Once, that’s done, Marchad switches his ambition to getting educated because statistically, he’s dumb as a box of rocks.Įlvira proves to be fertile almost immediately, and my heir now has a son, who he’s named after me, so the House of Ua Briain is getting some descendants: Both Murchad & Brian are unmarried, so the first things I do are set Murchad’s ambition to get married, and seek out spouses for them.Īfter a brief search, Murchad marries Almode de Blois:īrian marries a Courtier named Elvira, though I don’t believe she’s a Mistress of the Dark: Murchad already has an heir, named Brian. Specifically, I’m playing King Murchad of the Petty Kingdom of Mumu, who rules the counties of Tuadhmhumhain and Urmhumhain and has a de Jure claim on Deashumhain. My research indicated that the smart place to start for a complete newbie was in Ireland, so that’s what I did:
I went with Iron Man mode, just to enable Steam Achievements, but otherwise left everything as default. While I have some of the DLC as part of a Steam sale purchase in the summer, I decided I’d play the vanilla game first to get used to it: Last night, I decided I’d finally bite the bullet on playing Paradox Interactive’s Grand Strategy game Crusader Kings 2.
