CRUSADER KINGS 3 | Beginner's Guide - 8 Essentials Before You Start 

I would have thought the same thing after I had once tried to play Crusader Kings 2 and got overwhelmed, failed, and quit. The UI in CK3 is the best I've seen in any game, period. Have you ever seen something in a mouse over tooltip that you wanted more information about, but you couldn't mouse over that to get more information because if you did, the tooltip would disappear? Well that problem is solved in CK3. There are infinite tooltips within tooltips. When a tooltip comes up, and a faint progress bar completes, you can then mouse your mouse pointer onto that new tooltip to hover over other icons and keywords for even more information.

Also, losing is fun in this game. In my game, I, as high king of Ireland, had married off my daughters to high Kings of other countries, one of which was Denmark. Many of those countries, especially Denmark, found themselves at war with my next-door neighbor, England, a military superpower at the time. I had an obligation to assist them in that war against England. Otherwise, it would have been a waste to marry off my daughters to them. We lost all those wars, but my participation in those wars was more than any other country so, I still gained positive opinions from them, but now, we're in poor standing with England. Time passes and my high king passes away of old age and my son heir takes over the throne of Ireland. Not everyone is happy about this because the heir was contested and others also had claims to the throne. Add to that, I also had a debuff on opinion from everyone because I was a new ruler. I then noticed a warning notification in the UI that the current heir of one of my vassals was from England. And that vassal was 67 years old. Once he died, I will have lost that territory to the kingdom of England. I was not having any of that, so I looked into ways to prevent this. I tried to increase my authority as high king so I could dictate who that heir would be, but according to Irish culture, that increase of authority was prohibited. It would have taken too long to convert people to a different culture more accepting of increased king power, so I was desperate to keep England from taking my land. So, I decided to attempt an assassination of the heir, who was a 12-year-old boy. I started a plot to murder him and I asked my spymaster to help ensure its success. After about 6 or 7 months of planning, my spymaster saw an opportunity. He befriended the boy and offered to take him on a trip to somewhere (I forget) and then took him into the forest, where he left him overnight reporting back that he went missing. Later, the boy was discovered mauled by some wild animal, but my spymaster became so guilty that he confessed, which implicated me as the murderer of the boy. Now, public opinion of me as tanked, especially by the close family of the boy, which there were apparently several Irish people in power who were related either by blood or by marriage. That being said, my plan technically worked. The new heir to that territory at risk was now under my authority, but it now comes at the cost of my reputation with literally everyone. Now, my number one priority is to ensure than my next heir maintains his right to the throne long enough to give my dynasty as a second chance at ruling Ireland. And that's where I'm at now.

I came here to seek help,I can not get pass tutorial.Not even joking.

@@chessplayer8798 I know what you mean. I spend the first 1-2 hours just paused diving deeper and deeper into the multiple nested tooltips leasurely. If it were any other system, I'd feel exasperated that is have to dismiss the current tooltip to go into a different menu to reference something (that I feel like I need to memorize eventually) and then come back to the previous menu to hover over what I was looking at before to read the tooltip with a better understanding. All that can be cut out by simply moving the mouse pointer to what you don't understand, and they game will tell you. Ya, it's a long tutorial, but I was done with the tutorial in less than 8 hours, including lots of long breaks without prompts towards the end.

@@chessplayer8798 i know this probably comes as little of a surprise but read tooltips carefully and repeatedly, stop time often to read and think and read again, use the built in encyclopedia and read even more. play it slowly, embrace defeat and other setbacks. your goal should not be to win, but to have fun with countless alternate histories and stories developing over the course of every new match. as for the tutorial, play it slowly, conquer ireland bit by bit, you can take 30 years without waging a new war, you have time to spare, use the fact that you start with a lot of gold to increase levy size through buildings or use the gold to pay men at arms (basically mercenaries) to win more territory.

Ahahah amazing - I'm glad you're enjoying it =D

this games gay

@@chaunceydavis7864 Fuck yeah man I just started playing and my goal is to make my entire kingdom polygamous gay and into witchcraft I know you meant that as an insult but yeah this game 100% has the potential for homosexuality making it even better

@@chaunceydavis7864 I think maybe you’re gay, just haven’t come out yet? Good luck!

@@poiuykkpoii840 stop getting offended over a joke

The power of incest!

PartyElite I hate myself for laughing at that

me too

If that’s true, then after playing Crusader Kings 2, you can teach them inter dimensional travel too.

@@Jaredonian me three

I'm here because coffee didn't agree with my stomach. I've been up since yesterday but I didn't want to miss launch.

The In-Game tutorial is amazing though compared to the other tutorials.

To be fair, its the best Paradox Tutorial by far now :D Someone remembers the great italy toturial in HOI4? Kill Athiopia via 1click and you know how to play the game :D

I played through the tutorial and I still ended up here. It helped but this definitely touched on some important things it didn't.

🤙🏿

Can't thank that man enough for being my go-to =D

Got to love a dude who knows his history. Well played.

