CAN YOU BEAT CRUSADER KINGS 3 With No VASSALS Challenge? Is CK3 Perfectly Balanced With No Exploits

[@JustinY.]

"Can you beat Crusader Kings 3 with no vassals?" It depends on your definition of winning. Winning through the military? Maybe. Winning by making your family tree a family circle? Then yes.

[@f0rk723]

Wtf i see u everywhere

[@erddun]

Good to see Justin y is still alive.

[@Scientist118]

Shit, the internet legend speaks once more.

[@aldm3232]

Justin Y has been very active recently

[@Vipers_Pit]

Noooooooo not you!!!!

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

Imagine getting married, and the moment the wedding is over, your new spouse takes a vow of Celibacy

[@kolbywilliams6288]

Depending on your spouse, you might think “oh thank God.”

[@EliaFlowers]

That's rough, buddy

[@xAyad3]

GG

[@bostond5470]

Cheating on my spouse is my main source of children. Anyways what is crusader kings 3? Looks fun.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I thought that was how marriage worked. Wait.....

[@sicnnasty]

Well played, you made it into the patch notes! - The maximum penalty for being over your domain limit is now -100% taxes/levies, increased from -90%. - If you vastly exceed your Domain Limit for more than one year (the grace period for new inheritances/conquests), all buildings will deactivate until your domain limit is lowered.

[@PathOfDamn]

This was a popular cheese called North Korea strategy. Iirc it was the same thing in CK2

[@Daniel_Lancelin]

Nothing a bit of modding can't restore.

[@blargminton]

its been patched!? noooooooooooo! :(

[@deadmanomegagaming4061]

Which version is it that has the new patch?

[@PathOfDamn]

@@deadmanomegagaming4061 Patch 1.1

[@01ZombieMoses10]

You know what they say in the HRE: 'One man, one vote.' And by that they mean there is *exactly* one man and *exactly* one vote.

[@LevCallahan]

I'm still amazed at the level of ADHD Spiff has when specifically wanting Reanu Keeves to be his heir, even giving him a hat, and then almost immediately forgetting he wanted to do so.

[@chrisb9143]

ADHD Lord of Sealand

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

*tries to unite all of Germany under a single ruler* *England, Poland, and France start sweating nervously*

[@GallowglassAxe]

I think Mel Brooks made a song about this.

[@hansimuli]

@@GallowglassAxe It might be Bel Mrooks at this point.

[@ezrafellowz]

russia is unimpressed

[@danielflin3877]

I am your one thousandth like, peasant. Fall to your knees and worship.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

@@danielflin3877 Give me a thousand more, and it might make my top ten comments! Do you think I owe you, mortal?

[@maxbuffkin5625]

"That's what we've accidentally done" There are no accidents. Only perfectly balanced gameplay and mechanics

[@blizzardphoenix7800]

Except all those children...Spiff's been busy

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

Max Buffkin Oh my goooos, I thought the same thing !!!!

[@jasperonapple3955]

And happy mishaps

[@vzvdm]

I like how the title says "challenge"

[@BigTarb]

The Spiffing Brit of course not you wouldn’t do that

[@gabebear574]

What are you talking about stupid challenges the ninth word in the title if it said challenge on the first word then it would be called challenge you’re an idiot

[@ryanswain8663]

Challenge... for the devs to patch the game before Spiff can send the game into narnia

[@vzvdm]

@@thespiffingbrit sure...

[@TruSlinger]

The true challenge was avoiding carpal tunnel from all the revoking he had to do.

[@dancingoctopussmead]

I love how you basically demonstrated why and how the shifty of power away from a feudal system and into a centrally controlled absolute monarchy happened. Its basically a lesson on how the modern period happened in one aspect.

[@ecklipz3364]

spiff: "she will give me one child and then i will throw her out" also spiff: proceeds to get 5 or so children with her

[@thalmoragent9344]

Da booty was too good 🤪

[@izzy_pz]

Thats love right there

[@grimmace2131]

Poor Reanu Keeves. You were going to make him your heir, but immediately dumped him. Remember? That is why you gave him the hat.

