CK3 Beginner's Guide To Becoming An Emperor Even Grandma Would Understand

[@Mstrzelecki]

The title sold me. If even a GRANDMA can understand this guide, then I am in the right place! Thank you for all the insightful information.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol exactly! That's the hope anyhow :)

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

You get it now, sunny!? After learning this we took out a bigger life insurance policy.

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

Totally clickbait. How many grandmas out there finished the game using this guide?

[@dualrotorhelicopter]

thank you so much, that matrilineal courtier thing is invaluable to know

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah it's huge! There are a ton of ways to get good courtier, but that's probably the easiest and most reliable way

[@trustdad3786]

I bought CK3 Royal court yesterday and when starting i was overwelmed, not knowing what to do or start. Looked up some vids but they where all plain basic. But then i got this one. 3H.45M of explanations! I watched the full lenght and i just got king of Ireland. I actually understand what i am doing! I hope you make another one with slight more indept mechanics, like setting up the royal court or how to play UNDER a Liege bc i got stuck on what to do. Keep it up!!

[@Strat-Guides]

Nice, I'm happy to hear that! I know it's a big video, but I did my best to add timestamps and split it up into logical sections to make it easier to digest. If you want something a bit more in-depth, I made a "Everything I learned" video last year from a world conquest campaign I ran. There are a TON of good nuggets in there, but it's not like this where it goes in the exact order. It's long as well, but I put timestamps on everything so skip around :)

[@Largecow_Moobeast]

Playing along with a guide, is how I learned HOI4, honestly if you have a job it might be the only way to learn a paradox game in any kind of a reasonable timebox.

[@drjacksparrow]

It was really helpful guide thanks man

[@shannon208]

Us Grandpa's feelin sad...we have brains too! :) Still happy to watch and learn.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol maybe I should have made this one grandpa since the other video was grandma :P

[@DBVP]

35:25 the marshal that got killed was also commanding your army. You forgot to assign the new marshal or yourself as commander of the army before going back into battle. Great seeing another one of your guides! 🥳

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol woops, that makes sense!

[@flywheel8541]

I am a medieval history buff, and a genuine Grandma. I can confirm that this guide IS old person-friendly. Thank you for this effort. At last I have a decent grasp of the game.

[@Strat-Guides]

Glad it was helpful!

[@innieplays]

What an awseome informative video! I absolutely LOVE your "Grandma" guides and they are so so helpful! I find myself "knowing" what to do in the beginning, but then I hit a stalemate where I just dont kow what to do any more. The whole granting lands and the succession thing is something I struggle with so that was very helpful to me and I learned a lot. It was also informative to see that you could just throw the AI off by going close and kinda just playing chicken with him hehe.

[@Strat-Guides]

I'm happy to hear these are helpful! Paradox games can be tough to learn, especially if you don't have 50 - 100 hours to dedicate to it.

[@PoisonI.V.]

Oh hell yes, i fucking love Irish starts in CK3. Still feels casual enough to be called tutorial Island, but more involved than in CK2

[@zancudoescape]

@@PoisonI.V. it’s also used in the ck3 tutorial, that’s why it’s called tutorial island

[@PoisonI.V.]

@@zancudoescape I uh, know that? That's why I said it's called tutorial island.

[@zancudoescape]

@@PoisonI.V. ☝️🤓

[@Rufuluss]

18:58 - Ah we cut this guy's foot off, it's kinda cool" - a legend also thank you. I've started my adventure with CK3 yesterday and your video helped me solidify all most important questions I had at the beginning and how all it works. Considering how much info is being bamboozled at you at all times, it is great you explain what is what and why.

[@charlesschneider7769]

I really appreciate that you show two attempts at this. It shows newer/ less experienced players what to expect and not go in thinking everything will go smoothly. Loved run #1, I will hit up #2 in a bit

[@joeytoofly5139]

You give some extremely good tutorials. I'm digging the ck3 content.

