Crusader Kings 3 - Part 18 - The Great Viking Crusade

[@ivanrodeiro9661]

"The first great lesbian viking crusade is ON!" Dude, this series is the BEST.

[@MCQuadSquad]

In this episode, Jon forgets he owns Scotland and could raise troops there instead of spending all hundreds of gold sailing them back and forth between Sweden and the British Isles.

[@Incoherent-excitement]

No wonder he has no one interested in Stewardship, between that and all the other wars, setting up holy orders, throwing money at horse trainers I don’t think anyone can bear to look at his accounts. 😂

[@amarityson7134]

I dont mean to be so offtopic but does any of you know a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb lost my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me!

[@amarityson7134]

@Warren Harley Thanks for your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

[@amarityson7134]

@Warren Harley It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thanks so much, you saved my ass!

[@warrenharley6322]

@Amari Tyson you are welcome :D

[@TheFerry7791]

Who else facepalmed when he said he had 10 out of 12 counties to create the kingdom, when he actually had 12 out of 10, but just didn’t have enough gold. And when he finally had enough gold... he created a holy order.

[@inventsable]

Then immediately forgot about said Holy Order when going to war with England 🤦‍♂️

[@unknowguy9642]

@@inventsable he didnt forget about that He didnt use them because someone else have already use them

[@victorpilares8014]

He do this things on purpose, just to keep adding new episodes of "Things that jon got it wrong"

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

This is why I fucking love Jon lol

[@robyn7691]

@@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 exactly! lol, his "mistakes" make his videos extra fun

[@givemethelamp2652]

JON, DON'T VIKING CRUSADE FOR DENMARK! You're close to being able to naturally form the kingdom yourself, and if you Viking crusade it'll at best be given to someone of your dynasty. Plus, all the deure land you control in Denmark will belong to them. Instead, choose a target near you who controls land you don't.

[@ghostofcountolaf4580]

My good man, I don't think you seem to understand how House Gren works. We're Vikings. We raid places and earn hats.

[@michaelmilam7285]

He should go for Estonia since I will be easy to protect once it's norse and will be a good ally

[@metetural9140]

@@michaelmilam7285 also he needs those Baltic nations for the empire title too

[@Incoherent-excitement]

@@ghostofcountolaf4580 thanks to Jon’s reforming of the Viking faith you guys no longer raid. Think you still earn hats though 😉

[@ghostofcountolaf4580]

@@Incoherent-excitement We still raid. We just take over the places we raid once we're done!

[@beepboop4300]

Is anybody gonna tell Jon he could have created the kingdom of Sapmi WITHOUT going to war for those 2 counties because he already had 12 counties and needed 10, he was just short the 500 gold.... Like I know perception -1 and all but come on....

[@petertrudelljr]

He failed his perception check...

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

If it were harder to do, he might have thought twice

[@SJ-vc6zn]

Just wanted to try to let you know, You can have as many children as possible, Inheritance only goes so far down the list of Children. You can also give conquered counties and duchies to your spare children so they don't eat into your primary domain every time you pass. Though keep in mind Inheritance may go down only 3 children but if you have 10 children you need to give them all land to avoid this. Your law is also equal so girls are just as good as boys, The main reason you don't see that with your primary title is because Sweden has added laws (That you can take off) "Male Preference' and "Scandinavian Elective" It would be in your best interest to take both of these laws off the title for prestige at your earliest convenience. Like this comment so he sees it T.T

[@SJ-vc6zn]

Also Edla has her own land, She NEEDS to have kids, those kids while yours will have her inheritance not yours because they will be too far down the line for you while number 1 for her,

[@admiralackbar3615]

I really do hope he saw this.

[@MCYonazz]

The Asatru papacy is hardly established and already the Lesbian Viking Pope™ is busy putting her cronies on thrones. She's a natural!

[@davidthomas2870]

I figure shes think that if it's good enough for the Catholics it's good enough for us

[@TauAlphaVu]

I like how everyone was flipping out last time because Jon didn't know how great holy wars worked, but when recognized that and talked about "all the things Jon got wrong"...he apparently didn't read *why* he was wrong and just gave away a kingdom to some nobody for no good reason instead of taking it for himself. Even when Jon rolls a crit on perception and notices advice in time, that -1 perception prevents him from getting it all the way right.

