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[Descan]

It's hard to tell how much of that is from exclaves, vs. just independent counties. I mean, I see Pannonia, Paley, Bavaria, *maybe* Burgundy (are they in Aragon? ??) but aside from those...

[Cruxador]

There's a couple of exclaves in an otherwise nice-looking country, and then there's this.

And then there's this.

[CABL]

"Must poomp de mooskles... Must... oonite... Eerland..." - The last words of Bulk Bogan.

I decided to make Bulk Bogan from Vinesauce Joel's Hard Time (So bad it's good video game about prison life) stream, and of course, CKII is not CKII if you don't turn from Brave to Craven.

I started as the lowly Irish count of Connacht, so "Reelm poomping", as would Bogan say, is really slow. I've only managed to get county of Breifne (it's de jure Duchy of Connacht), but I will try my best to unite Irish people.

[Man of Paper]

So it's been a while since I've played vanilla CKII, so I forget naming conventions, but both chiefs there are showing first names, right? It's a shame, because the heir's got my surname.

(Sidebar: I'm not someone who cares about my name being known online. There's enough accounts connected to the user names I use that someone would be able to get it easy with a little dedication anyways. Not to mention there's a few hundred people with my exact name, so that's fun anyways.)

[umiman]

(Sidebar: I'm not someone who cares about my name being known online. There's enough accounts connected to the user names I use that someone would be able to get it easy with a little dedication anyways. Not to mention there's a few hundred people with my exact name, so that's fun anyways.)

Yes, you definitely sound like a person who doesn't care about his name being known online. 

[CABL]

So it's been a while since I've played vanilla CKII, so I forget naming conventions, but both chiefs there are showing first names, right? It's a shame, because the heir's got my surname.

Yes, it shows the first name of the chiefs. Your surname is "Bogan"? That's awesome!

[Man of Paper]

I wish it was Bogan. Nah, I was referring to what I assume is his first name since the other is Chief Bulk. I'm just not sure about name conventions anymore. This game has made me both culturally sensitive as well as inept.

Changing my name to Bogan now though.

[CABL]

Bulk (the one who died) is his name, while Bogan is his surname/dynasty. Chief Gorman is Bulk's son, and I play as Gorman right now.

Bulk Bogan is a reference to Joel's Hard Time stream, where he made a character called Bulk Bogan: An extremely strong but dumb prisoner with an accent to rival Tommy Wiseau.

[scriver]

Your name is Gorman? There's a sign in Sweden named after you.

[Man of Paper]

I've felt the same way a lot recently. I started to resort to savescumming just so I could enjoy myself (because that's what's most important). But even that doesn't save my characters. The omniverse itself is acting against them.

[hector13]

I actually quite enjoy it when the game decides to mess you up. Usually it's pretty easy to just go from being crap to amazing in a few decades, so when the game throws a big speed bump in the way it gets entertaining.

[Man of Paper]

Nah, lately I get screwed at every turn. Now, having grown up in the Age of Pokemon, I understand that anything less than 70% is a guaranteed failure. However CK2 has seen me, in my latest vanilla run, go insane from stress that resulted from absolutely nothing. My heir wanted to join the varangian guard and I allowed it. So he got the Great Pox, and from his traits would appear to have been bisected (One armed, legged, eyed) as a result of his adventures. I had another son, a genius, so I decided to duel my son, as he'd also become my rival at some point, by methods I'm not too sure about (seriously, I'm good at making rivals, but I had no notification of this development). I have a 90% chance to win the duel and my ass still gets murdered, my useless cripple son becomes king, and my genius son was found dead under suspicious circumstances not too long after.

Now I understand that history is riddled with tales of families that went like this. But having the worst things happen consistently across every game is getting frustrating. I know it's just RNG but damn.

[Teneb]

Are you a secret zoroastrian? It's more likely than you think!

Spoiler: Dev Diary #41: Secret Religious Cults (click to show/hide)

Hi folks!

This week is a big deal for me and for everyone else who has worked on Crusader Kings II over the years, because the game is just about to turn five years old! It was released on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2012. (So, if you’re running low on ideas for a gift to that special someone tomorrow, what could be more romantic than a copy of Crusader Kings II? Just saying.)

Five years on, we are still cranking out expansions and updates, all thanks to you folks! I have to say, the lifespan of this game has been pretty amazing compared to all the previous games I’ve worked on. I loved them all, of course - those games we no longer actively support - from Europa Universalis to Victoria II, but it’s been fantastic to be allowed to keep building on a game for so long, unlocking so much of its potential. CK2 is also special to me because I owned the vision and have done so much work on it personally. Stay tuned for a special anniversary dev diary tomorrow, where I will talk about the history and development of the game at length.

Of more immediate interest, we have essentially finished work on the upcoming expansion, Monks and Mystics, and it’s shaped up very well! You might already know, or suspect, that most of the new Societies will be part of the paid expansion, but there is one type of Society that actually comes with the free update; Secret Religious Cults (yes, this means that the Society framework itself is also free, so that modders can go nuts even without the expansion.) These Societies consist of followers who falsely profess faith in one religion while secretly belonging to another.



Almost all of the main (non-heretic) religions have a corresponding “Secret Cult”. The membership consists of characters who fake belief in another religion in order to avoid persecution. Rulers can join any of these cults if the religion exists within diplomatic distance, and at the highest rank, the ruler can finally overtly embrace the religion and convert. Meanwhile, you get missions and powers to induce Sympathy for your real religion in other characters in the realm as well as the population in the counties. With careful groundwork, you can stage an extremely powerful religious revolt; as long as your subversive activities go unnoticed by your liege…





Next week we’ll start going over the patch notes, and don’t miss our anniversary stream later today or the special dev diary tomorrow!

[scriver]

That's awesomesweets!

[umiman]

Thanks again for posting the dev diaries!