It's 15 years later and I'm 61 now. I have had 6 kids throughout my life, by 4 different women, 2 of them concubines. Unfortunately both of my sons are dead, as is one of my daughters. Three daughters survive.
It surprised me that I was homosexual when I finally went through my traits and noticed that, but it did not register with me that I had concubines and have had kids with them until later.
Anyway, they now call me King Jaroslav Ironside. For the past 15 years I have been trying to clean up the blob and consolidate parts of my three kingdom "empire" (not officially empire yet) in the north. The Polish parts of the kingdom rebel more often than the rest and I lost swiss-cheese chunks of that part of the country during the reign of the last King.. I think. Anyway, you see what I mean in the image above. I started this game back in August, when I got back from my Norway hiking trip and loaded up steam for the first time. When I lost all those Polish territories I stopped playing, but last night loaded up the game again and noticed that I was a flaming homosexual and in not such a bad shape country-wise. Forgot most other things about the game otherwise, so it feels "fresh" again and I'm into it. Not sure if that happens to you guys, but I distinctly remember thinking that this save was no longer worth playing. But then I came back and now it's amazing
I always send my King as the main leader of the army, and there are conquest wars all the time now. So many little kingdoms sprinkled throughout the northern and eastern parts of my empire, I just declare war on one after the other and gobble them up. Somehow I still haven't died and now I'm a feared & fabulous warrior. (at least in my mind)
Francia might very well have beef with me soon, I have been eyeing Bohemia and Bavaria as next states to try to dismantle. They should have a problem with that in some capacity, but it seems that my heir is the one who is going to have to deal with that. I mostly want Bohemia in my empire because this dynasty is Moravian. The game initially started as me playing as an early Polish dynasty.. but then the game went to hell and I ended up taking over as Greater Poland (instead of Poland), which by that point in time was basically just Croatia and parts of where Hungary is now. I can't remember how I have the Greater Poland crown but I do.
I doubt I can keep this whole kingdom together until I can export to EUIV (I have never done this so hopefully it's possible) but it's definitely been fun