[@Max-fs2cj]

An hour and 35 minutes? I'm in for a treat!

[@scotttaylor7146]

YOU ALREADY HAD THE COUNTIES FOR SAPMI, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY Jeez E: AND THEN WHEN YOU GOT THE MONEY YOU FOUNDED A HOLY ORDER WITH IT

[@metetural9140]

This mans -1 perception is going to be the end of him I swear

[@bakingwithdavid]

I yelled at the screen the same thing

[@Anonymaus209]

Don't get me wrong, I love Jon and his stuff, and he's a much better CK player than I'll ever be, but this is the most frustrating part of watching Jon do stuff. When you notice him make a mistake which he misses, and then he keeps compounding that mistake for the next half an hour.

[@MG_Steve]

Jon, you should be able to set a rally point IN IRELAND! its half Swedish!

[@lennartnielsenclausen8165]

I love how he keeps forgetting that, but when the AI does it, he calls them stupid :-)

[@TheMarineGamerIGGHQ]

@@lennartnielsenclausen8165 never change Jon... never change

[@justjust5580]

'Duke Tord did the thing" what a T-shirt that'd be.

[@TheMarineGamerIGGHQ]

YES OMFG

[@admiralackbar3615]

Yes.

[@rm0986]

Tord is putting you to shame at this point to be honest, you were afraid of attacking England so he goes "fine, I'll do it myself" Also the Queen of Finland is of your dynasty so you can just claim her title and seize all her territory in one war. Especially recommandable since all her brother's heirs are women and not in a matrilinear marriage, and as she is Swedish she will most likely introduce the Scandinavian Elective law, which would result in you losing influence over Finland pretty quickly

[@jacobhacking285]

Jon, why don't you split up your armies so you take less attrition? Having 4 armies walking around together that support each other might help with your supply situation :)

[@metetural9140]

Because Jon would probably forget about them or not see them due to his -1 perception

[@KahaniKhalifa]

He's played CK2 for how long without figuring out how attrition works? I'm not expecting him to figure it out here any time soon.

[@scorseve]

Or just leave the sieging MtR + some levies to do their thing and go do an actual fight. The war for Zeeland was so frustrating to watch!

[@gabal]

Oh man, it is frustrating to watch and solution is so easy. Oh, and one day he will figure out the sucession tab exists...

[@MaitreyaOfGaming]

Hey Many A True Nerd, I don't think you quite understand the Usurp Title interaction. All it does is usurping/taking the title in question, it does not transfer over ANY territory with it. With you taking over the kingdom title, the former king was reduced to a duke, and therefore the other dukes previously under him becomes independent. I guess you thought you received territory because you were looking at the de jure map mode immediately beforehand. Definitely understand the confusion, just trying to help :)

[@metetural9140]

Yes we told him this last time. We guess with almost 100% certainty he didn't notice

[@XJDenton]

Jon, you have swedish territory in Ireland, why not raise troops there?

[@CyberController-]

"The First Great Lesbian Viking Crusade is on!" Ladies and Gentlemen, we are in the best timeline.

[@bbeard5974]

John, has a good goal in mind, make Scandinavia. Also John, immediately gets distracted and wages a kingdom war on England for a single small holy territory instead of the whole kingdom. Me..... come on man

[@paradoxmo]

B Beard if he had done that he probably could have formed Britannia at this point

[@trogdor8764]

You would think that by now, Tord's enemies would start wearing armor that helped secure their head to the rest of their body...

[@mattevans4377]

Me: *Makes an intricate plan on how Jon can get a big powerful nation that can take on all challengers* Jon: LEEEERRRROOOYY JEEEENNNKKKKIIIIINNNSS! Me: Not again Jon......

[@m.azraqudratullah8620]

This lesbian viking crusade is a nice farewell event for Kol and Tord. Those two had some fun before departing to valhalla to join Valdemar and Ylva

[@danielf3623]

Jon. Split your army and forrage. That's how you get supply. That's why your enemies keep splitting up among 3-4 nearby counties. Do the same and only bring them together for battles.

