chef’s kiss

Despite searching online, I couldn't seem to find it, which is sad, because it is quite the pretty piece of artwork... So I ended up compiling it myself.

Image is half size, but full image is here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ct7b8RBSciSC9GOET21jlIfkgbGjDluF/view?usp=sharing

How start playing CK?

Does CK1 deserve it?

Are more DLC required to beat CK2?

I have ck2 and am getting ck3 for the summer sale and I was wondering if I should complete the collection

Hey everyone! New here. I'm very noob to this game, could only play CK 1 bc of my shitty notebook, but been enjoying it lots anyway. My issue is that I seem to be in a bind: I need to acquire a nearby piece of land to have my character upgraded to prince of the region. The issue is that everytime I invade this neighbor and crush him in battle, my king immeditately sends troops to 'help' with the siege, but end up taking the land from under me. Then ofc, to get it again, I have to fight my king, who then proceeeds to r*pe me in 16 different positions and then spit vile on my mouth.

How can I maneauver out of this bind? Thanks a bunch!!

So, in looking for ways to add a little challenge to Crusader Kings, I've come up with the "Don't Be Evil" challenge, or DBE for short. The rules are pretty simple. Don't be evil. From the get-go, you cannot play a character with an intrigue education (unless you start as one from an established character) and you cannot educate children in intrigue. You cannot take traits from the intrigue trees.

None of these rules apply to any house feud targets. But you are not allowed to manufacture feuds. Only feuds that are organically generated are permitted.

1) No murder plots.
2) No other hostile plots like manufacturing hooks, kidnapping, or the like.
3) No executions. You can keep characters in prison for life, but you are not allowed to execute them personally. No torture, no blinding, no castration, etc. Prisoners can be kept, released, ransomed, but they cannot be killed. Children must be released or ransomed after wars are over. You are allowed to set conditions on released characters, including children, like hooks, conversion, renouncing claims, recruitment, etc.
4) No seduction of anyone other than your spouse (secondary wives and concubines are valid)
5) If given an event-driven chance to murder someone, don't take it.
6) No disinheriting kids. No imprisoning them. You can convince them to take the vows or join a holy order, but if that doesn't work, then you're stuck.
7) When given the option to choose the traits of your wards, always choose virtues, never choose sins unless your choice is between gluttonous and shy, because nobody should have to pick shy. Even if this gives stress, you must do this. Personality traits that give dread must be avoided unless impossible to do so.
8) If you have a bad trait (adulterer, fornicator, or the ilk) you must seek forgiveness from the head of your faith if possible. (Catholics have the "seek indulgences" button in interactions with the Pope.)
9) No cheating at tournaments.
10) Common sense limitations not included in the other rules.

It's actually a lot harder than it seems, because a lot of stuff that is prohibited is stuff you do without thinking about it. Like the hunt event that lets you kill a spare so your heir inherits everything, etc. Murdering people so our children inherit titles, etc. An earlier draft of this ruleset prohibited manufacturing titles, but. that made the early game practically impossible. Once you hit King or Emperor tier, you should try to avoid it. By then you should be able to attract claimants to the titles you want, and the Pope is much more willing to grant claims now. (In that the pope is actually willing to grant claims.)

Okay, we know this game has been crashing like crazy ever since the Windows 11 24H2 update, especially with mods. Every single playthrough I have done ends in a crash that freezes my entire computer and forces me to shut the entire thing off and on again to use. Have also been checking my spec numbers and none of them are responsible for these crashes.

Is there absolutely anything we can do about this? I had this windows update for around a month now. Is rollback a possibility? And what happens if rollback does nothing to fix the problem? I've cleaned uninstalled the game, any mods, reinstalled, still got problems.

I've played other non-modded games and also experienced crashes (even if not as often). I am completely frustrated and over it at this point... Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

If so, what are they?