[@Strat-Guides]

Glad this was helpful!

[@AlexTClark]

I have over 2000 hours in ck3 so I already employ 99% of the strategies and maxims present in this video, however, I had no idea you could sort by prowess in the marriage screen. For over 2k hours I have sorted by martial and clicked through the candidates manually to find the ones that happen to also have decent prowess. Even though I cringed at tiny things being forgotten from time to time, the level of care and thought put into this video make it very very worth the runtime. Well done

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks for watching! I bet you were bored out of your mind lol but I appreciate it. Yeah I left a lot out as this was supposed to be for beginner/intermediate players who are trying to get the hang of things. I've got a World conquest guide that has a lot more advanced stuff in it

[@pancakesown]

Im only 30 minutes in but I i have to say you clearly have a knack for this. you touch on little details for people who are a touch more experienced but dont dwell on them to prevent overwhelming grandma. you did good work here

[@Strat-Guides]

Thank you! I'm glad this was helpful and not overwhelming

[@DerpaholicGaming]

Explaining as you go and the pace your going at for whatever reason made this game so much easier to understand. Good stuff mang! Edit: I was really confused on the Accolades thing because I didn't have the "tours and tournaments" expansion and it took me a bit to figure out why I didnt have access to it.

[@JacubMorris]

Started my first play through following your last guide and managed to secure all of Brittania but now stuck with my grandson as the ruler and he is a horribly rolled lol. Been fun, so excited to check out this video

[@Strat-Guides]

Nice, that's a big accomplishment for a first run! Yeah bad heirs are tough to deal with

[@bahutoopa1190]

You are probably the only “guides” channel I would trust blindly. You never fail to impress with your guides. Although, I would love to see you making more in depth guides and more advance guides for CK3, literally everyone has basic and beginner friendly guide. Would love to see some rags to riches or playing tall guides

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks! I'm not sure if you've seen it yet, but I made a World Conquest guide late last year on this channel. It covers several advanced techniques like stacking modifiers, hybrid cultures and creating/reforming religions. I plan on making more guides for CK3 this year!

[@bahutoopa1190]

@@Strat-Guides yes I have seen all your ck3 guides and infact I sometimes listen to it as podcast if I am returning to the game after awhile. When you explain stuff, its kind of therapeutic for me. Looking forward to your ck3 videos!! I would say bannerlord as well but I kind of moved on from that game

[@lungkoygallo7351]

Instructions unclear it became a Largest galactic empire of the Galaxy

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol wrong game :D

[@koli4213]

i cant believe i would ever actually watch a 3 hour guide to a paradox game in one sitting but here i am. great video 🙏🙏🙏

[@Strat-Guides]

Oh my - I only expected people to watch one play through or the other! Hopefully it was helpful :) Thanks for watching

[@ryankoch504]

Hard to express how thankful I am, I wanted to love this game but I just couldn't get any reference points to know if I was doing anything important at all. Now I've finally started a useful campaign! Thanks man

[@Strat-Guides]

I'm really happy to hear that! Good luck on your campaign :)

[@kgeo2686]

Dude thank you for doing another guide! I am just getting back into this game and your original "Grandma's Guide" made it possible for me to start this game a year ago.

[@Strat-Guides]

@kgeo2686 I'm glad to hear these are helping! Good luck on your next campaign :)

[@danielrziha6381]

You are a legend.

[@Jacob-nw5oh]

Thanks These "Grandma" guides got me into Crusader Kings 3 - I never thought id have the mental capacity to ever get into a Paradox game. I ask that you continue to make these "Grandma" games on other Paradox games Specifically HOI4 if you ever get the time

[@Strat-Guides]

Glad to hear they are helping! It's a complicated game, but only because there are thousands of options. For me personally, I can't handle that much when I first start so I do the same thing when I learn a new game. Ignore 90% and learn the core 10% really well. My goal is to cover all the paradox games at some point! I've only got a couple hundred hours into hoi4 but once I have time to focus on it, I'll make Grandma videos for it (and eu4)

[@traklf1]

I have 1200 hours on this game and I still picked up a ton of tips from this video, thanks!

