Crusader Kings III News

Despite barely having been crowned a fortnight ago, Paradox's Lannister simulator Crusader Kings 3 already has a king's ransom of workshop content. We've already seen a full Bronze Age conversion, as well as a World of Darkness-inspired vampire overhaul. Capes, sharp teeth, and Sumerian mythology are cool, I hear you shout, but where's all the anime? Never you fret, because modder Eastern Sky has you covered.

Creator Eastern Sky describes the mod as "an anime styled mod that allows you to recruit characters from 'Arknights' to serve you as your courtiers." Each of the 23 operators has their own portrait, stats, and traits. Oh, and they're also immortal, which is undoubtedly a nice trait to have when your uncle is trying to bribe your cousin's best friend's nan to murder you with a poison spider, as is often the case in Crusader Kings 3.

The mod, simply titled 'Arknights', is based on the Chinese mobile title of the same name. The tower defence game is extremely popular in China, and has a healthy fanbase elsewhere after releasing this past January to the rest of the world. If the trailer below is any indication, it looks to have some seriously expansive lore.

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Crusader Kings III is a strategy game about complex systems of overlapping rules in the middle ages, which can make it a pretty daunting experience at first. It turns out, though, that you can completely ignore all the feudal customs of the age and dominate every campaign. The so-called 'North Korea Strategy' from Crusader Kings II is back, and in Crusader Kings III, it's stronger than ever.

YouTuber Reman, who covers Paradox games extensively on his channel, has made a video detailing the use of the strategy in Crusader Kings III. When you're playing normally, you're constantly trying to right-size your domain in order to avoid penalties of up to 90% to taxes and levies for having too many personal holdings. The 'North Korea strategy' rejects this idea, based on the fact that by the time you're an emperor, you're getting even less gold and fewer levies from individual counties as each ruler in the feudal chain takes their cut.

So rather than parceling out your realm to vassals, this strategy dictates personally controlling every holding once you become an emperor. Naturally, getting to this point involves divesting quite a few vassals of their holdings, and Reman explains the easiest way to do that in his video.

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Crusader Kings III landed last week to near-universal acclaim from critics - including us here at Strategy Gamer. With a 91 on Metacritic and 'Very Positive' reviews on steam, there are probably more than a few newcomers to the series scrambling with the question: Where in the world should I begin?

Many will mean this literally because, as most new players have probably realized, Crusader Kings III sets itself apart from nearly all others in the strategy genre by allowing you - with only a few exceptions - to play any ruler on the map, from hardscrabble tribal chiefs to illustrious feudal emperors. That freedom can be liberating, but also paralyzing. With an entire world of rulers to choose from, who is worth choosing? While the game helpfully offers some interesting characters to select from, they tend to focus on a few key areas in Western Europe.

To help, we've highlighted some of the more interesting characters to play from both the 867 AD and 1066 AD bookmarks, each with their own particular challenges and goals.

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