Alternatively, share your favorite mods for CK2, preferably ones that don’t rely on DLCs since I have only been playing for a few months and haven’t bought any

In case of mods, full overhaul would be ideal, but that’s a lot of work, so here’s my order of importance:

  1. map
  2. races
  3. religion
  4. cultures

I also have vanilla Europa Universalis IV, but I haven’t tried it out yet

Another thing worth pointing out: I’m NOT looking for a 4X, I don’t like the military / conquer focus of the genre

What I like in CK2:

  • micromanaging marriages to (hopefully) get good stats and claims or land
  • I can lose a lot without a game over
  • personal feel of playing a dynasty instead of a country (but that’s okay, too)
  • keeping a realm stable and vassals loyal
  • “how have I become the king of X?”, sometimes caused by forgetting my own plans
  • “England, it’s the 11th century, you shouldn’t be creating a colonial empire yet!” - probably won’t apply to a fantasy world, but I think it’s still worth mentioning
  • staying alive is simple enough to try funny plans, like turning Byzantine Empire heretic
  • interesting achievements
  • working native Linux version
  • overall interpersonal relationship management

After seeing my friend play Victoria III and Europa Universalis V, I think I’d enjoy a game with a more economic focus. I’ll probably buy EU5 if it gets a fantasy mod with world generator, but that’s probably gonna take a looong while.

  • Mikina@programming.devEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    I’m guessing you want fantasy/history, but since you didn’t specify it, if cyberpunk is something ypu’re interrested in, I highly recommend https://store.steampowered.com/app/2001070/Heart_of_the_Machine/.

    It’s a unique game. Not exactly 4x, but kind of choose your own adventure / rpg / 4x game, where you play a newly awekened sentient android/AI in a dystopic city, that is left alone by corporation because they want to see what you do.

    There’s extremely branching story that works across timelines/playthrough, you have a lot of options from “fuck humans uplift animals” through “i’m your god”, " I house the homeles", to “this is my city now” or “VR torment nexus”, with numerous civilization destrpying dooms you’re trying to solve along the way.

    It’s pretty cool, and I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it.

    While it doesn’t have dynasties or span ages, it does work with time travel where you affect your new/other timelines, which are new playthroughs.

    So, it’s probably not the fantasy kingdom management sim you’re looking for, but just in case you don’t mind cyberpunk and a smaller scale, I highly recommend this. It’s my top 4x hybrid I’ve played so far.