[@leonrb8554]

I was so upset the entire time

[@lughtaj]

Yeeted so fast.

[@anthonybottigliero8336]

Perhaps he wasn't the real Reneu Keeves, who is still trapped inside Antrim and Fallout.

[@emilymarley4505]

Alternate Universe, perhaps?

[@frenchvivec3021]

Spiff pickup lines : "You are intelligent, you're smart... And we have a decent chance of making children."

[@ajm6558]

Spiff line for the ladies #2: "Oh! Whats this? I've had a daughter?! Lovely! You shall be [types name] Forgotten."

[@frenchvivec3021]

@@ajm6558 He's a good british, and great player, an exploit exploiter, but most importantly : he's a family man.

[@ericromano8078]

" a decent chance of making children." "You're 44 stop getting pregnant!"

[@giroofe4507]

Spiff: starts playing any games Developer: Oh god no

[@NostalgiNorden]

Paradox: SEND HIM THE GAME!

[@owentayygaming7567]

meantime in bethesda: todd "say spiff reveal any exploits in our game yet" employe "yes why you wnt to patch it" todd "no i want to rerererelease skyrim only in a more buggy version" spiff "skyrim is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits" reano keeves: destroys the world whiterun guard "i used to be an adventure like you then reano destroyed the world with exploits"

[@pixelandadam1117]

@@NostalgiNorden thats why they are one of my fav devs but not with their prices hahah

[@OlafJorigson]

@@pixelandadam1117 If you sell your soul and pray to Kthulu, you may be able to buy 1 DLC.

[@pixelandadam1117]

@@OlafJorigson but the catch is you have to survive it first hahaha

[@alitaher003]

"Reanu Keeves is better than Elon Husk." Also Spiff: Lets get rid of Reanu Keeves.

[@mauterra1837]

The first sentence is a certified Reddit moment

[@reanukeeves5638]

I was heartbroken... If I had one

[@knection1986]

Yeah I think he forgot which child was better

[@MidnightSt]

Funny thing about the name "Mstivoj". It's basically a slavic name that means "Vengeful".

[@babyramses5066]

Lol and his name is vengeful but his traits are forgiving and trusting and even though he gets screwed over repeatedly, he forgets to hate you and has no intrigue to kill you with. I don't think spiff could've chosen a better king for this and his name is ironically funny.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@babyramses5066 His name was supposed to make people fear him enough so they wouldn't even try anything... it didn't work 🤣

[@cones914]

Still my favorite name is Kazimír Kazisvet which means Destroyer Worldruiner(Kaziť means to break, ruin, destroy and svet means world, environment in this case)

[@babyramses5066]

@@cones914 what a badass name. If i get a new kitten, I'm calling it that.

[@skywalker6078]

CHLOPCI MOJI VITAJTE DO KOMENTAROV

[@WolfPeste]

Making Holy Roman Empire surprisingly much more Roman and much less Holy *laughs in Caligula*

[@cherudium]

Spiff: "Evil twin brother." Me, after watching the video: "You mean the less evil twin brother."

[@loserface3962]

zark muckerburg is a saint compared to mark zuckerburg

[@andrewohagan2962]

Ah yes, the royal children of Zark Muckerberg: Elon Husk, Forgotten, Keanu Reeves, Thank God You're not a boy and Perfect.

[@badasmbadadog]

Totally looks like family Elon Musk and Grimes would have

[@GBfanatic15]

no it's reanu keeves XD

[@mordirit8727]

"How's my realm succession looking?" Succession screen: OMG HELP ME TOO MANY SHIELDS TO LOAD I AM DYING GONNA CRASH GONNA CRASH GONNA CRASH "Still looking great"

[@ENDERLICOT]

Fun fact, my caracter was so prolific and died at like 80 so that when I died, there was so much succession that my game crashed and I can't open the game anymore ahahahah

[@Red_Steampunker]

I’m dying over here, both of y’all are hilarious. Never change.

