How many restarts will it take to WIN as ENGLAND in 1066??

Ah Harold Godwinson. Some say one of the hardest starts in Crusader Kings. CK3 hardest starts is one of my favourite ck3 challenges, so today I thought I'd take on William the Conqueror and Harold Hadrada at the same time and see if I can best them! Certainly one of the most interesting starts in CK3, we're going to see if we can do it with NO ALLIIES! I've not seen a guide for CK3 harold godwinson for the CK3 1066 start, but here we go!

Let's see - How many restarts will it take to WIN as HAROLD GODWINSON in CK3 - 1066?

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[TheSocialStreamers]

So a few people are wondering why I found the "False Earl Company" funny - like I said, it's super niche and proves me to be a history nerd but:

Godwin (Harold Godwinson's father) who was excellent at the political game, managed to outmanoeuvre Edward the Confessor and placed his sons in positions of power such that almost all seats of power underneath the king directly were controlled by Godwin and his sons, stripping the King of his power, essentially. Despite this, there looked to be a moment where Edward would triumph against Godwin, with Godwin and his sons exiled (The King ordered Godwin to ravage his own town of Dover to punish the people - Godwin refused). They returned and managed to restore their power, after which Godwin died at a banquet, allegedly proclaiming his innocence in the matter of treason and the King's brother's death (he probably did kill him) by stating something along the lines of "let this crust pass through me to show my innocence" - this crust then kills him (probably Norman propoganda, this).

So why did I find it funny? Well, Godwin was exiled and his sons stripped of power, with some obscure sources stating that Edward referred to Godwin as "my false Earl". The irony of his son being protected by the "False Earl Company" was rather amusing to me.

Like I said, SUPER niche but I studied the hell out of the Godwinsons. Godwin is an unknown figure and had his son beaten the Conqueror, would have likely been known as one of the greatest political machinators in English history. But alas, events did not play out that way, and Godwin slipped unnoticed into the footnotes of another king.

[jacklovejoy]

The number of times Laith sends his army at the enemy with no general is infuriating

[cyanblue]

Prediction: Laith never succeeds in outright war but something glitches and he wins somehow.

[nikolaitregouet]

Well, to win this, it would be good to have an army WITH A LEADER

[cheeseofglass]

Never played this scenario in 3, but in 2 I remember: the county of Lincoln (I think) was a swamp and surrounded by rivers on all sides, making it great defensive terrain. I would rush to defeat the Norwegians as quickly and favorably as possible, and then just turtle in Lincoln until the Normans attacked me.
Seems like the Norwegians are stronger this time around, that makes it harder, they were just a nuisance in 2

[antonjanicki]

Forming Neo Israel with a Eastern African start seems like an ideal masochistic start you could do. If you’re keen on doing a Spanish start after that multiplayer game you had with your friends, I’d recommend trying out Seville. Historically they were forced to pay parias by Alfonso VI in the North and desperately turned to the Moroccan Almoravids for help, which ended up being their demise. You could try to use them to rebuild the Umayyad Caliphate and “Avenge the Battle of Tours”.

[kieransligh]

The ai did this in one of my games. I was playing as Ireland and after I united it, I saw that the Empire of Brittania had been perfectly divided among de jure lines with only wales not having the Kingdom title. I immediately gave Wales enough gold to create a Kingdom.

[greekfoxgod]

This Video pushed my self confidence to the moon, I've never seen someone who struggles so hard playing Harold.

[umutcankoc]

Reconquer Britannia as a Celtic ruler and become the Pendragon

[SirSquier]

In real life harald was the better army but Harold got lucky and got him with his pants down.

[arkadiuszrenc]

To win with larger enemy you want to split your armies so they don't attrition and wait untill enemy gets split so much you can hunt smaller armies or they just die and get debuffed from attrition. If youthink England is hard, never tried winning with Seljuks as Byzantium

[just_addd_water_to_your_ramen]

Just use Harold as your commander he's always spawns with the trait organizer meaning you get to decide where your battles take place wait a little bit for the ai to lose supplies and crush them again and again. In defensive wars defenders battle score is not capped meaning all you have to do is: not have an important character get captured, not lose your capitol, don't lose battles or atleast not very many and don't lose too much land. Just keep winning battles.I played as Harold and managed to conquer Wales and Scotland before he died after I defeated the Normans and Norwegians.

[makiskanyt]

"I what this claim of ireland because it feels right" now this is the most British thing I've ever seen

[loganbryant]

Would love to see this playthrough continued; perhaps playing as Jerusalem

[abrahamelnikety]

I remember in a playthrough I started out as Norse, took over England, then Northern France, then made both Norman culture and English culture

[wiwersewindemer]

Okay, I really *really* want a sequel to this one. Play until the end date, anyone?

[ellidominusser]

I picked England in 1066 as my first game. Didnt realize i was at war, so i declared on scotland and then realized i was at war lol
I just stopped playing after that

[SaxonSpooner]

Does anyone know what the Company of the False Earl was about?

[volpelastname]

The ai almost always repels the invaders in my saves. The second most likely scenario is William wins and after he dies the Anglo-Saxons revolt and put someone of Godwin on the throne. In almost two years I think I've seen Norway take England once only for the Anglo-Saxons to revolt

[Vismark]

Easiest war to win, but love seeing Laith struggle