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So if France is winning the war handily, they'll probably finish it off and we'll get smacked down and perhaps imprisoned/executed. Since our long-term goal is likely to become a king on our own-either of France or independently-this French Civil War may be a good time to declare independence. There are two ways you can manage this, one immediate, one long-term. On the other hand, if you attack the static party and they win their other, your war on them will continue, but they'll probably be stronger and can beat you more easily. If you attack a rebelling lord, and he or she gets beaten before you can win, you lose all progress in the war-it just ends.
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Here's the crucial issue: most rebellions fail.
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Picking which of these, if any, to take part in requires a significant amount of risk management. And to the east, in the Holy Roman Empire, a massive rebellion focused in Italy threatens to detach huge chunks of land. To the south, the Spanish kingdoms are both defending against Muslim incursions and their own civil wars. France is in the middle of a civil war, with the Duke of Burgundy in the east making a play for the throne. Remember when we started the war with Toulouse and the Count of Auvergne decided to launch his rebellion then? That's exactly what's necessary.Īs it stands, in 1074, my Aquitaine game is a paradise for opportunists, as a quick glance at the map makes clear. When you see armies start moving around, or when you see kingdoms or empires suddenly break up, they're weakened. Isolate your rivals and attack when they're weakest. Isolating weak leaders and picking off their lands is the general best strategy in Crusader Kings II.īe the wolf. I chose Nantes because the Duchy of Brittany is isolated and should be fairly easy to defeat in a war, and it won't necessarily weaken France as a whole. Let's reload our game in Aquitaine to check out some other expansion strategies. That's enough with Saxony for now, though you can try it later if you want to. That's two generations away, but it'll probably happen, and make you a local power. So arrange that marriage.Īs long as the laws remain the same in both Saxony and Tuscany, and the leaders aren't overthrown, this will lead to their child taking over both Duchies. As another important duchy in the Holy Roman Empire, Tuscany would make a great ally and an even better addition to our lands. Mathilde, the Duchess of Tuscany, happens to be at the top of that list. Go to your son's Arrange Marriage menu, and you'll note that women with titles are at the top of the list. The Duke of Saxony, in northern Germany, has an unmarried, adult male heir, which is what we need. In order to see how this works, we'll have to start a new game. The most peaceful form of acquisition is the marriage of two houses, with the heir eventually managing to take both, so long as the succession laws in both lands work out.