Crusader Kings II

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Sword of Islam Dev Diary 3

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...am-Dev-Diary-3

TL;DR:
Will be released on the 26th, not next week
Muslims will expand faster, have big civil wars
Characters with military education will get additional traits that apply only to battles
More culture-specific buildings

Modding news with 1.06:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...up-for-Modders

TL;DR:
Muslims won't be moddable to be playable without the full-blown expansion (workaround is to make new religion group but it will be limited to the old Catholic/Pagan mechanics)
They added a script option to set dynasties to intermarry to simulate Targaryan family planning :D

[rickinator9]

That intermarrying bit will be helpful for portraying the Ptolemies. Or I will just write an event where you can marry a sister.

[Double A]

That intermarrying bit will be helpful for portraying the Ptolemies. Or I will just write an event where you can marry a sister.

Or you could just marry your half sister.

[The Stranger]

That intermarrying bit will be helpful for portraying the Ptolemies. Or I will just write an event where you can marry a sister.

its done mainly for the GoT mod XD

[Monk]

Sword of Islam Dev Diary 3

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...am-Dev-Diary-3

TL;DR:
Will be released on the 26th, not next week
Muslims will expand faster, have big civil wars
Characters with military education will get additional traits that apply only to battles
More culture-specific buildings

Modding news with 1.06:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...up-for-Modders

TL;DR:
Muslims won't be moddable to be playable without the full-blown expansion (workaround is to make new religion group but it will be limited to the old Catholic/Pagan mechanics)
They added a script option to set dynasties to intermarry to simulate Targaryan family planning :D

I like it. A lot. If the decadence trait is as limiting as paradox makes it sound, this might go a long way to limiting the lethality of Muslim powers. Or at least put a stop to their out of control blobbing in Iberia. Hopefully. if not, nothing a little modding wont fix.

[Hooahguy]

I cant find a good nation to start with. Someone suggested a ruler in Ireland, but it seems very hard to manage. I dont want to do one of the HRE states since its so huge and I often get embroiled into many small wars.
Any ideas on a a good beginner state?

[Kekvit Irae]

I cant find a good nation to start with. Someone suggested a ruler in Ireland, but it seems very hard to manage. I dont want to do one of the HRE states since its so huge and I often get embroiled into many small wars.
Any ideas on a a good beginner state?

Try a nation far away from Muslims until you get a feel for war. Castille is pretty fun to play, but they are too close to the Moors (and Leon) to be even remotely peaceful. I suggest a Scandinavian or a Western European country, like Denmark or Scotland. They have a reasonable powerbase and their economies aren't dead.

[Hooahguy]

Try a nation far away from Muslims until you get a feel for war. Castille is pretty fun to play, but they are too close to the Moors (and Leon) to be even remotely peaceful. I suggest a Scandinavian or a Western European country, like Denmark or Scotland. They have a reasonable powerbase and their economies aren't dead.

Ill try for a Scandinavian one. Last time I picked HRE. Found myself fighting 3 wars within a few months, got so distracted I couldn't concentrate on internal affairs.

EDIT: Tried Scotland. My half brother revolted against me. Initially defeated him in one big battle but now England joined the fight? Cant seem to end that war which Im bound to lose since Im hopelessly outnumbered, and Im surrounded and without new levies.

[Kekvit Irae]

EDIT: Tried Scotland. My half brother revolted against me. Initially defeated him in one big battle but now England joined the fight? Cant seem to end that war which Im bound to lose since Im hopelessly outnumbered, and Im surrounded and without new levies.

Sue for peace. Even if you lose territories, England is so messed up at the start that you can just wait a few years and it will be completely fragmented from in-fighting, ripe for the picking.

[Hooahguy]

So I should surrender? Interesting option. So I looked to do that, and it seems I have to surrender to my half brother, even though I'm winning that war. Would England count as his mercs? Not sure how to placate the invading English. Or maybe they aren't English at all?
Also is there a way to remove him before all of this starts, to nip it in the bud? Dang I need to read into this more.