[@kotriften]

I really like that this guide starts from tribal. Many beginner guides go something like "yeah, take this feudal county and play tall"

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah I know what you mean. I feel like playing tall is quite advanced and hard to learn with. Oddly enough, fast expansion isn't as hard and you can "outgrow" your problems relatively easily. It also exposes you to a lot of different mechanics, so I thought it would be helpful without being overwhelming.

[@missfunerella]

“She’s 28, she’s not young.” As a thirty something year old woman I’m glaring at you. 😂

[@Divinity-of-sin]

Same for 48 old man being not that old

[@mitchellguerrerio]

Is it, “funerella” as in funeral or fun times at the fun place?

[@swefress]

To be fair, apparently during medieval times, that was considered old for a woman

[@littledh7516]

Found you on your main account bc of your „Cancer-Raid“-video. I‘m in love with your Ck3 guides. Most of the other guide videos just talking too much and still say less, but you coming straight to the point. Much love from Germany

[@Strat-Guides]

Oh nice, I'm glad you're finding my guides helpful! Danke Shoen :D

[@littledh7516]

I‘m so sorry… my gf made my phone autocorrect „Love“ to hate and forgot to change it back 😂

[@littledh7516]

Anyway I’d love to watch a let’s play of you conquering the entire world again. No time skips, just pure gameplay

[@Strat-Guides]

@@littledh7516 my next ck3 video will either be a Feudal only world conquest or a champion only world conquest. I'm not sure either are possible so I need to do some testing and research first lol but they sound like fun! I'll make sure there's a full let's play with any campaign I do moving forward. The cancer campaign i couldn't do voice over because my kids were going nuts lol but since we moved, I have an office built into the garage and they can't get in there :)

[@littledh7516]

@@Strat-GuidesYou got my full support 🤌🏼

[@toker93]

Just started playing this and streaming a Game of Thrones playthrough. The timing is perfect! Going to consume this.

[@CallMeAl411]

thanks to this run 1 guide i got to conquer all of Britannia and then move on to conquer most of Europe within 60 or so years.

[@Strat-Guides]

Wow that's huge! Nice work :D

[@CallMeAl411]

Yeah I rushed to get the king title then distribute the titles then emperor title as soon as I could, was able to keep it good for 2 deaths, but am probably gonna loose 3 Dutchies in Ireland to my 3 sons do to being a tribal still.

[@Paintstationminis]

Man I was having a ton of issues. I made comment on the year old 40 minute version you did that I was unable to ransom anyone, had to be terrible rng. I played another save and took all of Ireland in about a decade. The succession went pretty well, except the vassal I had died around the same time and those kids hated my kids who took over. Currently still have that save and despite their hatred of me they're staying under my control. I'm only half way thru this vid as I comment and I've learned so much more.

[@Strat-Guides]

I'm glad this was helpful! There's a lot of RNG with this game, so if you're ever having a bad run just restart and see if that helps. Even as an experienced player, you can still lose everything in Ireland if the AI decides to dog-pile you. Not much you can do in that instance other than restart lol

[@58moconnor]

I've watched this vid over 10 times. Thank you

[@andrehenderson7820]

I used your guide for taking over Ireland even though I had to do it a bit slower but after my adulterous son and his wife got killed my grandson is suddenly the king of France and I was overwhelmed 😭

[@Strat-Guides]

Oh wow! That sounds like a huge success :D

[@Datan1234]

Oh thank god, you’ve also made a tutorial for this game. Played like 20 hours without looking at guides and everything. Now let’s go on a guide binge

[@sumandwivedi2852]

Your gameplay is really good

[@alexanderanderson-ip6dx]

At 32:55 I was thinking in my head the exact words you said😂 Reminds me of mowing down armies with hordes of fians