[@augustwinterman6952]

17:02 No matter the timeline, being Duke Ernst is suffering.

[@Fyrefrye]

17:00 At some point ​Spiff needs to play as Duke Ernst. He's just too good of a villain to let the AI control him all the time.

[@BLINDING_Red_STAR]

Crusader kings 3: play the game normally and don't cheat. The spiffing brit: IMPOSSIBLE I MUST SECURE ALL OF THE ENGLISH TEA TRADES!!!

[@kevinaustin51]

The Spiffing Brit Yes the Tea must flow just as it did in the Boston Harbour!🥰!

[@GallowglassAxe]

That's an idea. Conquer the silk road to China and introduce the English to tea a few centuries early.

[@BLINDING_Red_STAR]

The tea must be secured at all cost comrades.

[@owentayygaming7567]

you sure it is not called exloit feul?

[@deuglyducklin7056]

Kevin Austin. Too soon.

[@krankarvolund7771]

Actually, my first question when I saw this title was not "is it possible to win without vassals?", it was "How do you win Crusader Kings III?" XD

[@Schmorgus]

Hopefully, he will use his power to conquer the world. And that would count as a win in ck3 ;)

[@saltpeppertales2674]

By turning your family tree into a circle and having an affair with the pope, who is your brother. That's how you win CK.

[@TheRevDel]

@@saltpeppertales2674 Ah the Borgia strategy. Cunning.

[@brianbru]

"because this 3 year old is a known criminal, ladies and gentleman!" made me spit out my yorkshire tea, Spiff. You nearly drowned me AND cost me some tea....

[@looneymar9153]

Should have some boston roots

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Oh that's not good at all wasting Yorkshire tea makes you a known criminal the Spiffing Brit will be sure to take your land from you

[@mayariley6712]

I spat out my lemonade. Spiff has cost us many things

[@chrisb9143]

drink coffee if you plan to spit it

[@FriendB]

"I don't want children, I want money" Finally someone gets it

[@JoeNoobie]

"Oh, my wife has just died. Lovely!" -The Spiffing Brit 2020

[@haraka8123]

Wife bad.

[@pokeme5293]

Zarck Muckerburg exerts absolute control over his platform, I mean kingdom. Sounds about right.

[@admontblanc]

He abolished vassalage because it was white supremacist, far right disinformation.

[@pokeme5293]

@@admontblanc Remember, he "can see all of blue."

[@danielhale1]

Henry VIII: I will burn *literally* everything and everyone to have a son Spiff: Oh thank god you're not a boy!

[@wampastompa28]

Well, Paradox patched this in their 1.1 patch so RIP Muckerberg's quest for total domination

[@KuueenKumi]

I love this game. Even though Spiff is exploiting it, there's still so much story drama.

[@nathanhocking8073]

This is the best birthday present I could ask for

[@Barret2002]

Happy birthday!!!

[@romefury8006]

Happy birthday

[@evilunova]

Happy Birthday!

[@yugitrump435]

Happy Birthday. Perfect time for Tea and Cake.

[@jan-lukas]

Happy birthday

[@michaelmeis2953]

It's funny that you're playing as Zark Muckerberg, when I just learned today through a podcast how much Mark Zuckerberg loves Augustus Caesar

[@wideyxyz2271]

Spooky.....Wonder if MZ will befall the same fate?

[@melanoc3tusii205]

@Nakor Z Exactly! He's wondering if anyone will stab Mark Zuckerberg's great-uncle.

[@ChartreuseDan]

This is actually a kind of unperfectly balanced though too. You've just discovered the advatages of centralized government, spending to maintain a bureaucracy, legal system, and professional armies vs. appointing a bunch of greedy warlords who offer a seemingly good deal but actually skim most everything off the top, and constantly connive against the state and eachother

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

In real life your corruption would go absolutely bonkers The romans knew this would happen and therefore had very powerful individuals assigned with just enough power to control a region. But through the Marian Reforms, these individuals could get even more power, and they were too late to stop Caesars constant illegal conquests and they got toppled in favor of a Imperium that would rot the Roman Empire from inside out

[@midweekcentaur1050]

@@MrDwarfpitcher yeah, Ceaser got bold after he did some smaller scale conquests/annexing. Didn't get a rebuke for it from the senate and ran forward with a precedent.

