinate the King.

Norway goes to his son, I get all Holdings in Jerusalem and independant in one decisive blow.

 

[blaidd]

Here is my Portugal... 11 October, 1160... Emperor Fernando Vimaranes, a direct paternal grandson of the most hated man in Portugal and himself a shy craven homosexual gardener with the Great Pox, yet who will forever be known to history as Fernando the Great.

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577859993141262220/33CCCDAF5269A78BC8AF5CD1E221CC4351AE78C1/

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577859993141260619/D68524152037D34F87615137AF78F68BFA72AA4B/

EDIT: When the original guy died, his eldest son had apparently decided to take a vow of celibacy. The second son was already landed, so I had no control over the upbringing or marriage of any of the children. That was a fun succession, from the super pious celibate Crusader King who completed the Reconquista and was greatly loved by all, to this poor guy. But he turned out okay.

 

[Wilkey]

Just finished up with this weeks challenge, I might have been able to do it a bit faster but most of my rulers suffered from the "live hard, die young" syndrome.

 

[Nintz]

@blaidd, Willkey - Confirmed. Will update later.

 

[gela1212]

Can't wait for tomorrow when I'll have time to finish my Yousifid challenge! I'm still thinking about how I'm going to crush the caliph.

 

[kishurki]

I presume that new challange is gonna be in 4 days, right?

 

[oskarhulta]

This was a very fun challange, looking forward for the next one!
One funny thing that happened to me this time was that after marrying my heir to the dutchess of Barcelona (in hope of some day make that dutchy part of my kingdom) I went to conquer some Muslim provinces. When I looked back to see how things were progressing my heir was somehow made count of Lesbos and my granddaughter got the dutchy! I managed to hold on to the county for some time but eventually the byzantines came to claim their land.

 

[Nintz]

I presume that new challange is gonna be in 4 days, right?

Yeah. Based on your location, it might be late Friday, maybe early Saturday, don't know.

This was a very fun challange, looking forward for the next one!
One funny thing that happened to me this time was that after marrying my heir to the dutchess of Barcelona (in hope of some day make that dutchy part of my kingdom) I went to conquer some Muslim provinces. When I looked back to see how things were progressing my heir was somehow made count of Lesbos and my granddaughter got the dutchy! I managed to hold on to the county for some time but eventually the byzantines came to claim their land.
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Nicely done, another one confirmed.

 

[tolec]

An idea for a later challenge:

Form a Celtic Empire:

1 Start as one of the six modern Celtic Nations: Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Isle of Mann, Ireland, and Brittany.
2 Maintain any of the Celtic cultures
3 Form an empire with the following Kingdoms:
a. three of the five Celtic de jure kingdoms (the six mentioned above minus Mann)
b. Bavaria (the probable birthplace of the Celtic culture)
c. one of the outer kingdoms of Celtic influence (e.g. France, Spain, maybe Bohemia)
4 Conquer the Duchy of Latium

 

[Nintz]

I like the whole Celtic Empire bit, but those goals seem rather extreme to me. Essentially, that would be Brittania + France + Lotharingia and Germany just to get to Bavaria. And then Italy and Rome (which is difficult as a Christian anyway).

 

[tolec]

I like the whole Celtic Empire bit, but those goals seem rather extreme to me. Essentially, that would be Brittania + France + Lotharingia and Germany just to get to Bavaria. And then Italy and Rome (which is difficult as a Christian anyway).

The Rome thing is a bit of an afterthought so it can be ignored. But then I really want to have the element of reconquering former Celtic land (especially the origin of Celts) because just uniting the Celtic nations might be too easy and not interesting enough.

 

[Dracko81]

I think the problem would be the length of the game to include mainland europe. It is supposed to be a weekly challenge, and that one would take much longer.

 

[Dracko81]

As a suggestion...

Matilda of Tuscany, Independant, form Italy, and Sicily(all de jure holdings). Wipe out the Republics of Genoa, Pisa and Venice.

 

[Rob mmmm]

Possible idea for a challenge:

1. Start as a Scandinavian or Britannian duke or count.
2. Put family members on at least 3 of the thrones in scandinavia or britannia.
3. Convert to a heresy. (maybe before you have more than 3 de jure kingdoms)
4. Gain all of Britannia and Scandinavia for (your heresy here).
5. Win a crusade.

 

[Dracko81]

1066, Emir Hisn ad-Dawlah Haydar Yousifid, Emir of Damscus

* Maintain Levantine culture
* Become independent from the Egyptian Caliph
* Form the Kingdom of Syria with all De Jure territory
* Form the Kingdom of Jerusalem with all De Jure territory
* Add 4 of the following De Jure (all provinces) duchies to your nation: Sinai, Arabia, Baghdad, Mosul, Edessa, Armenia Minor, Cyprus

The hardest part was winning multiple wars against Egypt for de jure claims for the final pieces of Syria(refuse to break truces). Arabia and Baghdad I finished whilst civil wars raged, Armenia Minor was independant from Byzantines and I took Cyprus from Byzantines whilst the warred with other muslims.

 

[unmerged(285964)]

Just a little post to say that this is a great idea !
Lack of objectives and challenges is often what makes my games stale.
I wish this thread will be stickied and kept alive for a long time !