Crusader Kings 3, the latest Grand Strategy game from Paradox Interactive, has been churning out amazing stories of family drama since launch. Crusader Kings 3 offers a complicated mixture of role playing simulation and grand strategy, where players control a medieval dynasty across generations. Whether players are a Spanish King, a Viking Chieftain, or the Holy Roman Emperor, Crusader Kings 3's ability to conjure interesting, if sometimes wacky, family dramas continues to be the best part about it.
Sometimes these stories emerge completely organically, with Crusader Kings 3's simulation systems coming together in just the right way. Other times players are a little more crafty in engineering Crusader Kings 3, and that's saying nothing about using Crusader Kings 3's best mods to mess with things further. In any case, Crusader Kings 3's popularity has showered the internet with tons of amazing, cruel, and hilarious stories.
Crusader Kings 3's family dramas make up some of the most enduringly popular parts of game's legacy. Players are quick to post their absurd situations across social media and the game's forums, highlighting the ease with which complicated dynastic systems can come crashing down at the drop of a baby... from a window. These stories are by far the most interesting family dramas discovered so far, and they run the gamut from the crazily coincidental to the most depraved acts of kingly manipulation.
Crusader Kings 3: The Baby Dictator
Crusader Kings 3 lacks a proper regency model. This leads to some crazy instances of small babies conducting important diplomacy, increasing their military power, and participating in certain unusual festivities. Reddit user u/Stained_Class posted about his character Duke Luidolf II who, at the age of 2, played matchmaker for his poor widowed mother. "Your son and heir Hamelin and my mother Onna will be united in marriage," his letter to his neighbor Duke Hamelin of Provence, proudly exclaims. Reddit user u/HaigIn88 posted his own baby trouble, with a 7 year old vassal introducing him to a 31 year old barmaid, "slamming a tankard of ale" on the bar in the process. They grow up quick in Viking-era Scandinavia, it seems.
Crusader Kings 3: The Evil Twin
Crusader Kings 3's complicated family systems mean that players might miss some key developments while they try to manage their own character's growth and career. In Reddit user u/Mackntish's case, a series of deaths in quick succession landed them as an infant twin. They grew up into a proud queen while their twin became the most handsome man in the land and a renowned womanizer. Unfortunately u/Mackntish's husbands kept inexplicably dying, resulting in rebellions and powerful Crusader Kings 3 factions. After four deaths in eight years, the plot was revealed. The womanizing twin was responsible, and doing it because he was in love with the queen all along! Crusader King 3 doesn't need scripted drama when this is what the AI pulls together.
Crusader Kings 3: Dad's a Cannibal
Streamer Moonmoon's character went on a wild quest in order to ensure their chosen offspring became next in line for succession. The details are hazy, but revolve around Moonmoon's character abducting and eating every other child in the line of succession, somehow without arousing any suspicion. Eight Kids in total disappeared. Usually Crusader Kings 3's spymasters are a little more on the ball about serial cannibalism, but Moonmoon succeeded in their quest. Their chosen heir took the throne and their character died happy and well fed, sneaking a delicious pope in there amongst all the poor children.
Crusader Kings 3 certainly allows for some crazy drama to dominate court life. In some cases, players don't even have to work very hard at it. The game's ability to craft fascinating stories has helped critics from all over love Crusader Kings 3. The AI does an excellent job of keeping players on their toes. In other cases, Crusader Kings 3's ability to let players mold their experience and use any means necessary to claw their way to the top of medieval Europe really shines through.