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[Kirian]

OK, wow, that looks like an incredibly cool game.

[WalrusMcFishSr]

Yeah I totally endorse it! So so much fun. I bet a lot of people on this forum would love it...it's all beautiful maps and numbers and obscure history and excellent music. It requires patience and the AI is pretty brutal sometimes. It's basically like a big huge fun board game with a zillion variables.

Trying to decide whom to play next...part of the appeal is that you can play as basically anybody. You can play as the Ottomans and crush everyone or play as Albania and try not to be crushed.

I also completely recommend Crusader Kings 2, made by the same company, which is basically the same game but in medieval times, and you control a dynasty rather than a nation, so it has more of a personal touch.

They're both on sale right now for the next few days!

https://www.humblebundle.com/store

[Gveoniz]

A Crusader Kings II Screen shoot for my Poland / Wendish Empire Campaign after 128 in game years:

[jonts26]

If you play CK2, play it with the Game of Thrones mod.

[Voltaire]

If you play CK2, play it with the Game of Thrones mod.

Yeah, I'm giving in to the temptation and getting these tonight. Goodbye, real world!

[Twistedarcher]

If you play CK2, play it with the Game of Thrones mod.

Must..resist...

[jonts26]

If you play CK2, play it with the Game of Thrones mod.

Must..resist...

Come on, you know you want to see what happens if Stannis wins the battle of the Blackwater.

[Voltaire]

So how the heck do landed titles work. Reading wikis like mad and I still don't get it.

I started as a lowly dude (count? I think). Had three sons. My liege lord decides I've been pretty great and grants me another county. Huzzah! Except wait, now I have a notification that upon succession I'll lose this new county. Well that makes no sense! I check on it, and it looks like my eldest son (my heir) is scheduled to inherit my original county, and my middle son is scheduled to inherit my new county. I wasn't allowed to give the title to the new county to my oldest son, but I could give it to my youngest (third) son.

You can clearly hold two titles at once, since I myself was holding them. Why couldn't my heir inherit both?

(fun fact: eldest son died right before I started an ill-advised war, second son was taken prisoner and sacrificed to the Drowned God, third son was sent to the nights watch. So my heir is now my grandson, only child of my first son, who is 12. My only other living descendant is the legitimized bastard only child of my third son. Things...things do not look good for the First Time Playing family.

[SirPeebles]

Are we giving up on cookie clicker already?  I just hit 250 quintillion.

[WalrusMcFishSr]

Haha, you can probably expect a few false starts before you get something truly majestic. My first Scandinavian game saw me unable to pay my mercenaries, and I had to cede half of my land to the "Finnish Band"

I've not yet played the GoT mod, so I don't know about your particular problem. Did you check the succession laws? Sometimes Gavelkind succession leads to some annoying situations.

[Voltaire]

Haha, you can probably expect a few false starts before you get something truly majestic. My first Scandinavian game saw me unable to pay my mercenaries, and I had to cede half of my land to the "Finnish Band"

I've not yet played the GoT mod, so I don't know about your particular problem. Did you check the succession laws? Sometimes Gavelkind succession leads to some annoying situations.

I was Gavelkind! I shall read up on Gavelkind because I have no idea what it means!

[Voltaire]

Oh, I was also castrated.

[WalrusMcFishSr]

Wow Peebles go for the sextillion! My Cookie Clicker days are behind me I think.

I don't really understand Gavelkind either, but it basically means you have to split your land amongst your heirs. So try to have one really good son and no more if you're aiming to blob.

Haha good thing you had some kids first I guess!

[Voltaire]

Haha good thing you had some kids first I guess!

Honestly I have more fun when I lose games, I think. This first playthrough is a huge blast.

Yeah, it looks like Gavelkind means, you have to split everything up. Interesting.

[jonts26]

Honestly I have more fun when I lose games, I think.

Have you played Dwarf Fortress by any chance?

[Voltaire]

Honestly I have more fun when I lose games, I think.

Have you played Dwarf Fortress by any chance?

I have heard of it, but never played.

[sudgy]

Honestly I have more fun when I lose games, I think.

Have you played Dwarf Fortress by any chance?

I have heard of it, but never played.

The point is that the motto of Dwarf Fortress is "Losing is fun"

[florrat]

Are we giving up on cookie clicker already?  I just hit 250 quintillion.

I exchanged it for sandcastle builder. That game is a lot slower, but also a lot deeper (takes a lot more time to get everything. I started 3 days ago, and I'm still at the very beginning). It's not as slow as it initially looks though: there are some crazy upgrades out there.

[liopoil]

I'm not giving up on cookie clicker! on my next reset I'll hit 6000 heavenly chips.

[Voltaire]

Well, I finally kicked the bucket at 72 due to old age and my eldest grandson inherited...only to be killed by the Lord of Riverrun (what did I ever to do him? I'm not nearly that important!). So remember that legitimized bastard only son of my third kid? Yeah, that's who is ruling right now. He has no heirs (but a pregnant wife, thank god) and is somehow the brother-in-law of the Lord of Riverrun, easily the highest political standing my family has ever achieved. ...wait a minute...

[Jimmmmm]

Quick, somebody +1 me, I have 666 respect!

...or don't, being evil is kind of cool I guess.

[Awaclus]

Matriculation examination is suffering.

[Axxle]

I'm not giving up on cookie clicker! on my next reset I'll hit 6000 heavenly chips.

I stopped playing for a while and just checked today... My cookies were deleted

[Axxle]

Quick, somebody +1 me, I have 666 respect!

...or don't, being evil is kind of cool I guess.

I'm 6'6.6" >:)

[2.71828.....]

Quick, somebody +1 me, I have 666 respect!

...or don't, being evil is kind of cool I guess.

I'm 6'6.6" >:)

Really?  Because I am also 6'6.6"