Dad don't die....not until I'm 16 at least!

[Third spearman from the left]

Ok people I need your game play experience...I'm playing the XL mod as the Volga Bulgars. My King is 56 years old and his only son, is under-age at 10. I'm in trouble and was wondering how old anyone’s King has got be. Has anyone had a king reach 66? Is it possible? All my men of royal blood are dead and having just beat off the Horde I’m desperate not to lose my kingdom

I call you all to arms (legs and heads too!)

[matteus the inbred]

you don't necessarily need to panic, i've had kings last well over 60 years, some even over 70 i think. there ought to be V&Vs specifically for elderly rulers, like 'False Teeth' or 'Warhorse replaced by Shop-rider' that kind of thing...

[Geezer57]

Ok people I need your game play experience...I'm playing the XL mod as the Volga Bulgars. My King is 56 years old and his only son, is under-age at 10. I'm in trouble and was wondering how old anyone’s King has got be. Has anyone had a king reach 66? Is it possible? All my men of royal blood are dead and having just beat off the Horde I’m desperate not to lose my kingdom.

I've had Kings get into their 80's, and have read reports in other threads of even older rulers. Just save the game each turn before ending the year - if your King dies, reload and change something (Emmisaries, Spies, Assasins, Princesses, build queues, etc. - just about anything will do to change the random number generator seed).

It's cheesy, but far better than losing a good campaign due to infertility.

[miho]

I once had a 82 years old king but in regular MTW without VI so I don't know if this will help. Just don't worry about it and save often. Or you can load to save some 20 years earlier and cheat to get a son.

[Knight Templar]

My record is 92

[miho]

My record is 92

Good for you. Do you have pics?

[Third spearman from the left]

This is good news, I've been worried that this was the end. thanks for the reponses so far.

matteus the inbred@: These V&V for old kings are they good or bad?

Has anyone else had V&V for old kings?

[dgfred]

You could always play as HRE, their kings are elected . This solves alot
of worrying.

[Ludens]

This is good news, I've been worried that this was the end. thanks for the reponses so far.

matteus the inbred@: These V&V for old kings are they good or bad?

Has anyone else had V&V for old kings?

Matteus was just joking. There are no age-dependend V&V's, though characters tend to accumulate vices with age. Also, I heard that a King in charge of a crusade will not die of natural causes. If you can put him in a crusade and stall it until the heir is of age, you are pretty sure the king will survive if he does not die in battle. Off course, this isn't really helpfull in your case, as I don't think the Bulgars can crusade.

[Knight Templar]

Good for you. Do you have pics?

No, it was 3 years ago, when I just got MTW.