[@Strat-Guides]

Only in CK3, the Fians are cheap too! :D

[@liviuursegr]

Now you tell me you can reroll children's traits👀 Great video. Although I have over 1000 hours of gameplay, I still found plenty of useful info. You're awesome👑

[@Strat-Guides]

Good question - I'm pretty sure that's RNG until it actually happens, so if you savescum you can probably reroll the traits. I'm just thinking back to when I've crashed around the time they come of age and I'm almost positive that happens. I remember either getting a good trait, then crashing and getting a bad one and being pissed or the opposite lol

[@MrRandsu]

What a great video, the tutorial gets you on your feet but this shows you how to walk, thank you

[@Strat-Guides]

Glad this was helpful!

[@Bethgael]

"52, you're about to die". Me, 53... "Oh." Maybe I should go back to getting Foehammer in BG3 again. ~ RL Grandma. :D Seriously, though, good guide. I like Desmond as a start, but there's usually a kinda useless heir, even if your starter bloke is pretty good.

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks! Yeah I really like the positioning of Desmond as well, but the heir can be tough to deal with.

[@chonky2129]

“We cut this guys foot off so that’s pretty cool.” 💀

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

Awesome video. I know you're trying to fit as much info into a short length video, which I commend you, but it's too fast, which is fine. Since you're going fast, we can't keep up with what you're saying & doing (clicking). So a suggestion would be to use a larger mouse pointer size, and with flourescent color. So we know where the mouse pointer is as you're talking. About 60% of the time, I hear you talking, & then a screen pop up. I have no idea what you did or how you did to get the screen to pop up. But overall, a great video. I know it took many hours & days for editing. Edit -- I didn't have Vikings in my play thru. I was playing way down southeast, around India / Madagascar area. Guess its too far for Vikings to make it down there.

[@NotKiramisu]

On 32:25 , if you want to spend a bit more time if you could find ones with good congenital traits (green icons next to their name) so you can have a better spouse pool for your kids later on. Great vid.

[@solarbear26]

You sir, are terrifying! Good stuff.

[@azurehelix2269]

"Make sure you toggle your wife" 😂

[@Strat-Guides]

giggidy

[@lucasZr113]

Damn, respect for your work bro

[@dannyo543]

Your humour is on point 👌

[@Oroberus]

"Merry him off to someone that's old" "Yeah, 35, that's perfect" xD

[@Strat-Guides]

Well we don't want them TOO old, cause they won't have any kids :)

[@thefourfourfour9512]

Before you press play at start its always good to start a personal scheme , be it learning a language or romantic pursuit. No time to waste

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah that's a great point - I always forget until several years in lol

[@AndreOliveira-hz3tq]

Amazing video 🙏

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks for watching!

[@joshuavang3078]

Bro I needed this definitely saving it

[@MartinRebord]

Excelent guide. Thanks

[@Strat-Guides]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sirveal]

"So he's just going to rot in our dungeon" 🤣

[@new_ale]

My Bannerlord hero rescues me as soon as I buy CK3

[@Strat-Guides]

Nice, good luck with CK3! Just keep in mind, there is a lot of RNG in this game and sometimes you just get dumped on by the AI while other runs you'll have 0 problems rolling everyone. If you get stuck or ganged up on, just restart and try again. Don't give up!

[@ukaszgrzesik7231]

This just begs for "out of context" compilation!

[@johncalabria1607]

There used to be a series for Arumba’s old ck2 series. I remember one about the Ethiopian Jews that was pretty funny

[@Deathelement53]

Gonna need more of this

[@JT-yl9yt]

This is exactly why I just hit all my adjacent enemies on tribal 866 start I never want enemies sieging my capital for free.

[@jolamber]

Me with 400+ hours in the game. Ahh yes this is for me

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol hopefully there was something interesting here for you, but I have my doubts :P

[@jolamber]

​@@Strat-Guidesactually has good useful info 👍🏻

[@neutrino109]

*Vision meme* Maybe I am a Grandma. haha. Great guide.