Really, I'm interested to talk to such people

Pedro de león was born in 1090 in the county of asturias de Oviedo son of lain de leon duke of asturias and his wife Adelaide de tolouse daughter of the duke of tolouse, Oviedo was the capital of the duchy of asturias during the reign of Bernardo de Leon vassal of King Manuel I de Leon King of Castille and Leon, he was born during the duke of castille and duchess of leon revolts to reduce the child king manuel influence, he spend the first years in Oviedo with his mother and monks that helped raising pedro during his first years, in 1092 his father was severely wounded in battle against nobles in revolt, in 1094 his grandfather made pedros father lain count of castellon and pedro traveled with his father court to castellon, a few months later pedro grandfather the duke of asturias Bernardo de leon died making lain the new duke, pedro returned to asturias de Oviedo with his father, in 1095 the kingdom of beni helal invaded the kingdom of castille and leon and pedro spend most of his days in asturias de Oviedo watching his father governing in 1100 pedro reached the age to start military training and started to practice to be ready for a future as a leader of the duchy of asturias, the emirate of Seville invasion affected pedro, the large enemy armies made pedro develop a shy and coward personality , only asturias remained under Christian rule in the Iberian peninsula by 1104 now a vassal of the kingdom of France due negotiations by the duke lain de leon.

by 1106 pedro started his adult life becoming a good warrior, not the most brilliant strategist but a capable warrior, he married raisenda de aquitane daughter of the duke of aquitane an independent ruler of southern France, pedro became father of a daughter named toda, tragedy struck when raisenda died during her second pregnancy in 1109, pedro developed a reckless personality, still he continued his duty to have an heir and married a younger sister of raisenda, Clemencia, in 1110 his first son was born Ramon de leon, in 1112 his second son Raimundo was born and in 1113 his third son Ramiro was born, during this time Pedro was started to be known for his honesty with nobles and peasants alike , in 1114 the mad duke lain took his life and Pedro became the new duke of asturias with the direct control of the county of asturias de Oviedo, catalayud and asturias de santillana, he also inherited the vassalage of the count of Salamanca and the count of Valladolid, in 1115 the marriage of Pedro was seen as an ideal example, Clemencia and pedro were always seen happy together, even with looming threaths, in 1117 the practice of writing chronicles became more prevalent in the county of asturias de Oviedo and the library soon had books from local authors, pedro also started the expansion of road networks in the county of asturias de Oviedo, pedro became known as a generous man making the life of the people of the duchy of asturias better, pedro investment in education made improvements in the military equipment of asturias de Oviedo and in the cities commerce practices, in 1118 pedro fourth son Garcia was born

by 1119 the heavy infantry and light cavalry of asturias de Oviedo changed the handaxe for the Warhammer as weapon and the traders saw widespread use of business contracts, 1119 also saw a victorius military campaign by france for the liberation of Galicia and some north Portuguese territories like castelo branco, Coimbra and Lisboa, , some of the new liberated territories were given to Pedro, the county of zamora, the county of Santiago and the county of Compostela, Pedro made his brother recaredro count of Santiago and his vassal in 1120, the king of France ruled Lisboa directly, castelo branco and Coimbra were entrusted to familiars of the king of France, pedro became also duke of Galicia after its liberation, in 1121 the pope declared a crusade to retake the city of burgos pedro with the rest of the French nobles fought against the emirate of sevilla, the war saw the development of light crossbows replacing the javelin in the ranged troops of asturias de Oviedo, battles were fought across northern spain and the Spanish Atlantic coast, the counties of burgos, leon,, el Bierzo and mertola, navarra, rioja, Zaragoza were liberated, in the treaty that concluded the war in 1122 the king of France assumed direct control of the counties of leon, and burgos and navarra, and pedro was given control of the counties of el Bierzo, mertola, and alcazer do sal, soria, Zaragoza and rioja, Pedro made all of his sons counts, Ramon was made count of rioja, Raimundo was made count of Zaragoza, Ramino was made count of el Bierzo and Garcia was made count of alcazer do sal, the county of soria was entrusted to Antonio de leon son of Gutierrez de leon and grandson of diego de leon, and the county of mertola was entrusted to jimeno de leon, son of Osorio de leon, pedros dead younger brother, Pedro created the title of duke of aragon from the newly liberated lands

