Crusader Kings II
Release Date: 14 Feb, 2012
The Dark Ages might be drawing to a close, but Europe is still in turmoil. Petty lords vie against beleaguered kings who struggle to assert control over their fragmented realms. The Pope calls for a Crusade to protect the Christians in the Holy Land even as he refuses to relinquish control over the investiture of bishops - and their riches. Now is the time for greatness. Expand your demesne and secure the future of your dynasty. Fill your coffers, appoint vassals, root out traitors and heretics, introduce laws and interact with hundreds of nobles, each with their own agenda.
A good lord will always need friends to support him. But beware, as loyal vassals can quickly turn to bitter rivals, and some might not be as reliable as they seem... Stand ready, and increase your prestige until the world whispers your name in awe. Do you have what it takes to become a Crusader King?
Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy. Medieval Europe is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones...
Key features:
- Start a game at any point between 1066 and 1337 and play until 1453
- Pick a Christian lord and make sure his dynasty survives as you play a succession of his descendants through the ages
- Gain Prestige for every successive character you play, furthering the glory of your Dynasty
- Expand your feudal domain - and keep it from falling apart
- Unravel the plots of your courtiers and vassals, each with their own opinions and agendas
- Take up the Cross and fight the Moor, the Heathen and the Heretic.
- Defend against the onslaught of the Mongol Horde
- Struggle with the Pope for control of the bishops
- Relive the Middle Ages with up to 32 other players in a competitive multiplayer mode
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
- OS: XP/Vista/Windows 7
- Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb graphics memory required.
- DirectX®: 9.0c
- Sound: Direct X-compatible sound card
- Additional: 3-button mouse and keyboard
Mac OS X
- OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
- Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
- Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce
9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required
SteamOS + Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Processor: IntelR PentiumR IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory: 2 GB
- Hard disk space: 2 Gb
- Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce
> 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required.
The Marriage Game
Marry another character
Full House
Sire five children
Always Bet On Duke
Work your way up from Count to Duke with a single character
Royal Blood
Achieve a score of 10,000
Until Death Do Us Part
Have your spouse assassinated
Exalted Among Men
Fulfill the Become Exalted ambition
Pilgrim
Go on a Christian Pilgrimage
It's Good to be the King
Work your way up from Count to King with a single character
One is not Amused
As a ruler have a council that is not content.
Paragon of Virtue
Fulfill the Paragon of Virtue ambition
Crusader
Fulfill the goal of a Crusade
Turbulent Priest
Assassinate a vassal bishop that likes the Pope better than you
We’re In Business
Successfully establish a trade route
You Owe Me
Have someone owe you a Favor
Stargazer
Build an Observatory
Typhoid Mary
Contract three symptoms.
Follow Me
Successfully intervene in a youth's development to force one of your own traits onto them.
Not a Tribe
Play as a Tribal Ruler and Reform to Feudalism
Pay to Win
Win a war using Mercenaries.
No Solicitors
Go into Seclusion.
Hospitable
Build a Hospital.
Dragon Blood
Achieve a score of 50,000
To Mecca!
Go on a Hajj to Mecca
Keeping it in the Family
Sire a child that has the Inbred trait
Celebrity
Amass more than 15,000 in prestige
New Ways for Old Gods
Reform one of the Pagan religions
A Pope of My Own
Set up an antipope
It's Better to be the Emperor
Work your way up from Count to Emperor with a single character
Mr. Doge-Elect
As a Patrician, win an election and become Doge
Divine Blood
Achieve a score of 100,000
On English Neck a Norman Yoke
Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as William the Bastard, become the King of England
Mercotransaction
Create a mercenary band and have them bring in money for you.
All Three Popes
Play a game where there are two simultaneous antipopes
Merchant Prince
Amass more than 20,000 in wealth
Casanova
Successfully seduce 10 people by targeted seduction with one character
United the Kingdoms
Hold the kingdoms of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
An Honest Mistake
From Seclusion, kick someone out who did not have the plague.
I Shed Blood of Saxon Men
As a Christian non-Saxon, completely conquer Saxony in a game starting in 769
Saint
Amass more than 10,000 in piety
By the Gods
Gain the Theologian trait
Great Hunter
Kill your prey in the Epic Hunt
Let’s Play
Gain the Hedonist trait through carousing
The Yes Men
Have all members of your council be Loyalists.
Crusader King
Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark, hold the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Pentarch
As an Orthodox Christian, hold Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem
Res Publica
Play as a Tribal Ruler and Reform to Merchant Republic
I'm Sorry, Desiderata
Divorce a Lombard Princess as a Christian
Legacy of Rome
Restore the Roman Empire
Dark Lord
Become Grandmaster of any devil-worshiper society.
Russkaya Pravda
As a Russian, hold the Kingdom of Russia.
Holy and Roman
Found the Holy Roman Empire in a game starting in 769
Protector of the Holy Places
Have Rome, Jerusalem, Mecca and Medina within your Realm
Viking Raider
As a Viking, return home with 1,000 worth of loot
Hard Ruler
Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as Harald of Norway, become the King of England
I can see its Stripes
Kill a tiger by your own hand
Dream Home
As a Patrician dynasty, build every upgrade for your Family Palace
Beyond the Indus
As a ruler of non-Indian culture, conquer a King or Emperor title in India
Aptly Named
Die from the Black Death.
I Got Better
Recover from the Black Death.