[@gujaratsantana]

My Grandma said : This is guud... Thumbs Up

[@cavemann_]

>Beginner's Guide >3:45:17 hours long 😭

[@Strat-Guides]

It's technically half that length, but I decided to put both play throughs depending on which one you might need help with more. The smooth run is easier to follow, but the 2nd playthrough is more accurate since this game loves to dump problem after problem on you at the same time lol I also put a ton of timestamps to help jump around to the spots you might be struggling with the most.

[@cavemann_]

@@Strat-Guides That's very cool of you. I just can't get over the fact that Paradox Games need feature length movies as tutorials to even start playing 😂

[@SFTaYZa]

@@cavemann_ feature length is 90 minutes

[@riotrecker8978]

Using the first version of this video where you only took over Ireland I invaded all of Britannia and subjugated Norway, also placed one of my kids on the kingdom of Brittany, Albion has risen

[@Strat-Guides]

Holy crap, that's a big expansion! Well done :) Subjugating Norway is a big move - time for all of Scandinavia next!

[@Mozers05]

Weirdest run I had was that I had a mistress and her husband had my wife as his mistress, then in the end they ended up having a kid who had my surname. Then I sent this kid to study abroad and became the foundation of my eugenics program. XD In the end my house had superhuman descendants.

[@Paintstationminis]

You mentioned 60ish being old, was I super lucky having my first king live to 82?

[@Strat-Guides]

Possibly - it also depends on a few other things like modifiers to health. You can extend your ruler's life by going down the learning tree (the one on the left that gives health modifiers) or getting a rat catching cat (RNG on getting it or not), etc. 82 is good for the early game!

[@da_prime7099]

My grandmother wont live long enough for this vid tho

[@Strat-Guides]

Then she will go out trying, in a blaze of glory! All hail your Grandma :D

[@nikolapetrovic3502]

This game is most based. You play as a real person and manage your family. Only resources which are important are levies and money. Most similar to real life

[@applelayla4532]

I watched this video as a follow up to the other grandma video after your recommendation, and actually everything ran extremely smoothly! I conquered all of Ireland, got tons of money, absolute control over counties, a ton of prestige… and then my ruler died at 44 years old, of gout. Playing as his heir, I was stumped, because his focus was on intrigue and I had no clue what to do. I married a lady with high stewardship to at least maintain my kingdom… and then I couldn’t grow it any further because of a massive shortage of prestige. Spent close to 15 years just raiding to get money and prestige, held a grand tournament, got a ton of prestige that ran out immediately, back to square one, no prestige, no way to expand my territory. Should I just keep raiding or what? It makes no sense :/ I would highly appreciate a guide on what to do after your ruler dies and your heir takes over! As well as possibly a video explaining the difference in gameplay with different lifestyles. Until then, what can I do to get unstuck from being unable to expand due to low prestige (and stays negative no matter what)?

[@Strat-Guides]

If you're going through that much prestige, it sounds like your army is too big to maintain. I prefer to prioritize archers for this reason - they don't cost nearly as much as the armored footmen. Try disbanding some of the more expensive units you have and change them out for archers and light infantry?

[@applelayla4532]

@@Strat-GuidesI’ve got a thousand armored footmen, 2 sets of 500 each, the rest is bowmen. I burn through prestige like crazy because of “Unraised Men-at-arms”. By the time I’ve managed to raise my prestige gain again, I’m 40 years old, and it resets next time my heir takes over :/ Is there a way to get to feudalism more quickly? Since I heard that Men at arms cost money to upkeep once you make the switch.

[@thegunknows]

Main learning, "it's not a big deal" :D

[@VICTOR03X]

More ck3 please

[@Strat-Guides]

I've got more challenges and guides coming this year for CK3!

[@ZRay507]

it took me about 3 days to watch the full vid, but i learned quit a lot... any other vids you might recommend for learning the game?

