Medieval Gaming: Crusader Kings III

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🗓️ 12 March 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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How would you rule an early medieval dynasty? Maybe you'll send your spymaster to dig around for secrets or champion honestly to keep stress levels down. Remembering with every decision made consequences could have a ripple effect on entire medieval worlds; for generations to come. Crusader King III is an immersive grand strategy role-playing game, allowing you to rule from the comfort of your sofa. In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt is joined by Alexander Oltner, Game Director at Paradox Games for Crusader King III. With a new extension pack Royal Courts, we explore the unique RPG and its history-driven gameplay.

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered why one of Ruan Cathedral's towers is called the Tower of Butter, or what
0:06.2	animals have faced trials in courts for, or even how the black country got its name?
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0:29.8	book. Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval. I'm Matt Lewis. Gaming has always found a home
0:41.3	in the Middle Ages. I'll age myself horrendously here by talking about playing games like Golden
0:46.4	Axe and a Bard's Tale, and that's the old Bard's Tale, not the reboot that came out a few years
0:51.3	ago. Fast forward more years than I would care to count, and the medieval period still provides
0:56.4	fertile ground for gaming. Crusader Kings 3 is a grand strategy game that spans centuries,
1:03.2	continents and generations. It's a broad and deep game with so many facets it will keep you
1:09.4	absorbed for dangerously long amounts of time. The studio behind the game Paradox Interactive
1:14.7	have just released the newest expansion Royal Courts, and I thought it would be interesting to
1:19.2	investigate how this game was created, what part history has played in its development,
1:24.7	and so I'm delighted to be joined by Alex Altner, who is the game director for Crusader Kings 3
1:29.6	at Paradox Interactive. Thanks very much for joining us Alex. Thank you. Thanks for inviting me.
1:34.7	I'm happy to be here. It's wonderful to have you. So for those who haven't played a Crusader
1:40.1	Kings game yet, can you give us a quick overview of what it is, please? What is Crusader Kings? Of
1:45.7	course. So Crusader Kings is a grand strategy game, so it's got this strategy core component where
1:52.7	you play mostly on a map and you have land that you manage. But Crusader Kings is unique in that
1:58.9	it's got a strong role-playing component, where you guide a lineage, a family throughout generations
2:07.0	and generations, leading them to glory or fame or whatever you like. I like to describe the game
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