While waiting for the wars to end, I notice Matilda has gained some life goals. Thanks to the debug info I’ve enabled, I can see that the father is Matilda’s Court Chaplain, Bishop Lealdo. In June, it’s revealed that Matilda is pregnant. A 4,767-strong army begins a siege of Gallura’s towns and castles. But Matilda has also started a war of her own to convince the Count of Gallura to become her vassal, thus extending her territory into Sardinia. Some troops head north, joining Kaiser Heinrich’s war with France over the county of Zeeland. I soon see why, as armies start marching out from her provinces. I unpause, and Matilda’s treasury immediately empties. Then I raise all of Matilda’s stats, and give her a boost to money, prestige and piety. Using the console, I upgrade the key attribute of each member of Matilda’s court. Her Spymaster in particular is deemed an incompetent schemer by Crusader Kings II’s rating system. She’s popular among her vassals, which is good, but her advisors leave much to be desired. While absentmindedly clicking around the de jure duchies map, I stumble upon Matilda di Canossa, Duchess of Tuscany.įirst, though, Matilda needs to get her house in order. I figure a duke would make for the best ward-I want to see if, with the right prodding, they’ll make a play for the throne. I opt for a traditional 1066 start, and begin hunting for a character to adopt. I load up the game, enabling all DLC packs (thanks Steam sales!) save for Sunset Invasion-an alternate history pack that imagines what would happen if Aztecs crossed into Europe to destroy your save file. I decide against using this latter option-it’s a little too powerful, even for someone setting themselves up with godlike powers. I can also murder people with the ‘kill’ command. There’s a lot I can do here: give characters gold, prestige and piety, add or remove traits and even set lovers or rivals. Then, as the computer does all the heavy lifting, I’ll offer support in the form of other console commands. Instead, I’m going to pick a character and use the ‘observe’ console command to hand them over to the AI. To counter this failing, I’ve devised a new strategy: don’t play Crusader Kings II.Īt least, don’t play it directly. Sure, I can embroil myself in drama and intrigue just as well as the next aristocrat, but when it comes to ambition-to expanding my kingdom and crushing my enemies-it almost always goes wrong.
As much as I’ve enjoyed Crusader Kings II over the years, I’m still not good at it.
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