Crusader Kings II: Things I Love and Hate About This Game

[BigDork]

In my current game I'm the King of Ireland. I control all of the Emerald Isle plus a chunk of Scotland. Things are going great for me. I've had several successful kings in a row. My current one has had a highly productive reign only slowed by the unlucky length of time it's taken me to get some fabricated claims on Isle of Man.

I had a mediocre heir who was totally eclipsed by his younger brother. So naturally I arranged for an accident to happen to him. My new heir comes of age and holy crap... 25 Diplomacy! Score! Well time to marry him off. I ring up the Dating Agency and see that there's this beautiful 17 year old with a claim on the Kingdom of Denmark. Her Diplomacy... 29! HOLY ****!!! Soon the wedding bells are ringing and I'm feeling great about the future of my realm.

3 moths later she gets ill and dies. ****!!!! **** **** ****! GODDAMN THIS GAME!!!

Anyway, she was a twin. I marry my heir to her sister who has the same claim on Denmark and has a 21 diplomacy. Still great but after seeing her awesome sister she'll always only be second best.

[Zkribbler]

For some reason, that reminds me of a scene in the ancient Bruce Dern movie Smile where Bruce Dern is trying to teach his suicidal friend the secret of happiness:

Dern: I had a date with Elizabeth Taylor once.
Friend: [disbelief]
Dern: Really. When I was in college, I was in a class with her cousin, and he fixed us up on a blind date.
Friend: So, what's Elizabeth Tayor like on a date?
Dern: I dunno. She never showed.
Friend: WTF??
Dern: You're missing the point. The point is how can I be happy with my wife after having a date with Elizabeth Taylor. That's the secret to happiness. You just have to be willing to settle for less.

[Penry]

Too bad BigDork!

At least in 1.05 you would have been able to see why she died...... :intrigue:

Can you be sure she died of her illness? Or was she bumped off?

Best thing I love about this game is how bloody paranoid it makes you!

[BigDork]

She had the ill modifier so I'm pretty sure it was natural causes. But yeah, I love how you just never know.

Very early in my game I had a problem where my infant niece and nephew (dynasty thanks to a matrilinial) were bumped off by their paternal uncle because he wanted to inherit. I almost lost a duchy out of my realm because of it. LOVE THIS GAME!

[Zkribbler]

Murdering children is a bad thing

[Lemmy]

They are only virtual children. Reminds of the GTAs-influence-on-people debate...i think if time travel is ever invented, anyone that ever played CK will be banned from travelling to the middle ages.

[BigDork]

I also have a tendency of offing wives when they get older if I discover a younger, well statted lady out there. Might be a double homicide if she's already married.

Let's just say I tend to have cruel kings.

[Nikolai]

Unlucky you BD. But such is life in medieval Europe.