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So on my Robb Stark playthrough of the GoT mod for CKII, I'm currently almost 20 years in. Aegon VI randomly declares himself, yet never seems to actually land. Weird. Theon is now King of the Iron Isles, Mycrella is Queen on the Iron Throne (which only controls the Reach and part of the Crownlands, Bran Stark is Prince Consort of Dorne to Princess Ynys of Dorne, Tommen is lord of Casterly Rock, and I had Joffrey assassinated. I'm slowly working to find a casus belli that would net me the entire Vale, which is ruled by Harry the Heir. Bowen Marsh is Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and Jon Snow is his successor. Edmure's son is Lord Paramount of the Riverlands, and Rickon is lord of Harrenhal.

 

HIGH FIVE.

 

As I read this, a huge, silly grin spread across my face.

It has yet to leave.

 

Why is there not an actual RTS game for GOT? I haven't really played a strategy game since Rebellion and I would be all over that.

 

There is, but it is really, really bad.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/58550/

 

There's also a War of the 5 Kings mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms. Though it's rather barebones.

As for strategy games, I would recommend either Company of Heroes or the Total War series.

 

I'm more at the "junkie" stage of CKII addiction than the "every waking moment is spent figuring out how to lay a claim to all of the lands once ruled by the Roman Empire" stage, I'll have you know

Coop, if you end up buying Medieval 2: Kingdoms, I can recommend some fantastic mods for it. Stainless Steel, Broken Crescent and Third Age: Total War are excellent, with TATW being quite possibly the best Lord of the Rings game that I have ever played.

 

The only reason I'm ever not playing CK2 at any given moment is because I'm waiting for the excellence that is new CK2 DLC to be released.

 

C'mon, guys, go low tech! Fantasy Flight has an awesome GOT board game.

 

The more complicated the game, the more I love it.​

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I would probably recommend next time the Battlestar Galactica game (base set only) because it's less about the rules and more about people making crazy accusations that someone is a robot. It's great fun.​

 

Yes, you really need to sit down and watch the later ones. At least, TNG and DS9.

Note that the first couple of seasons of DS9 were ... not bad, but not strong, either. You'll have to stick them out in order to get to some of the best Star Trek ever aired.

A big enough thing that Isaac Asimov wrote about it.

And Green Ronin has an RPG with some very interesting mechanics. I'm reading it now, and while I have doubts I will ever run a campaign set in Westeros, I might use the system to run a homebrew setting with heavy politicking. I'm particularly impressed by the game's unusually crunchy approach to social conflict, and its system for creating noble houses.

 

Guys totally need to read that -- Still relevant to today!

 

I'm addicted to Wales -> Britannia games. Seriously addicted. Destroying the Kingdom of England and doing everything I can to obliterate Saxon/Norman/English culture (whatever it is at the time) is absurdly appealing.

I don't know what it is about betraying my ancestors that I like so much.

I started as Prince "Count" Caradog of Gwent, most recently, which has turned out to be many times more satisfying than the normal King "Duke" of Gwynedd start I employ. Though it was also an easier start than I expected, given Caradog begins with a strong claim on the Kingdom Duchy of Deheubarth. I hung around improving my stats, throwing cheap summer fairs, feasts with two vassals and going on hunts while I waited to build up enough money to field the Breton Band (got to keep it Celtic!) of mercenaries, then swiftly took control. Vassalised Glamorgan, then pressed *his* claim on Powys, dishonorably kicking the Lords of Gwynedd (who'd been educating my kids extraordinarily well!) in the teeth, then despaired a little as the vile English attacked the weakened Gwynedd and ate into the borders of the de jure Kingdom of Wales, knowing wresting it back from the extraordinarily powerful Norman England (and I mean extraordinarily -- in this game they basically conquered the entirety of northern France, and the Kingdom of Aquitaine formed in the south to balance them) would be a chore.

Oh, and much to my amusement, Aquitaine ended up a theocracy fifty years down the line, ruled by a "King-Bishop". I was very, very tickled.

 

Actually, I was already level 11 not simply level 10 in Skyrim, but now I am level 13 very close to level 14.

 

Just FYI, werewolves are far more fun than Vampire Lords, though the lore behind Elder Scrolls vampires is equally, if not more interesting than that of lycanthropes.

 

Hmm, learned a bit more about House Hlaalu. I don't want to spoil any of the minor quests set in Raven Rock, but you do encounter some. Redoran is definitely the power though. Though I gather that after Oblivion Crisis, the eruption of the volcano, and the Argonian invasion that the Dunmer aren't exactly a major power. But there is potential there.

--Adm. Nick

 

I'm trying to figure out how the Telvanni are still around. Most of their holdings were on Vvardenfell, and according to that side quest journal you retrive for Brand-Shei, the Argonians wiped what most of what was left. So how the heck did Neloth manage to survive? And once you've done enough quests for him, he

Spoiler

makes you a member of the House and promises you great power once he returns to the Telvanni holdings on Vvardenfell!

 

Well, that's even better. I can't wait for it to finally hit PC. It would be nice to see the Dunmer regain prominence without Dres, Telvanni and the Indoril dragging them down. Though those groups also added a lot of unique flavor and depth to Dunmer culture.

I find it funny that Tamriel is one of the few contexts where mine and Jello's political leanings actually align.

EDIT: eh, they're the definition of head-in-the-clouds wizards. I'm sure that some still haven't even realized that Red Mountain erupted

The one small downside to all of this is that this forum post from the official forums is now almost certainly non-canon. Oh well, can't have everything.

 

In fact, in real life Jello is a communist.