Three Moves Ahead 456: Crusader Kings 2: Holy Fury

Three Moves Ahead

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🗓️ 26 December 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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It's been a minute since we've talked about Crusader Kings 2, so why bring it up now? Holy Fury - the latest major DLC - is one of the most significant changes to date, moving CK2 even closer toward RPG than grand strategy game. Is this the expansion that restores Fraser's interest in the game? Is this really the last expansion? What is the future of CK2? Why does T.J. go on and on and on and on about succession laws? Can you really be a duck? T.J. and Fraser answer all these questions and more.

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0:00.0	Good morrow. You're listening to Three Moves Ahead, and I am your liege for this week, T.J. Hafer.
0:07.2	I also have with me on my council, PC gamers, Fraser Brown. Welcome back.
0:13.1	Hello. Did you just say good morrow?
0:16.4	I did say good morrow.
0:17.7	It's going to be one of these episodes. I'm hosting. Of course it's going to be one of those episodes. I'm going to be one of these episodes i'm hosting of course it's going to be
0:22.4	one of those episodes i'm glad to be here saying is what do you mean by those episodes um yeah
0:30.6	you haven't you haven't been around in a while uh but we're going to talk about some crusader
0:34.9	kings so i'm glad to have my my k2 buddy2 buddy, my other, the only other person on the 3MA cast who, like, put everything else aside to play as a hedgehog and Crusader Kings in the midst of all the other strategy madness that we had going on.
0:52.6	Yeah, Crusader Kings 2, Holy Fury.
0:56.2	The biggest expansion for Crusader Kings in its entire life cycle, both in terms of
1:01.7	like development time, number of features.
1:04.7	They've also just said it's like the fastest selling expansion ever, which is pretty
1:09.1	crazy with how many times we've declared Crusader
1:12.3	Kings to be dead on this very show. What do you think it is, Fraser? What has made Holy Fury such
1:19.3	a phenomenon of an expansion? Animals, TJ. Lovely animals. I mean, there are lots of things,
1:27.1	really, but the animal kingdoms, which are just an Easter egg that Paradox did not advertise at all, kept it nice and secret, they're the highlight. You can create a random world where not all, but a good portion of the Counts, Duchess, kingdoms and empires
1:47.2	are ruled by ducks and dogs and cats and elephants, polar bears, it's brilliant.
1:54.7	And then your vassals and the people in your court could also be animals.
2:00.1	And the thing is, is like, the actual change to animals doesn't actually do anything.
2:06.6	It's an aesthetic change, but it has a very transformative effect of the way I appreciate the game.
2:13.6	Like, the mechanical change is the random world, shattered world thing or a separate thing.
2:18.3	But just being able to play as a duck and go and have jewels or go on crusades as like a giant, angry elephant.
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