[@APZachariah]

I'm looking forward to the saga of "Spare, the Emperor of Scandinavia."

[@Eurekagivens]

you need to split your armies to re supply better. Also leave enough troops to continue the siege to have multiple sieges at one time. Just having your army as one death stack is not efficient

[@Next0gen0]

"I'm already close to being a Paragon of Virtue. I've done alot of murder." Only in the Religion of Jon.

[@cafespy6906]

@@РамазанБагаев-й1о ya ..history of every religion in the world . Deus Vult !!

[@j2dragon109]

@@cafespy6906 Yes, jains sure do love murder /s

[@antdrioite]

1:30:45 Jon if a county has multiple castles you need to siege them all down before the entire county is occupied. You will get war score for a partial occupation but obviously a bit less.

[@cassiopeiasfire6457]

"Your Sapphic Popieness" yes, this is the correct formal address, yes, i love it

[@roccolombard965]

Jon: "That is just, that is the dumbest, the dumbest election I've ever seen." Americans: Hey, it's not even Nov. 3 yet. Give us a chance!!!

[@ShaydisandGoggles]

Horse named after Greek god dies. Immediately names new horse after one of Achilles'. *Odin will remember this. Would sure be a shame if some disaster befell you in the holy war.

[@TheGrinningViking]

Jon: You made a viking free Viking religion. You gave up sea raiding with your religious change (meaning you will never have easy war money again) and with it any chance of anyone getting the Viking trait. Get on fixing that m8, seriously!

[@globalincident694]

how can he do that?

[@TheGrinningViking]

@@globalincident694 He needs to save up enough faith on a character to alter the religious tenants so that it's a sea focused raiding religion. It's not impossible, but it will get harder as things go on.

[@otrovikbhorl9968]

This advice would have been better oh three four episodes ago?

[@TheGrinningViking]

@@otrovikbhorl9968 I said it then, I'll say it until he fixes it. lol

[@sagecolvard9644]

@@TheGrinningViking That's not possible in CK3. Reformed religions are not allowed to raid. Ever. There is no tenant to allow it.

[@XL1813]

Tfw you're refreshing youtube every 5 seconds and thinking about going to sleep then this beauty shows up.

[@darkhero352]

Does Jon not know Sleipnir he keeps Greek pantheon names for the horse, but Sleipnir is a crazy badass Nordic mythological horse.

[@charliehunter9257]

I love how even though you didn't wind up playing as him, Tord has gone ahead and proven himself a true Son of Ylva the Brave. Truly a wonderful story... I am enjoying this a lot. I envision Ylva and Perun doing battle together. What a team they would have made.

[@JohnnyNeedle]

Funny thing, Sparre (with two Rs) is actually a Swedish medieval noble house that are still around today. I foresee great things for young Spare ;)

[@gamerk316]

Final note: You are falling into a trap I recently fell into: when going for an Empire title, remember that until you get off Gavelkind if you have multiple Kingdoms each heir will receive one. And since you need multiple Kingdoms to form the Empire, you can easily screw things up if you create the Empire titles too early. Elective succession laws can get around this, though keep in mind Sweden and Norway are technically different culture groups and it's hard to ensure everything ends up on the same heir. What I do is acquire the land under one Kingdom title, and only make the others once I have all the necessary land and Gold to make the Empire happen. That way if my player character dies everything important goes to one heir, who can just continue the process. Also, if you feel your heir isn't going to win an Elective succession, there's nothing stopping you from changing the succession laws.

[@artificial_idea]

"Ten out of twelve." Jon perception strikes again.

[@tver3407]

Things that jon got wrong : he gained no land when he usurped the title of Norway , usurping titles does not give you land,just...titles.

[@aidaszavackas5613]

Hey Nerd, you can actually see how your champions did in every individual battle. From the units/knights they've killed to any injuries they may have gained/inflicted. Check the top right battle reports for more. The reason why that county in Ireland wasn't fully occupied was because there was another castle constructed there, look up baronies/cities/temples in county building Also supplies can be regained just by standing in a well enough developed teritories, even occupied ones, so no need for disbanding and spending extra time and money on embarking. splitting your armies for a bit works wonders. My greatest condoilencies for your loss of Tord Ylvasson The Head-Ripper of Iceland

[@ChevronTango]

Jon! You own Ireland and Scotland! You do not need to raise your troops over in Norway and ship them across!

