Thread by @garius

Let the first @CrusaderKings Twitter adventure begin!

You voted for Viking era Cornwall. The northmen are ravaging Britain. Ivar the Boneless is being a git. Down south, all is quiet in Cornwall and Wessex. But for how long?

Meet Petty King Dumnarth II. This is us. #liveThread

You'll notice Leon lurking down at the bottom in that map as a small Viking kingdom. They're currently in a war with Wessex. If we get a chance, we'll pounce on them early.

Btw, I'm playing this slower than I normally would, so expect thread progress to be slower than normal.

Have a sunbeam kitty to tide you over.

Okay. Things. Been taking the time to look around and try and find a good alliance (there isn't one. Stupid babyless Wessex) and set stuff. Up. but we're cooking now. We're getting a claim on Leon (Holy war would drag other vikings in), and digging for secrets in our court.

We do, however, have one good option: betrothe our son and heir Ricat to a princess of Lotheringia. They're a BIG power, and that should scare any Viking claimants to our kingdom off.

This one is even comely!

Comely is an inheritable trait (this game does PROPER genetics now, which is amazing), so this seems like a win-win.

Who doesn't want nice looking grandkids?

Hmmm. Something tells me I should be nice to my neighbour. I have a good feeling about him.

WOOHOO!

Who then immediately calls me into a war. 😬😂

Ah shit. Oh well.

Hopefully they stay away from Cornwall.

We've gone scholarship focus, as I'm thinking the best thing we can do right now is focus on local development and creating good kids. it'll pay off in the long run.

Welp. There goes the neighbourhood.

Right. We have a claim on Leon. If we get Leon, I think we're sorted, as we're actually running a slight loss economically at the moment (on cash reserves from pope and events).

If not, this will be a short run...

This is why we've been running at a loss btw. I burned our early game cash on some men at arms to complement my levies. I learned last night that it's worth it early on, if it lets you grab territory quickly from weaker neighbours.

It's a worthwhile up front YOLO investment.

But if they pick up good allies and suddenly your targets disappear, you're basically screwed and might as well just end the run.

It's high risk/high reward.

Also, ransom EVERYONE early on if you capture them, if you can. Do it while your enemy can still pay full price. Because if you're winning the battles/sieges anyway, than the early cash boost is WAY more useful to you than war score.

HUZZAH! HUZZAH!

How Britain and Ireland look now.

Oh God. I HATE it when I'm just out for a walk and this happens.

Welp. There goes Lotharingia. Time to break that betrothal and try and find a new ally...

Well hello Mercia...

Which is handy, because that means I can go to war for Carmarthenshire with Mercia's help!

Meanwhile, I'm indulging in a little alchemy. As you do.

Proving VERY useful for cashflow!

Well we now own Carmarthenshire, but we may have a MASSIVE problem.

Wessex and Mercia just went LOLLARD.

DUN DUN DUN.

Okay, lunchtime.

Been really enjoying this save, and that Lollard outbreak seems a good point to pause this run.

I think after lunch I may do Sicily, just to show some variety, as a new thread.

In the meantime, here is a cat still in a sunbeam. New pose!

And we're off again here:

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