[@gagecole4913]

The issue is that in real life it is impossible to actually manage all of that directly. Especially in a time when it would take weeks or even months just for news to reach one side of the empire to the other.

[@sol2544]

@@gagecole4913 I can imagine that someone else does run it, and that's where the -80% money comes from, but they just don't own land.

[@tbotalpha8133]

@@MrDwarfpitcher Rot from the inside out? The Roman Empire went on to last another 400-500 years after Caesar got shanked; expanded its territories; and even had a 200-year golden age of relative peace, stability and prosperity in the Pax Romana. That's not to say that I approve of imperialism, of any kind. But your summation is pretty weird in context.

[@SockSucker]

Spiff: Wages Holy War on the entire Kingdom of England Random Irish bloke: Come out ye black and tans!

[@GBfanatic15]

I mean they do hate the english XD

[@junaid2606]

Do a world conquest!! This video was absolutely amazing. I was laughing throughout the game. I wanna see more of it.

[@dizztrezzed]

Died at "this 3 year old is a known criminal ladies and gentlemen" 🤣

[@vomitman7533]

Spiff’s commentary, perfectly balanced as all things should be.

[@Ihileath]

"You're only meant to be holding onto 6 counties at once." *Laughs in 42 stewardship*

[@jonathanchan7896]

Laughs in max centralisation

[@fajar88.]

Laugh in no demesne limit

[@delabeyenicolas2386]

"Finally someone I can forget, that's what I need right now". One of the best sentences I've ever heard and something I will use frequently starting today.

[@GuyMahoney]

I assumed the religion would be "The East India Company"

[@romanvanmeter9578]

Spiff: Any vikings in the comment section will know It’s very easy to get money from these little prayer holes Me: I’m a Viking and I approve of this message

[@SmorjaGrus]

An army of 100 stat men? It is truly the one and only unstoppable force.

[@Grivehn]

Its the Immortals from Persia, but actually immortals. Well except Kenny and Larry, they always die apparently. Is there a Lazarus Pit special building in India or smt?

[@Rezuvious]

I entertained the idea of turning several independent nations into 100 stat men nations and observing the game. Haven't tried it but I still think about doing it.

[@Grivehn]

@Ankit Chandola Can they be built though? I had the assumption some can only be built by certain cultures. I know for a fact I have had several (6th) slots but I couldnt build anything on them. There isnt a good list about these far as I found, because the game is so new.

[@andzagorulko]

"At max, you can hold at max 6 counties" Me with my 14 counties: Who told you that? A diplomat with a wife that knows more about war than money?

[@NoKiniorInHybrydy]

Fun fact: Mstivoj means "Revenge Man" or "Revenge Soldier" so Spiff watch out :)

[@davidnovosad4917]

Some names you could use are Gill Bates, Beff Jezos, Nuck Chorris, or Teadrinkus Yorkshirius... love the videos btw

[@twistedkitty]

Hey spiff, you should look into prowess. I’ve had a viking king with 50 or something prowess. When he was the commander of an army he could lead a 2000-2500 man army and go toe to toe with a 6000-6500 man army and win. I think there is potential for a video here

[@undeadpistachi0]

"Let's go throw ourselves into a fight with some of these lovely people" Spiff: confirmed lawful evil

[@josephscriven5454]

Spiff is Lawful Evil. Seth Tzeentach is Chaotic evil.