[@bigmilkonhiship35]

Good morning sir strat gaming guides

[@Strat-Guides]

Good morning!

[@Andrew-gr6yo]

Just got the game, thank you for the detailed guide. What DLC should I buy?

[@gamingpotato7525]

So why is it keeping the vassals in charge of what I’m capturing I’m so lost 😅

[@Strat-Guides]

When you look at the person you're declaring war against, you have to look at the land they PERSONALLY own, the land they directly control. Personally controlling land is not the same as "Realm within your kingdom" which basically means you own the highest title, but someone else owns the actual land. If you declare on someone, you can only get the land they directly own, but anyone else will become a vassal of yours. If you declare war for a dutchy that the rulers doesn't own anything in, you'll get 100% vassals. If they own all the land within a dutchy, then your dutchy war will give you direct ownership of all those lands. Hopefully that helps clear it up!

[@dangerously72]

Watching this at .75 speed.....now my slow brain can keep up with you...lmao.

[@MAXIMUMintheHORMONE]

Awesome video, up until I couldn't find the royal court :( LoL! It's a cool game but Paradox charges 50$ and decided to add a 30$ DLC that should be in game. Oh well

[@Strat-Guides]

@MAXIMUMintheHORMONE yeah that's paradox for you lol they do put a lot of effort into their games though so at least it's not a scam like a lot of early access games

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

47:40 "crash" forsenCD sureeeeee

[@Strat-Guides]

@HenriqueRJchiki Sadly the game doesn't like running in max speed and crashes all the time for me. Lol there's definitely no reason to savescum a beginners guide - the more problems that pop up, the better the guide will be because it covers a wider range of issues that people will encounter.

[@l_arlecchino]

You mention wanting to install a "powerful" vassal so he will be safe from his own vassals, but what does this mean? High prowess? Or high "leadership" stats, or whatever you call those. I notice you chose your Steward rather than a powerful knight, so I figure the latter, but just wanted to make sure.

[@vauha27]

Wich version and which DLCs are used?

[@UCeagle79]

Do you ever do multiplayer games? Ive started trying them and they are fun. all different ways to play and gives the game a challenge again.

[@Strat-Guides]

I haven't tried any Paradox game online, but it does seem like a lot of fun! I've seen a few videos and they get up to some wacky stuff lol

[@DejonckheereWard]

Can you make a guide on how to stabilize after taking the empire?

[@ikeabeancan1717]

Alba is honestly the worst thing to deal with Love starting at Desmond, really difficult start for this strictly due to Alba If you couldn't tell, I really dislike Alba

[@Strat-Guides]

Somehow they always manage to get strong alliances. I also hate assaulting their lands - mountains and low supply everywhere!

[@GoIdenWarrior]

Im very noob at the game and I have a question. Why choosing a ruler that already exists? What is the the problem of creating one by zero and choosing the traits you want? (Sorry if the english is bad, its not my 1st language)

[@Strat-Guides]

In the previous beginner's guide, I did a custom ruler. I figured for this one, I would make it a little more challenging and do the generic rulers!

[@Al4___]

Funny is that this is the easiest Paradox game BY FAR

[@Strat-Guides]

My first paradox game was EU4 which kicked my butt early on lol this is definitely easier, but compared to most games out there, it's still very complex.

[@RonRacer100]

In your first run when your brother died you said you forgot to marry him. How would you do this marriage? Matrilineal? What skills would you look for?

[@Strat-Guides]

For the brother just do a regular marriage - Matrilineal is for when your female courtiers and family members are married off so you can pull capable males into your court. As for skills, females will mostly use intrigue (spymaster) or learning (court physician) so either of those would be good if you don't already have the positions filled. Otherwise, you literally just want a young female with any stats - the important thing with females is they can pull capable males into your court who can then fill any position (including champions with high prowess).

[@user-vp1bp5iy5i]

Great video mate, can you make challenge video hoi4😊?, i just like watching your video playing game.