[@sonofskeletor33]

Jon: "I only have one child at the age of 20 - disaster! I need three concubines and the world's most fertile wife, immediately!" Also Jon: "I'm 40 years old and now have ELEVEN children - how did this happen?"

[@FunkyFyreMunky]

If anyone would be so good as to go back a few episodes and start a tally of "Heads Ripped Of By Tord" I'd be ever so greatful!

[@kyraevermoon5544]

For more fun compare it to heads ripped off by ylva

[@creanero]

I think the best not noticing so far has been Jon literally not noticing he was at war with... someone? Rebels of some kind?

[@JesusChristMyLord]

Crusades are always a favourite thing of mine to watch

[@JulietKneeled]

Boreas is a mare, Jon. You keep calling her "him"

[@MadTurnip]

He called a huge bearded Ukrainian soldier "her" and occasionally - "cat", so nothing new here xD

[@Ziegrif]

To deal with the supplies, you can gain supplies if you are on friendly ground AND your troop size is less than the supply limit of the land you are on. Friendly land is also land that you have sieged during a war. If you want to recover supplies while behind enemy lines, split your armies so they are under supply limit and wait.

[@callummorris2838]

45:15 Ah yes, Jonn Jonnsson, he must have a good thing going, doing [Job] at [Place]!

[@spencerruston406]

I think the second lesbian Viking crusade 2: Denmark boogaloo would be too costly. Scandinavia should be goal, it's so close.

[@dBVF_]

Jon unnecessarily conquering 2 northern counties is classic Jon.

[@chriswoodend2036]

@Jon - Moderator for one a large CK3 streamer here. Some of the systems involved here are very opaque regarding education and differ from CK2 with no indication that they do. A few things for educating the children: The final level of education is based off the sum hidden dice rolls that check each year, with bonuses given if the child is educated. Ideally you want that sum to reach 16 or more for a tier 4 education. For simplicity, there are two forks that you should look at in the educator: 1 - Intelligence traits. Bonuses are given for educators high to low in this order Genius>Intelligent>Quick OR Shrewd 2 - The level of education of the educator (NOT the type). If you're focusing a child on martial, you have a better chance of getting a good result with a Tier 4 diplomat than you do with a Tier 3 martial. 3 - Special - If you have a university built the lowest possible result you can get by sending your child there is a Tier 3 and it will almost always be a Tier 4 (with a small chance of turning them into a drunkard) Children with intelligence traits also get bonuses to these rolls. A genius child can *probably* absorb a sub-standard teacher (say a Tier 2) and still come out well educated if you want to keep someone sweet by letting them educate a 3rd or 4th born child. The die rolls and the exact numbers can be sussed out if you really want to look through the game files but the above covers the broad strokes that a parent within the world would understand but to a player just isn't evident anywhere.

[@andreasback4728]

So in this episode, you marched in and conquered my hometown Umeå for Sweden. Congrats!

[@sharkofjoy]

56:52 "England!" (right clicks and selects "declare war") That had me rolling. We haven't thought about england in ages and the literal instantaneous response is to immediately consider war.

[@Corundrom]

Jon naming his horse Greek names when there's a good Norse name of sleipnir available at the top really bugs me

[@saugesmith2760]

The long videos are amazing, I love watching them while doing work

[@Zeenix2]

I wish you where able to upload this daily, but as we say in sweden (but Badly translated) They who wait for something good, never Waits to long

[@TheCoal27]

Yes! I've been binge watching old SNL stuff waiting for this video. Also Jon, your half sister is also your sister-in-law? Did we know about this and I just forgot? Jon! You already could make the Kingdom of Sapmi! You had 12, you needed 10! It's just you were broke! Also, I'd like to point out a slight issue with your plans for the Great Crusade for Denmark. You don't get to keep the land. You're going to have to forcibly take it off of someone so that you have enough counties to form Scandinavia.

[@arthurgomes5188]

Finland, when the crusade starts: "why am i hearing Manowar in the distance?"