[@DauntlessAdonis]

*PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT* "Remember to be drinking your warm cups of tea! 🇬🇧🍵"

[@larochejaquelein3680]

But my teeth are already yellow enough because of it... stop drinking tea, guys. Your teeth will look very very british, and by british I mean as yellow as pee

[@ohitsrusher842]

@@bluedragon3948 **THROWS TEA INTO HARBOR** DANG RIGHT IT IS! WOOO WOOOO MURICA MURICA MURICA WE GONNA EXERCISE ARE SECOND AMENDMENTS RIGHTS ON YOU FOOL!!!!!!

[@anti-animeaktion8254]

Rusher why are you insanely patriotic

[@acatwithafancyhat5782]

A Herwick because yes

[@acatwithafancyhat5782]

Also your daily reminder that Jeffery Epstein didn’t kill himself.

[@Jordi_NL]

16:53 Ah yes this is where the popular phrase "Like stealing land from a toddlet" comes from.

[@pokyto]

25:21 "he only has one child" while hovering over his son and doughter xDD

[@haraka8123]

Shes hath beeb forgottnen

[@kimmalyncleaveway2907]

Yes I've done this before too! Starting as a tribe of Norway, I held Scandinavia, Britannia, Francia and formed the latin empire through winning a crusade

[@НиколайКозлов-у9ф]

When i made myself a nice warm cup of tea, Spiff heard my call and released a video. I'm indeed beginning to believe

[@GameboyMega]

In Spiff we trust

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Converting to monopoly TM?

[@AlessandroRodriguez]

"...Zarck Muckerberg wants to become the most evil person in existente..." Marck Zuckerberg: "Get in the line brother"

[@kratos9524]

Spiff: Oh we got ourselves a lovely daughter DarkSpiff: You shall be forgotten

[@gildedphoenix]

"Forgotten" *

[@brandonden795]

"This is all perfectly legal, just sign here...and here...initial here...

[@dankcatsmemes9219]

They signed away their right to breathe

[@mr.dinklebop5608]

Try to conquer the entire world in this game!!! Emperor Palpatine: ... Do It!!!

[@brianwood5363]

Do or do not, there is no try

[@Force2reckonVods]

Spiff: *takes all the church holdings for himself* Also Spiff: Where did these levies come from?

[@theocean2521]

“Crusader kings 3: becoming the emperor of mankind and making the thunder warriors”

[@vin6870]

And all those children are the primarchs

[@theocean2521]

Nagash Supreme exactly

[@vin6870]

@@theocean2521 Who are the astarties then

[@theocean2521]

Nagash Supreme the astartes do not exist yet. The thunder warriors are the originals when the emperor takes over terra.

[@vin6870]

@@theocean2521 ah so they'll be in the next video

[@SFtheGreat]

I want to do this so badly. And conquer the entire map.

[@Orowam]

Yes! I wanna see this go all the way to domination! Make another

[@oxybe]

Will Spiff create a family tree that looks like your earphones after being in your pocket for 4 seconds? here's hoping!

[@timmywuwon2879]

Spiff sees a game, the developers, "God save us"

[@Karagianis]

: Laughs as Spiff Yeets the wrong son out of the dynasty!

[@jaykay6222]

Dude, it was harsh enough naming your first daughter Forgotten, but then you literally start liking the other girls, making the dislike of her even more prevalent, and then additionally the third daughter was named Perfect... I feel so bad for your first daughter.

[@Preaplanes]

I took The Spiffing Brit's recommendation and purchased a package of Yorkshire Gold tea. First cup, I've found it's a pleasant tea, a mellow flavor, not harsh like I might have expected, though this expectation was mostly forged from typical English Breakfast teas found in America. I won't go through this bag with any speed, but when I do I will strongly consider picking up another, though I must still state that I find the best method of brewing any English style teas is throwing it in the harbor.

[@Wasserkaktus]

"Mark Zuckerberg's Evil Twin" So you actually mean Mark Zuckerberg's Good Twin?

[@christopherdurrenberger3731]

No his more evil twin

[@enzomclaren8405]

No, his human twin

[@Carahan]

No, Mark Zuckerberg only has eviller twins each competing to be the evilest twin. The winner is the only one allowed to be seen in public.

