Game Of The Week: Reborn!
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I want to add that surviving as norse in Mauretania is harder than it sounds, because a conquest there can trigger the Jihads. It is really hard to survive the initial years, especially considering the harsh "New administration"-modifiers in all but one norse province 
Another red lion. One that used to roar, but was shackled by a mighty empire.
And if you have the enlightened idea of moving your cap ASAP to down there ( because the tech levels are so much better ) you will find that people of Norse religion and Norse culture can't hire mercs thereI want to add that surviving as norse in Mauretania is harder than it sounds, because a conquest there can trigger the Jihads. It is really hard to survive the initial years, especially considering the harsh "New administration"-modifiers in all but one norse province
Also, no boats ( except the ones you have from the start ) :/
Here is the last update I think I'm calling it quits because I'm to OP for now it is the waiting game
Here is the last update I think I'm calling it quits because I'm to OP for now it is the waiting game
Danish revolt? In France?
Here is the history of France and denmark
House De Motenfolt is a cadet dynasty of the Capets
Well just Francw
House De Motenfolt is a cadet dynasty of the Capets
Well just Francw
Yes, that is especially painfull. I had to make white peace two times falling short just 2% of the total victory, because the endless muslim armys grinded away all my troops even in defensive positions as Tangiers or the mountains. This is truly a very hard, but exiting start.And if you have the enlightened idea of moving your cap ASAP to down there ( because the tech levels are so much better ) you will find that people of Norse religion and Norse culture can't hire mercs there
You have boats if you conquer Al-Djazair though, and if your capital is at the ocean you can use tech advance to get boats. Unfortunatly, my capital is Fez, because it became Norse/Norse and had the best techs
The Second Weekly Challenge Game: Last Roar of the Red Lion(devised by TMSaxon)
Requires The Old Gods
Character: Radboud Folcwalding of Holland
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262654075http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262654123
Aim: Reclaim the Kingdom of Frisia, that was taken from your ancestors
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262654180
Difficulty: 3/5
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262653980
Requires The Old Gods
Character: Radboud Folcwalding of Holland
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262654075http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262654123
Aim: Reclaim the Kingdom of Frisia, that was taken from your ancestors
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262654180
Difficulty: 3/5
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=262653980
Oh man that last screenshot. I'll get on this tonight I think. I always like Holland, and maybe a successful play will become something to convert to EU4
Fun game so far, only 1 more county to go.
Founded the kingdom on my 2nd char, after my 1st guy got himself a case of stabbed in the face by his, after he murdered his wifes entire family so she'd inherit.
Ungrateful fool.
Will update once moar, more detailed, once the county is mine.
Married my sister to the 4th or 3rd son matrillenally, to the guy who formed HRE. Ended up getting my dynasty on the 'East Francian' throne, and then, as you can see, the HRE.
Founded the kingdom on my 2nd char, after my 1st guy got himself a case of stabbed in the face by his, after he murdered his wifes entire family so she'd inherit.
Ungrateful fool.
Will update once moar, more detailed, once the county is mine.
Married my sister to the 4th or 3rd son matrillenally, to the guy who formed HRE. Ended up getting my dynasty on the 'East Francian' throne, and then, as you can see, the HRE.
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It all began with Count RadBourd of Holland, the 'Holy Knight'. Aptly named so for being known around all of Christendom as a true holy knight, said to have possessed five out of the seven holy virtues. (Patience, Kindness, Humbleness, Diligence, and being Charitable.)
At least, on the outside...
The true RadBourd is lost to the history books. He was a scheming, devious man whom was seemingly obssessed with reviving his dynasty's former glory, holding the great title - the Kingdom of Frisia - once again.
To do this, he seemingly conspired to kill no less than eight people, so that his dear wife, Aledis, inherited the county of Zeeland.
It worked spectacularly.
After his wife inherited the county, he set about to consolidate power in the duchy of Holland. The fact that he was able to do this, however, was because he was regent for the young Duke. This let him take the counties of Friesland & Sticht.
At around the age of 32, he finally took action. He bribed and extorted the help of many noblemen, and all of the Duke's council, to usurp the dukedom of Holland.
Under pretense of being unfit to rule, the young count took to war, hiring a strong mercenary band from the outskirts of Sicily to aid his cause.
It was all going well for the count. His army was sieging the county of Holland, the last bastion for the duke, after the count of Ostfriesland surrendered to the rebel forces.
And then it happened. The dear count fell off a balcony, a truly sad way to go.
At least, that's what the history books say. Count Radboud was, in fact, assassinated by his wife - Aledis. She'd found out about the brutal killings of all her family by the count, and took it upon herself to exact retribution - husband or not.
(I noticed the plot too late. I felt really sad.)
And so ended count Radboud's life, forever known to history as a just and honorable man.
And then began the rule of Count Waldger.
Count Waldger continued the war his father fought, refusing to let his father's work go to waste. (The war actually DID end, even though technically, my weak claim should've still been pressable, as the child was still in a regency. Was really annoying.)
Soon after the death of Radbourd, the duke surrendered - and thus was Duke Waldger born, inheriting his father's vast ambitions.
He quickly consolidated power after the war, nobody dared challenge his might, nor his vast wealth stores. He created the 'Dukedom of Gelre', to further cement his authority.
The first war of many began quickly after that. The count of Gelre - a dejure part of the dukedom, refused to submit to Waldger.
The levies were raised, and war was declared. The Holy Roman Emperor was busy aiding the Christian states in Iberia to care about petty things such as this, so no aid would come for the count.
The war was quickly over, with the count surrendering soon after his forces were destroyed.
Meanwhile, the duke was preparing for a war against the independent duchy of Flanders.
Claiming to be Imperial liberation forces, the duke declared war on the contested duchy of Flanders, and quickly wiped out all opposition.
