In 769, King Karl ascended the throne in the mighty empire of West Francia, portending a new expansion of the Catholic world. Nweismuller fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Sep 11, 2017 Warfare and intrigue punctuate an often-slow process of economic, cultural, and technological development, while the prestige of the heads of your dynasty is the mark of the player's influence on history, while the rise of nomadic conquerors from the Asian steppes and the impact of the dreaded Black Death can eventually wreak havoc on even the strongest realms.Īs Charlemagne rises to the throne, the island of Ireland is little but an impoverished backwater in the beleaguered Catholic world, but major changes are on the horizon for the Irish tribes.
They say that he who dies with the most Opil wins.Ĭrusader Kings 2 is a historical strategy game covering a span from the coronation of Charlemagne to the late Middle Ages, allowing the player to take the role of one of the ruling dynasties of the medieval world in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the Asian steppes, or India.