Crusader Kings 2: A Tutorial for Complete Beginners - Part 1/3

The base CK2 game is now FREE -- a move so brilliant, it's weird that it took this long to happen. Want to join in the stabbing-your-brother-to-sleep-with-your-half-sister fun? Here's a guide for complete beginners!

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[claykress]

“There’s a variety of buttons over here” a pretty good summery of the entire game.

[seba]

"Wait, is that my wife?" CK2 in one sentence right there.

[nomooon]

This is exactly the type of tutorial beginners like me need. Some of the other tutorials simply reads everything, which I can do myself, but what I really need is some generalization based on experience, so that I can construct a vague concept of this game's structure in my head.

[samuricexful]

“I’ve given up on this game many times, I should try to watch a tutorial.”

Imagine seeing the tutorial is 40 mins and it’s only part 1 of 3...

[joeuncoolio]

I am one of those "hey look it's free now" people. Thanks for the series.

[CptEggman]

I have about 300 hours in CK2. Time to watch this tutorial!

[quill]

This tutorial is for people who have never played Crusader Kings 2 before -- this is a perfect time to jump into the series because the base game is now FREE! I have no expansions installed for this series... and it really amazes me how well vanilla CK2 stands up. I mean...some of the expansions are soooo good, but the base game is still an awesome experience if you've never played before and don't need a thousand new sub-systems and a billion new events.

[mfapinheiro]

Was I the only one who found hilarious that Quill described feudalism as a pyramid scheme?

[Steamed]

Literally just played my first 2 hours of the game and failed the tutorial stage immediately

[cantecleer]

Took me about 50 hours (and watching tutorials ) to even barely understand what was going on in this game. Then another 50 hours before I started to feel like I got the game. Here I am 1000+ hours later and still learning new things and enjoying the hell out of this title. I don't have that many of the DLC's either. What a great game!

[El_RNJesus]

I have around 700 hours and still have no clue what to do.

[alvarohernani]

I started as King of Mumu and ended up as King of Egypt with strong claims over Hungary in just 5 characters 🤣

[igotissues]

Came for the tutorial, stayed for the hilarious pronunciation of Irish names!

[rblinson]

"WHAT?! My wife's a genius?" lol The King ignores his wife confirmed.

[mr.jglokta]

18 minutes in and I'm already understanding things better than that feckin' so called "tutorial"

Thanks mate!

[TheZombifiedGuy]

Fun drinking game to play while watching these tutorials: every time quill uses the phrase "bend the knee, " drink!

Good luck.

[PGMP]

NICE
FINALLY a update to OLD tutorials with outdated information.

[edmundmanuel]

"Painting the map is not the real joy and magic of crusader kings"

**laughs in empire and horrific border gore**

[Cocoabytes]

Thanks man! I have been looking at CK2 in my steam library for a few years now, opening just for a few minutes then closing. Finally decided to play and used your video here. NOW I'M ADDICTED!

[Akkryon]

I learned how to play EuIV from you. Now, four months later, I'm here to learn CK2. You have some great tutorials!