Thus, after being granted the Duchy of Flander's by Imperial proclamation, Duke Waldger styled himself King Waldger of Frisia.
And glorious was it.
He passed away in the dungeons of some foreign king, after being captured leading an army in France. A sad way to go.
Waldger II had even higher ambitions than his forefathers, aiming for the Imperial title itself.
His ambitions were quickly realized, after a total of seven dukes, and the emperor himself, all sadly passed away in accidents.
And thus was born Emperor Waldger II - Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Frisia, Duke of Flanders, Duke of Holland, Count of Westfriesland, Count of Holland, Count of Zeeland, Count of Sticht, and Count of Brugge.
And glorious was he.
(sorry for the bad writing)
At least, on the outside...
The true RadBourd is lost to the history books. He was a scheming, devious man whom was seemingly obssessed with reviving his dynasty's former glory, holding the great title - the Kingdom of Frisia - once again.
To do this, he seemingly conspired to kill no less than eight people, so that his dear wife, Aledis, inherited the county of Zeeland.
It worked spectacularly.
After his wife inherited the county, he set about to consolidate power in the duchy of Holland. The fact that he was able to do this, however, was because he was regent for the young Duke. This let him take the counties of Friesland & Sticht.
At around the age of 32, he finally took action. He bribed and extorted the help of many noblemen, and all of the Duke's council, to usurp the dukedom of Holland.
Under pretense of being unfit to rule, the young count took to war, hiring a strong mercenary band from the outskirts of Sicily to aid his cause.
It was all going well for the count. His army was sieging the county of Holland, the last bastion for the duke, after the count of Ostfriesland surrendered to the rebel forces.
And then it happened. The dear count fell off a balcony, a truly sad way to go.
At least, that's what the history books say. Count Radboud was, in fact, assassinated by his wife - Aledis. She'd found out about the brutal killings of all her family by the count, and took it upon herself to exact retribution - husband or not.
(I noticed the plot too late. I felt really sad.)
And so ended count Radboud's life, forever known to history as a just and honorable man.
And then began the rule of Count Waldger.
Count Waldger continued the war his father fought, refusing to let his father's work go to waste. (The war actually DID end, even though technically, my weak claim should've still been pressable, as the child was still in a regency. Was really annoying.)
Soon after the death of Radbourd, the duke surrendered - and thus was Duke Waldger born, inheriting his father's vast ambitions.
He quickly consolidated power after the war, nobody dared challenge his might, nor his vast wealth stores. He created the 'Dukedom of Gelre', to further cement his authority.
The first war of many began quickly after that. The count of Gelre - a dejure part of the dukedom, refused to submit to Waldger.
The levies were raised, and war was declared. The Holy Roman Emperor was busy aiding the Christian states in Iberia to care about petty things such as this, so no aid would come for the count.
The war was quickly over, with the count surrendering soon after his forces were destroyed.
Meanwhile, the duke was preparing for a war against the independent duchy of Flanders.
Claiming to be Imperial liberation forces, the duke declared war on the contested duchy of Flanders, and quickly wiped out all opposition.
Thus, after being granted the Duchy of Flander's by Imperial proclamation, Duke Waldger styled himself King Waldger of Frisia.
And glorious was it.
He passed away in the dungeons of some foreign king, after being captured leading an army in France. A sad way to go.
Waldger II had even higher ambitions than his forefathers, aiming for the Imperial title itself.
His ambitions were quickly realized, after a total of seven dukes, and the emperor himself, all sadly passed away in accidents.
And thus was born Emperor Waldger II - Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Frisia, Duke of Flanders, Duke of Holland, Count of Westfriesland, Count of Holland, Count of Zeeland, Count of Sticht, and Count of Brugge.
And glorious was he.
(sorry for the bad writing)
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Nah John, your writing was great! I'm actually really impressed you got the Imperial title. This is the sort of stuff I wanted to see from this thread. Thanks mate.
And how do you upload savegames? I have seen a few people do it, but I have no idea how, or what accounts to make, or anything. Please help!
Use dropbox. Simply sign up and make an account, log in, then just upload your savegame by clicking the 'Upload' button in the home menu.
Then you just link it here.
Here is mine
Got lucky with the claims on rest of Holland went on to claim flanders and claimed the duchy took it when they had a civil war took money from Jews and then Frisia
Got lucky with the claims on rest of Holland went on to claim flanders and claimed the duchy took it when they had a civil war took money from Jews and then Frisia
Started adding videos of my attempt at this to the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVIztAyTmDCNlDLjDYpbfu3PnTJc6GHQq
My first attempt falls short when I make some bad decisions and the game punishes me by death. The second game fails when the King of France revokes every single title I own because I killed an unimportant courtier and got caught. Needless to say, this causes some anger and frustration for the duration of that end game.
Will begin recording another game once all of this is uploaded, but that's 6 hours of enjoyable gameplay and 1 hour of terrible mechanics ruining it all. I've never been so frustrated at CK2 as I was in this moment.
My first attempt falls short when I make some bad decisions and the game punishes me by death. The second game fails when the King of France revokes every single title I own because I killed an unimportant courtier and got caught. Needless to say, this causes some anger and frustration for the duration of that end game.
Will begin recording another game once all of this is uploaded, but that's 6 hours of enjoyable gameplay and 1 hour of terrible mechanics ruining it all. I've never been so frustrated at CK2 as I was in this moment.
Ouch. This challenge was not designed to be easy, but you seem to be cursed. It seems that the way to go is to plot to overthrow your liege.
Yeah - I think I have it figured out now though - made some pretty big mistakes in both games that came back to bite me later on, so it's more my own bad decisions than anything (even if they seemed like good decisions at the time