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If this has been brought up before.

Why are the monarches for various countries the same every game? That doesn't make sense to me. I realise they are following a historical path for the monarches but if nothing else in the game is following an exact historical path then why do the monarchs?

It just seens like a very inflexible system and it doesn't reflect the alternate realities that this game creates very well at all. I'm not saying the monarch's should be totally random, but a bit of variation wouldn't hurt.

 

[Jayavarman]

It would be funny if an event pops up about a current monarch when there is actually a different random monarch in control of your nation. Just one possibility...

 

[Szordrin]

And the fact that they do have some skills that actually are important in the game, and making diferent sets could be rather tedious!

 

[Freebot]

With the current game engine, you'd have to create huge monarch trees for every nation where each branch represents a different alternate history. I have not treated this problem with any mathematical rigor, but it seems plausible that any finite monarch tree could not cover every possible alternate history. Anyway, a monarch tree that represents alternate history to a good approximation would require a large number of braches. Multiply that by some 150 nations, and it becomes obvious why this has not been implemented.

 

[Castellon]

Easy enough to change yourself.

 

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Originally posted by Rix Cymrii
If this has been brought up before.

Why are the monarches for various countries the same every game? That doesn't make sense to me. I realise they are following a historical path for the monarches but if nothing else in the game is following an exact historical path then why do the monarchs?

It just seens like a very inflexible system and it doesn't reflect the alternate realities that this game creates very well at all. I'm not saying the monarch's should be totally random, but a bit of variation wouldn't hurt.

I'll bet you're going to love Crusader Kings when it comes out.