CK3 Beginner's Guide To Becoming An Emperor Even Grandma Would Understand

**USE THE TIMESTAMPS**
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:27 - Run #1: Starting Ruler
0:03:02 - Run #1: Opening Moves
0:11:55 - Run #1: First Wars
0:26:29 - Run #1: First Dutchy Title & First Vassal
0:39:20 - Run #1: Becoming A King
0:41:04 - Run #1: Accolades (They are really OP)
0:49:43 - Run #1: How to get LAND instead of VASSALS from dutchy wars
0:52:20 - Run #1: Getting invaded by Vikings while in another war
0:57:23 - Run #1: Taking Big Chunks of Land on the Big Island
0:59:02 - Run #1: Dealing With Peasant Uprising
0:59:56 - Run #1: Educating Our Heir
1:03:50 - Run #1: Long Term Vassal Planning
1:29:47 - Run #1: Upgrading Buildings (finally)
1:34:31 - Run #1: A War, Rebellion and Viking Invasion at once
1:50:38 - Run #1: Raiding for Prestige and declaring Kingdom Level war
1:55:20 - Run #2: Start of the 2nd Run
2:07:02 - Run #2: First Wars
2:09:29 - Run #2: Take Advantage of Prisoners
2:11:56 - Run #2: Assign Marshall to Increase Control
2:19:41 - Run #2: Toggle Wife for Stats Boost
2:20:30 - Run #2: Upgrading to Dutchy Rank
2:21:23 - Run #2: Picking First Lifestyle Perk
2:22:06 - Run #2: Creating 1st Vassal
2:23:58 - Run #2: Truces & How To Avoid Them
2:25:03 - Run #2: Single Female Prisoners are the Best
2:26:25 - Run #2: How to Properly Manage first vassal
2:27:08 - Run #2: Becoming A King
2:29:21 - Run #2: Dealing with Viking Invasion
2:31:02 - Run #2: Creating First Accolade
2:32:59 - Run #2: Taking More Than 1 Piece of Land Per War
2:36:07 - Run #2: Ireland Conquest Done, Start Attacking Main Island
2:37:48 - Run #2: Planning for Succession with 3 Sons
2:41:36 - Run #2: Dealing With Peasant Uprising Rebellion
2:43:28 - Run #2: Educating Primary Heir
2:48:22 - Run #2: DON'T Usurp title, Wait To Create Title
2:55:46 - Run #2: Don't Pick Level 1 Dynasty Legacy
2:57:08 - Run #2: Combat Vs. Large Enemies
3:01:21 - Run #2: How to Convert Gold Into Prestige
3:06:40 - Run #2: Raid When There Aren't Good War Targets
3:10:00 - Run #2: Satisfying 2nd & 3rd Sons' Succession Through Gifted Titles
3:15:31 - Run #2: Sending Kids To Death To Avoid Succession Issues
3:18:24 - Run #2: Massive War for England
3:20:55 - Run #2: Why Marrying Older Women Is Better
3:28:33 - Run #2: Dealing With Worst Case Scenario (War, Viking Invasion, Rebellion, Ruler Death All At Once)
3:41:27 - Run #2: Declaring Multiple Wars At The Same Time

If you want to support the channel further, here are a couple options!
Channel Membership -

[Mstrzelecki]

The title sold me. If even a GRANDMA can understand this guide, then I am in the right place! Thank you for all the insightful information.

[dualrotorhelicopter]

thank you so much, that matrilineal courtier thing is invaluable to know

[shannon]

Us Grandpa's feelin sad...we have brains too! :) Still happy to watch and learn.

[trustdad]

I bought CK3 Royal court yesterday and when starting i was overwelmed, not knowing what to do or start. Looked up some vids but they where all plain basic. But then i got this one. 3H.45M of explanations! I watched the full lenght and i just got king of Ireland. I actually understand what i am doing! I hope you make another one with slight more indept mechanics, like setting up the royal court or how to play UNDER a Liege bc i got stuck on what to do. Keep it up!!

[flywheel]

I am a medieval history buff, and a genuine Grandma. I can confirm that this guide IS old person-friendly. Thank you for this effort. At last I have a decent grasp of the game.

[DBVP]

35:25 the marshal that got killed was also commanding your army. You forgot to assign the new marshal or yourself as commander of the army before going back into battle. Great seeing another one of your guides! 🥳

[Rufuluss]

18:58 - Ah we cut this guy's foot off, it's kinda cool" - a legend also thank you. I've started my adventure with CK3 yesterday and your video helped me solidify all most important questions I had at the beginning and how all it works. Considering how much info is being bamboozled at you at all times, it is great you explain what is what and why.

[koli]

i cant believe i would ever actually watch a 3 hour guide to a paradox game in one sitting but here i am. great video 🙏🙏🙏

[PoisonI.V.]

Oh hell yes, i fucking love Irish starts in CK3. Still feels casual enough to be called tutorial Island, but more involved than in CK2

[pancakesown]

Im only 30 minutes in but I i have to say you clearly have a knack for this. you touch on little details for people who are a touch more experienced but dont dwell on them to prevent overwhelming grandma. you did good work here

[innieplays]

What an awseome informative video! I absolutely LOVE your "Grandma" guides and they are so so helpful! I find myself "knowing" what to do in the beginning, but then I hit a stalemate where I just dont kow what to do any more. The whole granting lands and the succession thing is something I struggle with so that was very helpful to me and I learned a lot. It was also informative to see that you could just throw the AI off by going close and kinda just playing chicken with him hehe.

[charlesschneider]

I really appreciate that you show two attempts at this. It shows newer/ less experienced players what to expect and not go in thinking everything will go smoothly. Loved run #1, I will hit up #2 in a bit

[bahutoopa]

You are probably the only “guides” channel I would trust blindly. You never fail to impress with your guides. Although, I would love to see you making more in depth guides and more advance guides for CK3, literally everyone has basic and beginner friendly guide. Would love to see some rags to riches or playing tall guides

[JacubMorris]

Started my first play through following your last guide and managed to secure all of Brittania but now stuck with my grandson as the ruler and he is a horribly rolled lol. Been fun, so excited to check out this video

[Datan]

Oh thank god, you’ve also made a tutorial for this game. Played like 20 hours without looking at guides and everything. Now let’s go on a guide binge

[AlexTClark]

I have over 2000 hours in ck3 so I already employ 99% of the strategies and maxims present in this video, however, I had no idea you could sort by prowess in the marriage screen. For over 2k hours I have sorted by martial and clicked through the candidates manually to find the ones that happen to also have decent prowess. Even though I cringed at tiny things being forgotten from time to time, the level of care and thought put into this video make it very very worth the runtime. Well done

[CallMeAl]

thanks to this run 1 guide i got to conquer all of Britannia and then move on to conquer most of Europe within 60 or so years.

[DerpaholicGaming]

Explaining as you go and the pace your going at for whatever reason made this game so much easier to understand. Good stuff mang!

Edit: I was really confused on the Accolades thing because I didn't have the "tours and tournaments" expansion and it took me a bit to figure out why I didnt have access to it.

[joeytoofly]

You give some extremely good tutorials. I'm digging the ck3 content.

[traklf]

I have 1200 hours on this game and I still picked up a ton of tips from this video, thanks!