[@MrGhosta5]

I love Manowar. Cheesy power metal is my favorite music sub genre.

[@FreeOfFantasy]

@@MrGhosta5 Brothers of Metal, Gloryhammer, Grailknights, Battle Beast and Beast in Black,.

[@tarot3078]

Jon you could make two armies, one with with the siege equipment and some levies that you use for sieging. The other with you retinues and champions that you use to fight.

[@Dionysus4776]

Ok I just finished. Main take on the vid; Wow a lot can happen in CK3.

[@CommissarMitch]

2 things. 1: The reason Jon did not captured Lester in Ireland is because the county has 2 castles. You need to occupy all castles to own the county. 2: Jon really needs to look over the succession now and see who gets what. Maybe change some laws too.

[@korub1]

50:15 I guess Jon somehow has never had a beneficiary in a CK2 crusade ‘cause that’s an option that was in the previous game

[@DeplorableMinecrafter]

He was never powerful enough for it to matter, and he never cared much for participating in Crusades.

[@iancrane5705]

I forgot how frustrating it was to watch Jon refuse to read a fucking tooltip and then being surprised when things don't work out the way he expects

[@catlover0000]

Now that he's named his son we all know spare is going to be an utter badass and very possibly the eventual king.

[@anuragdas9509]

He might be a second "Yuselass"

[@MrDUneven]

Considering that Loki seems to be becoming absolutely terrible and the albino kid might not live too long and of course the natural laws of Yuselass will make him good. I mean Perun was suppoused to be some nerdy king. Spare will be known as the Hammer of Ylva.

[@gamerk316]

One other thing: Unless you have the Shy trait, you should pretty much always be using the Sway scheme on "someone" to get their approval up. This helps keeping your unhappy vassals happy enough.

[@antdrioite]

1:31:10 You can only disband all when you're not at war. Jon is still at war with the horse faction (no idea who that is but you can see it in the lower right corner). At war with any faction you can only disband in friendly territory

[@spamfilter32]

"The current Queen of Denmark is the right religion. I'm guessing she was captured..." jon, that was you. You did that.

[@wanfakrulazim1474]

I watched this almost 6 times already i think i addicted by these videos especially that narrative voice

[@nicholasdraper4722]

Horses can only be trained twice at the moment. I don't know if it's a bug or intentional but once you've got two bonuses, it's not worth spending money on training horses again. Especially as, when it gets close to death, you can have it stud to get a new horse with the same bonuses which also can't be further improved.

[@ballisticvole]

I wish CK3 showed kill counts, I'd like to see a full list of heads ripped off by Tord.

[@musicgamerlover]

Jon's sons: Mom why are we named Spare and Nils? Mom: Um... well you see... uh maybe talk to your dad, or wait bad idea... Okay, let me get back to you on that. Those kids are going to need serious therapy.

[@TitanDarwin]

Jon, Scutage is a special type of vassal contract type that makes them give you more money, but fewer levies.

[@lawrencematchem1976]

Just wanted to let you know I love this series and it makes me get up in the morning, love you nerds, peace

[@Cruzz999]

When your main titles are in an elective system, diplomacy, specifically befriending, is very very powerful. "I trust the judgement of a ruler that I like" is +150 for a friend.

[@konradkurze1067]

53:30 'Finland will join us once Scandinavia exists' based off this and some other comments I'm assuming you don't 100% understand how creating/usurping titles works. When you gain a new title peacefully via creating it or usurping it, you don't gain any new vassals or land from that. All you gain is the title. That title will then let you expand easier (generally via war, but if you have a great diplomat then you can do it via diplomacy too), but the reason all those rulers became independent when you took King of Norway was because they had no de facto higher tier ruler (the previous King became a Duke, and his Duke vassals can't be vassals to a Duke, so independence). When you claim the Emperor of Scandinavia you won't gain any land, and Finland will still be an independent nation.

[@TheMidgetNamedCat]

Always the best video to come home to after a long day at work. Thanks guys!

[@untermann322]

Quite ironic how she's both a holy monarch and a bold atheist

[@desideriumincarmen]

Things Jon Got Wrong: Not having additional concubines is a penalty to I believe opinion and prestige? Also, when selecting council members and guardians, you’re not clicking and sorting the icons, so you’re skipping over a LOT of qualified courtiers and vassals!