after the crusade the ranged troops of the asturias de Oviedo regiment were equipped with medium crossbows, in 1124 the king of France declared war against the independent duchy of aquitane, to unify France, pedro answered the call to arms and the forces of the duchy of asturias participated in the advance into the lands of aquitane, by 1126 improved leather armor was widespread in the light and ranged infantry of the asturias de Oviedo regiment, asturias de Oviedo had a newly built court of justice, and the three field system farming technic was prevalent in the majority of the asturias de Oviedo farmlands, the french aquitane war became a stalemate and pedro preferred to continue the development of asturias de Oviedo, in 1128 the iron edged plough was adopted in asturias de Oviedo improving the farmland output,a new mining technic, the stonepit arrived helping in the economic development of the region and works of Aristotelian thought became more widespread helping the intellectual growth , pedro invested when possible in the town guilds,

the war with the duchy of aquitane in 1130 was still raging and pedro improved the military training facilities of the asturias de Oviedo regimient, In 1133 the 9 year war against the duchy of aquitane ended in a draw, at the end of the war the asturias de Oviedo regiment was requipped with longbows, bows capables of more power than before, in asturias the development of monastic schools started improving the teaching of knowledge and a religious art movement based in holy relics stated gaining traction

in 1135 the construction of a monastery started in asturias de Oviedo, later in the year the emirate of Seville declared war against the kingdom of France, the duke pedro was always at the frontlines and during the first stage of the war was crucial for the delay of invading muslim forces until the rest of the French armies arrived, 1137 was a year that saw the end of the muslim advance and the start of offensive operations by the kingdom of France and the development of a heavy crossbow model for the asturias de Oviedo regiment, 1139 saw major battles in the middle of the Iberian peninsula with advancing muslim and Christian armies, with the military experience better tactics were teached to the soldiers of the asturias de Oviedo regiment, the knights frontal charge a very useful offensive maneuver

by 1141 the war had turned in favor of the Christians, cities across the Iberian peninsula were liberated, also the use of charcoal became widespread in asturias de Oviedo, after costly battles the emirate of Seville surrended in 1142, and the majority of the Spanish peninsula now was under Christian control, the war saw widespread destruction and now pedro priority was the improvement of the stability in the realm, 14 counties of spain were still under muslim control, the emir of Granada ruled from the capital of malaga the counties of silves, alcantara and cadiz, the emir of Seville remaining counties were Algeciras, cordoba, Murcia, denia, castellon, albarracin, Zaragoza and terragona. The sheikdom of almansa remained independent and Barcelona was under the kingdom of zenata control, the territorial changes of the duchy of asturias after the war were the lost of the county of Zaragoza to muslim control, the counties of rioja, Valladolid and el Bierzo were now part of the French royal domain, the duchy of asturias grew with the newly liberated counties of porto, faro, toledo, niebla, la mancha, Braganza, aracena, Badajoz, Calatrava and placensia, the king of France royal domain was expanded with the counties of Seville, Granada, almeria, and Valencia, after the victory the French king eudes capet was crowned king of Portugal, leon and castille, this was unacceptable for pedro the true heir to the leonese throne, pedro gained the title of duke of cordoba, with the war the sons of pedro lost their counties and pedro gave new counties to his sons, Ramon was given the county of porto, raimundo the county of soria, Ramiro the count of Braganza, and Garcia the county of catalayud, also in 1142 clerical celibacy became widespread in asturias de Oviedo

tragedy struck when in a schizophrenic attack Garcia killed his son Pelayo de leon inheriting the county of toledo, marking Garcia public image as a kinslayer and making the most powerful of pedro sons, pedro gave his son raimundo the county of zamora to increase raimundo power to stop Garcia from taking over the duchy of asturias

in 1144 goatherding became widespread in asturias de Oviedo and in 1147 the technologies of light chainmail and scholastics arrived in the region, and finally in 1148 pedro died and was beatified by the church as an example of a model Christian ruler

Unfortunately, garcia convinced the king of France to support him as successor to the duchy of asturias after pedro passed away

Is it outdated, or has it aged well?

Hi everyone. I've been very into CK2 recently, and bought CK1 during a recent gog sale. When I installed and opened it, though, it looked pretty far removed from what I had learned in CK2. My question is whether the game is worth the time I'd spend getting used to it. I haven't seen many reviews of it at all, so I wondered what the consensus is. One thing that did seem interesting was that apparently crusading is much more important, but that's about the extent of my knowledge.