[@EvileDik]

At least Zark has a moral compass, it may be spinning wildly, but Mark set fire to his then buried it in a peat bog.

[@classmcsass1775]

You really deserve tea sponsors. Because of you my family and I have begun drinking tea and will probably never stop

[@Schmorgus]

Just one big flaw: How can you be the evil twin, when the original "twin" is already evil? Oh, and yes. Conquer the WORLD!

[@gabrieljoseozanan6989]

I'm guessing he went for the eviler twin, at this point. xD

[@Schmorgus]

@@gabrieljoseozanan6989 I'd say he's still the nicer twin ;P

[@a-blivvy-yus]

i'm pretty sure Mark Zuckerberg's "evil" twin is meant to be in air quotes :P

[@googane7755]

Twin in crime

[@danieluroz8659]

this video was absolutely fantastic. "this can't possibly be" and "how the f*** does he do it?" went through my head almost every 5 minutes watching this. I love it and I hate it. thank you Spiff, and kudos. i didn't think this could be done. And please please please do a world conquest! Edit: I liked it so much i tried to re-create it myself, and the weird thing is, following the instructions to the letter, when it comes the time to start revoking titles from the king of Germany it says to me that there no titles available to revoke. I don't know why that is, but i can't go beyond that. he has magdeburg and the title of king, he is my vassal, and yet nothing to revoke. Anyone has any idea as of what may be happening?

[@hacb4881]

I have the same problem, just tried it too multiple times even with restart of the game and and the game itself between tries. One time I could revoce 20 Titles, then the next title was greyed out and not revocable for some reason. Then I got to 45, then there was not title to revoke anymore. Now there are never any titles to revoke at all when i try this. I now tried at least 8 times to do this. I dont know what to do anymore to make this work.

[@evanfiend]

It was patched. xD

[@illuindb]

I would die for a world conquest with this marvelous fellow

[@Aryon1969]

You should have taken Mstivoj's wife since you took everything else.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Bit sticky in the nether regions...bit of a slapper apparently.....

[@akiamini4006]

Savage 1.1

[@MrAmazingJeff]

Spiff is so good at playing these perfectly balanced games with zero exploits that he unknowingly quoted one of the best lines in Mass Effect ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL!

[@senseilekai704]

Spiff: It’s about to get spicy now. Also Spiff: * has already cheesed the game into letting him directly control the entire HRE and has practically immortal units *

[@davidmcdavidson999]

"Now things are about to get really spicy" -Spiff ten minutes after I thought things were already pretty darn spicy

[@Ro_Gaming]

Mark Zuckerberg: Is a robot Zark Muckerberg: Everyone but him is a robot

[@johnp.2267]

So you named your intelligent second son Reanu Keeves, and then removed him from the inheritance line. The boy who is better than the first son. You tossed aside the better son. The BETTER son. Drink your tea before making these decisions, you utter potato.

[@ShevkoMore]

He just repeated the history. "DON'T MESS WITH THE TIME" *don't know how this quote was in english, so it's a translation from translation.

[@blackmoon7668]

Spiff Lore: Reanu Keeves trained to become the strongest being in the universe so he could get revenge on his father.

[@Tacobell1384]

Black Moon and then his father used his time traveling abilities to drag Reanu Keeves to the future where he could be imprisoned in Skyrim by Todd Howard.

[@Karl_der_Genosse]

Last time I was this early Spiff wasn't an Almighty Being, controlling all that ever existed, exists and will exist through the Power of Yorkshire Tea™. Which means I was never this early :)

[@J_dogV2]

But before he was even created he was an almighty being....... Strange

[@moistmeathateroffurries8621]

I haven't watched the video yet there better be war elephants controlled by mega chad or else I'm gonna stop drinking tea Edit: how could you

[@moistmeathateroffurries8621]

@@thespiffingbrit it better be spiff

[@heneedscoffee]

@@moistmeathateroffurries8621 note that spiff made no mention of said elephant having a parachute... good luck.