[@clerns]

Jon: that is the dumbest, the dumbest election I've ever seen. Me, an American: oh just wait until tomorrow sweet summer child.

[@Dragon_Lair]

It's almost painful watching Jon's -1 Perception in action, leading to multiple mistakes. But that's also what makes Jon so entertaining to watch.

[@ThatNameRightHere]

27:56 "Praise Njoror, here comes the tax refund!" I'm pretty sure thats not suppost to be in the game, well done on editing that in Jon!

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

No that should be there, the Catholic version is thank St Peter or St Michael if I remember correctly.

[@ThatNameRightHere]

@@charlesbaldwin3166 I meant the tax refund thing.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

@@ThatNameRightHere no that's the exact message about the tax refund which pops up in the game when you ask your head of faith for money with the minor difference of who you're thanking depending on your religion.

[@Torthrodhel]

Every time you say "dear oh dear" I can't help but think of Chucklevision. :D

[@travisj2090]

@ManyATrueNerd Congrats on the 500K subs! you guys are the best!!

[@williamchristy9463]

He forgot to disband the reserves. And he's refusing to break troops down for more sieges, or to avoid attrition.

[@omegatheta1701]

I very much was wondering when he realized the rebellion mistake out lol

[@orana03]

Can't wait for Jon's worms election special tomorrow

[@nazimulhoque8535]

Can we take a moment to appreciate that DUKE TORD is literally a Head Chopper...

[@Incoherent-excitement]

I feel like there needs to be a mid-week commenter’s edition episode where Jon goes through the comments section reading out some of the advice and the things he missed or misunderstood to help get him back on track.

[@MadTurnip]

When Tord faced all of the Finnish champions and one of his soldiers said it wasn't a fair fight, the giant replied "Of course not, but I'm not holding back." Feast in Valhalla, Tord, you will be missed.

[@lou1958]

I find it very useful to marry off everyone in my court so I can bring in better talent with their spouses. It's almost a sure way to get an elite Spy Master IMO. I liken it to engineering, especially when you start pairing traits. I also think it is crucial to keep inviting knights/champions if you can afford it. Again it not only provides more skilled fighters, but you can potentially find an elite Marshall or any other council talent.

[@VirulentGunk]

"And my wife is pregnant again, please stop it." Umm... isn't that kinda your fault?

[@sagecolvard9644]

Jon, if you switch the Crusade Target to England, you could form the empire of Brittania, and rename it the North Sea Empire.

[@Yvellkan]

John its drives me crazy when you have yoir dynasty perk available constantly. Please use it, they are great

[@konradkurze1067]

Just FYI in case you haven't figure it out: you can split your army intol multiple smaller armies so that way you don't go over the supply limit and end up with starving armies.

[@sagecolvard9644]

He definitely knows, because he's done it before (with Tord's army in the last episode).

[@dealin3035]

I'd recommend always educating your own heir, as it lets you choose the traits they'll get.

[@TakuVR]

It hurt my head to see that standing army just sitting and sapping away his money.

[@konradkurze1067]

1:05:30 A thousand Huscarls! No there's 300 Huscarls, the rest are basic levies.

[@bsfortenbfortenb1913]

I keep wanting to yell at you to upgrade your siege equipment every time you talk about how much slower your sieges are taking. I love your videos.

[@iain.sm.c]

I know a lot of people get upset with you here, so I just want to say this has been one of your most entertaining series, Jon. You've done an excellent job at weaving this really fun story :D

[@Endrian]

You're following and even reformed the religion that follows the Norse gods, but you haven't bothered to name either of your two warhorses after the legendary Sleipnir, Odin's horse! Jon! Jon. Jon, Jon, Jon.

[@obaka-sama]

John, prisoners will keep in the prison for a while, like food in a fridge. don't kill 6 when 1 will top off your dread.

[@rolandgunslinger37]

I think Jon has found his optimum way of playing this style of game. Just pick a Civ that has the ability to raid, wage war and get rewarded Piety for killing people. And all of it being considered as not exactly playing as the bad guy.