I won't be negative about it if it happens, but a Fantasy setting or Map Randomizer doesn't interest me enough to warrant a purchase. I never thought i would say that about a CK2 DLC/expansion :sad:
Hint about the next Crusader Kings II expansion!
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+1, I don't get why there would be a map randomizer. It has a sense in EU cause we're talking about a New World, but in CK...
It's so obvious! They're adding Iron Chef mode!. Can you control your massive A-historical Empires from the Kitchen as well!?
This will have us all asking, Who's Cuisine Will Reign Supreme?!
This will have us all asking, Who's Cuisine Will Reign Supreme?!
Crusader Kings II: The Holy See Announced
Crusader Kings II: The Holy See Announced
Reign supreme in the new Crusader Kings II expansion
CONSTANTINOPLE – January 28, 2014 – Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and the highest religious authority, and Paradox Development Studio, today announced a new expansion to the world of Crusader Kings II, the critically acclaimed RPG strategy title. The Holy See continues from where the Sons of Abraham left off. The true believers are blessed with the ability to play any theocracy in the game, including the Papacy and The Ecumenical Patriarch. The selectable starting date is pushed back until the year 1054 to enable the players to experience the beginning of the great schism and the mutual excommunications.
The expansion highlights:
There! You can freely use the text in the official announcement as well.
Crusader Kings II: The Holy See Announced
Reign supreme in the new Crusader Kings II expansion
CONSTANTINOPLE – January 28, 2014 – Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and the highest religious authority, and Paradox Development Studio, today announced a new expansion to the world of Crusader Kings II, the critically acclaimed RPG strategy title. The Holy See continues from where the Sons of Abraham left off. The true believers are blessed with the ability to play any theocracy in the game, including the Papacy and The Ecumenical Patriarch. The selectable starting date is pushed back until the year 1054 to enable the players to experience the beginning of the great schism and the mutual excommunications.
The expansion highlights:
- The great schism: The game can be started on any date between 1054 and 1452. Pick your side in the religious division!
- Theocracies: The players can enter the religious path by playing any theocracy in the game, including Papacy and The Ecumenical Patriarch
- Celibacy: Intrigue and plot a way to continue your dynasty with the celibacy promise.
- Reform Christianity: The Pope and The Ecumenical Patriarch can reform the Christian religion by e.g. allowing polygamy
There! You can freely use the text in the official announcement as well.
Paradox love to play with words, I don't think this is a map expansion I think it's playable theocracies and holy orders after all playing as a religious order is a totally new setting
I am mildly concerned that this may be some kind of fantasy DLC, given all those ice-pictures we got last month. This is very unlikely, of course, but it's worrying me still...
What of SI?
Oh sorry, i forgot about SI
. Then change my wording to i never thought i would say that again about a DLC/expansion 
Those are from the two new game projects that were announced, I don't think they are CK2 related.
Oh! In that case, Asia seems much more likely. As long as they can get the balance right, should be fun.
i think either fantasy-esque DLC, playable theocracies or absolute-ish rulers to more accuratly model the non-feudal parts of europe.
Paradox, stopitstopitstopit! Just as you are winding down Nero and Armstrong paranoia, you start this up ! Aaaaaaah! (Brain explodes)
Some mechanics to better portray the form of rule in the Middle-East, along with the already confirmed revamp of the decadence system, that Doomdark could not fit into SoA, could also be a pretty good guess. I had already forgotten about that
Some mechanics to better portray the form of rule in the Middle-East, along with the already confirmed revamp of the decadence system, that Doomdark could not fit into SoA, could also be a pretty good guess. I had already forgotten about that
There was no confirmed revamp, just a statement saying that there was an idea for a decadence revamp which they hoped they might be able to put in, possible, eventually.
The thing is, this game was more successful than they expected, as this amount of DLC was certainly not planned before launch. Thus, the scope has grown, such that the initial name of the game no longer defines it. I mean, they're not going to say "no we can't do that as it doesn't fit the title of the game" when they have an interesting idea.
Again with this narrow-minded interpretation and overanalysis of a game's title. The game's timeline takes place around the crusades, but it could've very well been called Medieval Kings or Dynasty Kings, and no one would've been the wiser. Crusading was never the whole "purpose" of the game; it wasn't even that prominent a feature in vanilla.
You just contradicted yourself. How exactly does fantasy expansion or map randomization relate to the title "Crusader Kings"?
IIRC, Doomdark said they just picked the title because it seemed cool, not because the game was about crusader kings. Even back at CK1 you could play as a scheming woman and the game wasn't called "Intrigue Queens".
Plots and schemes among the LA gay subculture in "Intrigue Queens" (a game which admittedly drags on a bit).