I went to learn more about Charles the Bewitched... dude had one *hell* of a bad luck streak hahah.. Always enjoy when a game can bring about learning something new!

@@PartyElite: As a fellow history lover, I’m impressed. Another good reference is Ferdinand I of Austria, he had an enlarged head due to inbreeding, and had five seizures while trying to consummate his marriage.

CK3: Easy to uninstall ...

Dude I'm more than 3 hours in and still on the tutorial, should've probably watched this earlier...

@@dimagamolya6084 nothing to be ashamed of, just stick with it. it'll click eventually

Thanks! Glad this helped =) I've got a few videos planned and lined up, and your requested topics are definitely something I've got plans for!

To be honest i had a really tuff time trying to understand how to wage war! I know it sounds dumb but it took me 3 hours to realize i have to declare war first and then raise my army! In my original thinking I thought to myself "i'll build my army and be ready when i declare war"....3 hours later "why the F*** can't i declare war"....then i realized i had it backwards...please keep making videos and you'll keep getting thumbs up! Thank you again.

Yeah pls do one about marrying for example your daughter somewhere just to gain their territory. that part in practice still escapes my cognitive engine. Although maybe tammorow ill be able to understand it, i've learnt the game from scratch in last 24 hours so im a bit burnt. WoOOOOooooOO

It's excellent. The tutorial gives you an idea of how to do things but this gives you a rough idea of WHY you should do those things.

agreed this was a game changer. This should be the video before the tutorial

Agreed absolutely brilliant video

Thank you very much! Glad to hear it

I agree. This is the bar that has to be beaten in making tutorials

Definitely overwhelming at first but equally rewarding once it all clicks! Feel free to ask questions in the discord to get comfy!

Go through the tutorial and then watch this video. A little bit of practical experience with great explanations made it click for me!

I'm in the same boat as you... but it's time to just wade in I think and see what happens. The tutorial in-game plus this video have really helped a lot.

@@kensloth go get it!!!

Haha it's a beefy game. It's split up into chapters so you can watch it in parts, too, if that helps!

The King is Dead Long live the King!

For sure! More coming right away!

You're too kind. Thank you!

Thank you very much for the kind words! Let's plays i'm kicking off in a 'streamed' format for the first time on the channel - feel like its fun to do it that way. First couple episodes out already =). And more guide vids coming for sure!

And thank you for such kind words! It's great to know what people think of my approach

Thanks! More coming for sure

Thanks! I hope you like the other stuff you see around these parts too!

Glad to hear it!

Thank you! I always feel somewhat at home writing guide vids, so it's nice to see this kind of feedback =)

Yessssss! Do share (if you're down to!)

@@PartyElite I love Scottish history, especially 17th/18th century Jacobitism, so playing with the Stuart House would be fun. I also want to play an tyrannical/batshit crazy ruler à la Caligula, but that might have to be a dynasty I'm not particularly attached to because it might get real bad. xD I mostly studied North American and western European cultures in uni, so it'd also be nice to explore Africa and the Middle East a bit.

Melsie or do a legacy challenge xD

@@lihanou That's basically the goal. I'll just conquer the whole world lol Once I figure out wars a bit more and can actually get through one without every soldier starving...

Glad to hear it!

Glad to hear it! Have fun =)

Thank you! Very glad to hear it =)

Wasn’t a fan of CK2 either but this one awesome. Just hard learning all the little things.

Glad the sections helped! I'm trying to organize them into logical groups as much as possible

Glad to hear it! So many more to come - I had a great time =D

@@PartyElite i hope so! It was lot of fun too watch

Thank you very much for such kind words! Glad you're checking it out - so happy to see folks getting into Crusader Kings!

Glad to hear it! Welcome to the insanely deep world of PDX strategy gaming!

Glad to hear it, thank you! I hope you're enjoying!

I am playing as a Buddhist state, great detail.

hello viz stop stirring the pot, india has an abundance of technologically savvy individuals who are more than capable of putting out their own high quality computer games, should they wish to! no need to criticise a western version that has included india when you could be writing to the games companies in india

@@llwydanwyl think youve completely misread my post. Have a look at other ck3 videos where the person talking about the game will talk about all the continents and areas but barely even acknowledge india which is in the game. Why? Dont really understand what you're talking about regarding video game development in India.

Glad to hear it! I hope you're enjoying, and feel free to drop any questions here or in the discord (link in the description)!

Thank you! Glad to hear it =)

Thanks! Glad to hear it =)

=D glad you enjoyed it and found some value out of it!

Man ive united Ireland 3 times. Im now on my 4th playthrough as I keep getting spit roasted by the Kings of England France and Scotland.

How did you guys manage to do that? I just started my second run after horrible first run of attempting to unite Ireland.

Glad to hear it! Should equip everybody for their first games =)

Glad to hear it! CK2 was when I first wrapped my own head around the concept, so I'm happy to be able to communicate it through the sequel!

Awesome! Glad to hear it =)