[@moistmeathateroffurries8621]

@@heneedscoffee I made no mention how I wanted the elephant just that I wanted one idc if its a pancake

[@brettclutter2350]

@@moistmeathateroffurries8621 but your house might also become a pancake

[@barkasz6066]

Congratulations, you have invented what historians call 'absolutism'.

[@abebuenodemesquita8111]

"since the down of time one board game has destroyed friendships" my man clearly hasn't heard of diplomacy

[@acatwithafancyhat5782]

“Oh a daughter! You shall be forgotten!” Spiff 2020

[@aldm3232]

"Challenge"? Nothing is a challenge with the power of Yorkshire Tea 🇬🇧☕

[@nathanhocking8073]

Last time I was this early, spiff was exploiting the big bang

[@someguyfromwisconsin]

Muckerberg actually sounds like a small town in central Germany. Well done, sir.

[@oblivion1924]

That army at the end is like having an army of anime protagonists. I'm sorry, Mate, but they ain't gonna die

[@Xeridae]

"And that's what we've accidentally done" *Doubt intensifies*

[@moviestalker2134]

X

[@SnowyWarrior]

I’d love to see him continue this empire and just take over all of the land towards India. The empire requires all the tea!

[@rosky6377]

Spiff creates Germany and takes over most of Europe. The French: "Aw shit, here we go again!"

[@bluestorm749]

FYI 1066 came before the 20th century

[@jjb33083]

"Forgotten"... may you always be remembered.

[@stuart9096]

spiff: I have a lot of men. game: your wife is pregnant with another man's child. me: sounds like your wife has a lot of men to...

[@lukasvoorhis6964]

I’m now starting to think spiff is made of YorkshireTea because his content is gold

[@mariokohler4916]

i was actually surprised to see how little monthly gold he got with his 200+ holdings. i‘m currently doing my first playthrough and hold only the kingdom of ireland, Iceland and two counties in Wales (not all directly but most of it via vassals) and i‘m up to 40+ gold per month. i would have expected him to get hundreds of gold each month. huh.

[@haydenfarner5929]

How are u so good with ur first playthrough I played as Munster or something and have 4 gold per month but then get destroyed by raiders and neighbouring kingdoms it really pisses me off

[@mariokohler4916]

@@haydenfarner5929 well, it is my first playthrough in the sense that it is the first time i didn't crash and burn after a couple of years. i restarted the campaign several times, but it seems i got over the "hump" this time. so don't despair, you'll get there :-)

[@meneldal]

Well there's a 90% reduction so 200 holdings only count as 20, not to mention he barely did anything to improve the income of his counties (building farms and the like).

[@evanfiend]

This video came out 2 years ago. There have been MANY patches since, that have changed the mechanics of the game. Getting 40 gold as a king is garbage. I am the king of Ireland, making 91 gold a month, 5 men-at-arms, all maxed to 500 men.

[@JacksonOwex]

@@evanfiend Antoine's comment is still also true!

[@Ziru0Gaming]

*Genghis Khan watching this video in the after life* Khan: I wish I knew this when I was alive...

[@Beeboppering]

I don't know if it's on the table, but I would love to see a world conquest video!^^ By the way, this is a great video! The exploit is interesting and I think the music plus your voice and charm make for great white noise :) I love your stuff

[@ShameKnight]

I would love to see more of this in a world conquest.

[@bobsmith7066]

Spiff took the Holy Roman Empire and made it the Wholly Zark's Empire

[@zakunknown9737]

by far the best ck3 video i have seen xD im new to the game but this made me lol

[@strickenrod2681]

By far the easiest paradox game

[@flyingdutchman9053]

I did the same before and ended up on about 2,3k attack and thoughness. and I was barely high medieval period. Ah and lets not forget the 120+ knights with 800% effectiveness.

[@Sarlite97]

I'm honored you gave the duke of Angria the kingdom of Germany. Because the duke of Angria dominates the city of Oldenburg and thats where I live :-)