CK2 is an absolutely fantastic gaming experience.  For me, CK2 is the only game that really feels like what a RPG experience should be all about.  If only Skyrim had such wonderful, character-based interactions. 

I purchased the Legacy of Rome DLC too and like that changes it brings. Well worth the measly few bucks.

The game is one of my all times favorites.  I haven't picked up legacy of Rome, but I will soon enough.  

You can go to the intrigue and add people, I think nobles cost money and priest cost piety.  Also, if you wait people tend to show up to your court  for free after awhile.  You can also invite people from other lands to your court, but not terrible effective often.

Is that the original, or CK2, 'cuz I'm talking CK - Complete, which was way cheaper than CK2.

Ooh, well then, you just have to wait around, if cabinet post go unseated, eventually you will gain people to use.  

CK2 is easily the greatest strategy game ever made, in my honest opinion.  But I ain't a salesman, I'm sure you can find sites and reviews that do the job better than I could.

The new expansion lets you castrate people.  Doesn't that alone sell you on the game? 

Speaking as someone who really wanted to get into the Europa Universalis series, but found it a little too daunting, I can't recommend this game enough. The UI can be overwhelming at first, but I found after I watched some 'Let's Play' vids on youtube, and had a few playthroughs myself, I learned the ropes pretty quickly.

The game is truly massive in terms of content and re-playability even without any DLC. Definitely going to buy the latest expansion!   

I've played CK2 hundreds of hours and have never played a game lasting longer than 230 years.  I've usually accomplished what I set out to do and think of something else to try by then and start a new game.  

I always like a good Welsh game, that's one of the few ways to come up from nothing, and hasn't changed much from CK1.

Next to last time I played CK2 I was trying to unite Spain as Aragon (or whatever) but the religious declare war mechanics broke at some point and Christians wouldn't join my side but all the Muslims would join the enemy so... things didn't work out well.

Last time I played the game I was going for a pagan win, which I know is impossible but I wanted to try... anyway it turns out you can't form Finland with the guy I picked, can't remember exactly why - he was Finnish. And again, the religious declare war mechanics were kinda gimping me.

I hope they have more issues fixed than they had, but the way it usually works is the DLC breaks a bunch of things.

So, again, can anyone speak to whether there is a lot of bugginess still or not?

I enjoy a good Irish game. In my last campaign I started off with a single county and now I have all of Ireland under my control, 2/3rds of England, 3 or 4 counties in France (Thank you marriage) and 6 or so counties in Spain. 

So ... CK2 ... is there a demo to try it out? I couldn't get into EU1, is CK2 something I would enjoy?

Would you enjoy CK 2? I have no idea. But all the praising here is true. Its simply the BEST combination of strategy and roleplaying (i don´t mean fantasy roleplaying. Something like in FE, which is also very cool and well done in FE). 

I didn´t know that Legacy is out. Have to buy it... ^^

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Is it really only 4.99€ ?