[@agentspatula]

Do you not neec casus bellis when you are tribal?

[@Strat-Guides]

Nope! Tribal can attack anyone in diplomatic range.

[@agentspatula]

@@Strat-Guides Cheers!

[@donovanritchie5220]

Wait so how come do you have a casus belli against literally every single county and Dutchy and everyone, but I have to wait 9 months for my bishop to forge one? Like what am I doing wrong why can you declare war left and right while I have to wait forever between every single declaration I’m confused

[@Strat-Guides]

It's because you're picking the later start date, which forces you into a Feudal government. At the start of the video I mentioned talking the earlier start date of 867 which let's you play as a tribal government who don't need CB to declare war on everyone. It's really strong in the early game and makes learning the game so much easier!

[@fatbasementdweller]

With the new legitimacy mechanic, it really hits you hard if you marry a commoner woman. Are the stats still worth that hit or should we just find the best spouse from a noble house?

[@Pullo83]

“52, you’re about to die”

[@bistendope]

3:04:52 lol I heard "They got pride month, we got hormones"

[@arne1881]

I just bought the game, got to the point of winning my first war, then my king got sick and just died..

[@Strat-Guides]

Keep trying! There's a lot of rng in this game

[@saul6038]

how do your armies get better quality mine stay the same at 2 stars even after i got alba and ireland etc,

[@ioakeimpapathomas2739]

Im wondering how do you declare wars without casus beli?

[@Strat-Guides]

It's because we're starting as a Tribal Government, which gets a CB against anyone in diplomatic range. That's why I recommend starting as Tribal when you're first learning the game - it simplifies things a lot!

[@ioakeimpapathomas2739]

@@Strat-Guides Thank you! Great guide

[@Aro9313]

Maybe I'm having trouble because I'm not a grandmother. Also, wouldn't having a massive court full of people who resent you give hostile schemes free agents?

[@Strat-Guides]

What are you having trouble with? I can try to help. Yeah that can potentially be an issue - but if you have a good spymaster and you keep your close courtiers and wife on good terms then it will be much harder for any scheme to go through. You'll usually run into issues when your wife hates you or the court physician.

[@bioshockcu]

would you happen to make a eu4 video like this in the future?

[@Strat-Guides]

I do plan on making a video like this for each of the Paradox games! I've got close to 5k hours into EU4 so that should be an easy one. I've got a couple hundred into HOI4 so I need more time with that and Stellaris 0 hours - need more time :)

[@Riddlywiddly]

I remember my first play though started in Ireland attacked my neighbour got raided by vikings they killed me that was it

[@janovichbrocov2388]

I have a big guestion how do i get the acollade? Im a King And i dont have it.

[@Strat-Guides]

You didn't make a custom ruler and go over the points or anything? I think most games default to allow achievements so unless you messed with the settings, it should pop up

[@raulxd239]

i dont understand, you can just declare wars on other countries but when im playing i have to use the priest guy to justify and get only a very small piece of land

[@Strat-Guides]

You picked the later start date - make sure you change the start date to 867 (very beginning of the guide). That will make your starting government Tribal, which means you can attack anyone without having to fabricate a claim first.

[@klusell7014]

What's the DLC used in this tutorial?

[@AlphaSections]

What the IRS actually does. 33:24 - 33:47

[@Catch07]

Im sorry, byt are you playing on normal difficulty? Seems to me this is on easy mode. Played similar campaigns and not once I had such a long time without at least one plague. Also the surplus of resources even in early years seems like ease/very ease difficulty.

[@Catch07]

Also nearly every time the Vikings conquer big part of England, with alliances of 6k+ armies before years 5-10 of gameplay

[@devilfruit3415]

"shes 28 so she's not young" *Looks at drivers liscence* its so fucking over

[@McCorkleRhetorical]

1:50:39 CHONKY FRISIA

[@Strat-Guides]

I didn't even notice that, that's huge compared to their start!