Survivor
Play a game all the way through from 1066 to 1453
Black Widow
As a woman, have three different husbands killed
Prester John
As a Catholic, have a border with Miaphysite Abyssinia
Seven Centuries
Play a game all the way through from 769 to 1453
Wise Guy
Gain the Legendary Wisdom modifier
Mudslinger
Successfully slander 20 people with one character
Dwarf Fortress
Have seven courtiers with the Dwarf trait
Decadent Warrior
As a Muslim, crush a Decadence revolt
Persistent Survivor
Play a game all the way through from 867 to 1453
The Outside Bet
Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as Svend II of Denmark, become the King of England
The Frisian Coast is Long
Be King of Frisia and hold the Atlantic coast from Léon in Brittany to Jylland
S.P.Q.R.
As the Roman Empire, reclaim the old imperial borders
The One Who Brings Benefit
As a Zoroastrian, become the prophesied Saoshyant
Kingdom of David
As a Jew, create the Kingdom of Israel
Saint Thomas's Dream
Rule an Indian Kingdom or Empire as a Christian and convert all its provinces
Snipped off to China
Send a Eunuch to the Chinese Emperor.
And Stay Out!
Throw the Aztec invaders back into the sea
Trade Empire
Your Republic maintains trade posts in 80 provinces
Off with their heads!
Execute 10 or more prisoners in a single action.
Family Bliss
Have 6 close family members as friends
Empressive
Play as three consecutive generations of empresses
My Very own Subcontinent
Become Samrat Chakravartin
Looking East and West
Be Emperor of both Persia and Rajastan
Little Brother Rules!
Become Emperor of Francia as Carloman, brother of Charlemagne
Holy Smoke
Sacrifice another religion's head as a Norse or Aztec pagan
Viking Ummah
Have a capital province with Norse culture and Muslim religion
The Caliphate Strikes Back
Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as the Abbasid Caliph, become independent and hold an empire title
The British Raj
Rule the Empire of Britannia as a Hindu, Buddhist or Jain character
Red Sea Resort
Convert Mecca to Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism
Saxons Everywhere, Unite!
As an Anglo-Saxon or Saxon ruler, be king of both Saxony and England
Scarrrrrred for Life
Become One-Eyed, One-Legged and One-Handed.
Child of the Dragon
Request an Imperial Marriage from China.
There Can Be Only One
Become immortal.
I am the Law
As a vassal use a favor to change a law.
Medieval Schlieffen
Be simultaneously at war with the Aztecs and the Mongols
What Schism?
Convert both Rome and Constantinople to the same (Indian) religion
Khan of Khans
Conquer continental Western Europe as the Mongol Empire, starting in "Age of the Mongols" bookmark
The Black Bishop
Fund an immoral bishop and get him elected Pope
Kali Maaa
Sacrifice a King or Emperor tier character to Kali
Great Indian Sultanate
Rule the Empire of Rajastan and convert all its provinces to Islam
Empire of the Sun
Rule as Emperor with the Reformed Zun Faith
Iron Crown
Hold any Emperor or King title as a Lombard after 1300
Bring it On
Win 7 duels with one character
Close Call
From Seclusion, kick someone out who had the plague.
Run With the Wolf
Play as a character with Wolf's Blood.
Let's go out into the Field
Defeat a sibling in a war using the rival casus belli.
Peace in Our Time
Enforce peace for 6 or more vassals.
One Arrow Alone can be Easily Broken but Many Arrows are Indestructible
As a steppe horde, have a population of 150 000.
Pax Mongolica
Build 3 fully upgraded silk road trade posts.
Shadow Prince
Sit on the council and have every other council member as well as the ruler owing you a favor.
Go West Young Mongol
As a steppe horde, have an independent tributary King or Emperor in the British Isles
Got Land
Start as the holder of Gotland and form the empire of Scandinavia.
Jihad Sultan
As a Muslim King or higher, become Grandmaster of the Assassins.
Birthright
As the Anti-Christ/spawn of Satan, become Grandmaster of the Satanists.
Nobody's Business but the Turks
Conquer Constantinople as a Turkic steppe horde.
Black Pope
Have a priest you corrupted (as a Satanist) become Pope.
A Curious Trinket
Send an invaluable artifact (Quality: 4 or 5) to the Emperor of China.
Eternity Denied
Kill a character with the Immortal trait.
Norse-East
As a Norse character, become King of Mongolia.
Not So Bad
Survive the End Times.
Steppe by Steppe
As a steppe horde, conquer the whole steppe region.
Prodigious Five
Have at least one child with each of the five level four education traits.
Unwelcome Visitors
As an assassin, assassinate a Crusader King in the Holy land.
"Never start a Land War in Asia"
Start in Western Europe and completely conquer the region of Mongolia.
Papal Mache
Have elephants trample the Pope/Caliph.
Who Needs Vasco da Gama?
Own all the silk route ports in india as a European merchant republic.
Sword to Ploughshare
Settle a steppe mercenary with more than 20 martial in your lands.
The Good Old Days
Have the kingdom of Frisia as your primary title and have the duchies of Flanders and Brabant be dejure part of it.
A Servant No More
As Mu’nis al-Muzaffar of Galilee in 867, become an Emperor and have at least 100 realm size.
White Hun
Starting as the last remnant of the White Huns (the Count of Mohadavasaka in 769) restore the borders of the Hephthalite Empire.
Sakya Trizin
Starting as the Count of Sakya in 1066, rule as an independent Buddhist King or Emperor and control all Buddhist Holy Sites.
Bön Appétit!
Eat a character of the Bön religion.
The Horde
The Duel
The Voyage
The Battle
The Runestone
The Khan
The Sunset Invasion
The Feast
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