Haven't played in 6 years, what expansions to get?

[Serenity84]

There is a game rule setting to reduce epidemics. Which isn't really needed if you play somewhere inland. But it's very nice if you play in coastal areas like Italy or Greece. You still get epidemics now and then, but it's not a constant issue and they are manageable with hospitals and seclusion.

As for diseases, the only really annoying one is great pox, which happens far too often. You'll often see young people get it or historical characters. Should be toned down. But the others offer some nice flavor. Even cancer doesn't have to be a death sentence. There are cures of a sort and if you're lucky and stack other health bonuses you can live with it for many years

 

[Dragatus]

Reaper's Due also enables torturing prisoners by reciting bad poetry, Vogon style.

 

[Castimirr]

Reaper's Due also enables torturing prisoners by reciting bad poetry, Vogon style.

I didn't realize that was what added that. LOL. It's one of the odder more amusing side effects of Poet.

 

[Narvait]

Reaper's Due also enables torturing prisoners by reciting bad poetry, Vogon style.

Say no more! Best spent 3 Euro ever!!

 

[neutrondecay]

Get Sunset Invasion if you think you're going to play mods that make use of the Mesoamerican portraits. To me as a modder, that's a much bigger draw than the actual campaign event.

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[xavier0730]

I ended up buying them all. Thanks for the replies everyone. Hopefully some of you were able to take advantage of the sale.

 

[balmung60]

Regardless of how you feel about Sunset Invasion in the base game, it does have at least one very important use - providing portraits for a large portion of the map in the superlative After the End mod.

 

[$ilent_$trider]

I know a lot of us were a bit skeptical about a DLC that on its face seemed to only make the game more difficult, but REAPER turned out to be one of the most interesting and I would say entertaining DLCs in the history of CK2. Disease outbreaks offer an incredible, undeniable X-factor to the game - a few sudden deaths in the world can shake up geopolitics and alliances in a big way.

Yep, I suddenly became Byzantine Emperor after the Black Death because my mother was born in purple and apparently somehow I became the next in line.
Too bad it was already near the endgame, around 1360, so I couldn't try to restore the Roman Empire (I was playing as King of Castille).

 

[coldgarden]

The sale is awesome! I just started playing CK II and I love it. I've never played another game quite like it. I bought all the expansions except Sunset Invasion, all the Music packs, the dynasty shields, and the portrait packs. I played a couple games before I got conclave (because I started with Holy Fury, Sword, and WOL) and since I got it I'm relearning how to use the council system and vassals. I played it enough to know that I loved the game so all the extras were worth it for me, at 75% off YES!!!

 

[neutrondecay]

I'm finally up to date - I bought the two ebooks and the two music packs I didn't already own. 100% completion! (I don't have the PDXcon bonus shields, obviously, but that's for 101% special completion...)

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