As the game takes place during the dark ages, religion is very important, and players must make sure not to anger the pope that is, unless they want to create their own anti-pope. The focus of this game is more about building your dynasty and improving relations with allies, and playing as a character instead of a nation, than it is about building an army that can conquer the world like in other strategy games.Įvery court has characters, and the player can marry important characters (princes/princesses etc) off to faraway courts to gain favour with that court's ruler. The DLC adds the ability to play as others Sword of Islam allows playing as muslims, The Republic allows you to play as merchant republics, The Old Gods allows you to play as one of the many pagans (norse, romuva, slavic) or a Zoroastrian. Players can take the role of any Christian Count, Duke, King, or even Emperor from any time past 1066 (769, with the Charlemagne DLC) - the Norman Invasion of England - until 1453 (though the latest start date is 1337) - the end of the 100 years war. The game, in the typical Grand Strategy sense, is played from a map screen, with you controlling your character and his lands, and your vassals, if you have any. A Mac version of the game, developed in-house by Paradox, was released on May 24th of the same year. Crusader Kings 2 is a Grand Strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio for PC, and was released on the 14th of February 2012 worldwide.

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