Non-nomadic rulers will have special options for combating nomads, such as constructing forts in wild enemy lands.

Over a hundred new events add extra color and flair to the Steppes and Central Asia.

Also, the rulerвЂ™s power must be balanced against the interests of the various Clans within the realm (Clans are not normal vassals, but rather distinct families and factions within the nomad group). These function in a radically different way from sedentary societies - you manage populations instead of holdings, and armies are raised based on population size. Nomadic government available for steppe cultures.

New Central Asian cultures: Tarim Basin and large parts of Mongolia added to map.

The time has come to take the reins of history and become the Great Khan! Introducing new systems and game mechanics such as a new government form as well as the possibility of having tributary states, this expansion will also provide you with the opportunity to saddle up and build your empire from horseback.Д®xpanding and controlling trade on the ancient Silk Road in order to finance your conquests is an option - but beware - others will also try to gain control of these lucrative routes, and enemy raiders may try to destroy your trade posts if you donвЂ™t guard them well.Д¬an you build a Pax Mongolica and dominate Eurasia, connecting East and West under your rule and creating a new era of prosperity? Or will you be the terrible sword that swats down what others have built, crushing all in your path?

Wilderness as Dungeon - Monster Rooms, Strongholds.Crusader Kings II: Horse Lords is the ninth expansion for the best-selling strategy RPG Crusader Kings II, and offers expanded gameplay based around the dynamic and vibrant nomadic cultures of the Eurasian steppes.

Simple Domains: Vassals and Tributaries.

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Vassal domains providing troops instead of taxes seems like it might be a good way to accelerate the domain game, where the ability to accumulate an army is the limiting factor of an up-and-coming fighter. A trading city has plenty of cash but no access to good troops asking them to maintain an army for you is a greater burden, and will reduce their domain morale. A hill tribe that you've subjugated may be happy to provide warriors, but they're cash-poor. Perhaps the arrangement between sub-domains and their sovereign has some influence on morale, depending on the nature of the underlying domain. You don't need to trust them with a double-size standing army, but if you want to turn their taxes into mercenaries, it will take you time. Tributary domains, on the other hand, pay all of their obligations to their sovereign in cash.

When you call up vassal troops, roll loyalty of the vassal if you roll badly they make excuses and send only a fraction of their obligated troops. Henchman domains are typically vassals, because they're loyal enough to trust with troops. Maybe this is a good spot to use per-culture mercenary mixes when you call your vassals up, they don't bring super-specialist armies, just the troops of their peoples' way of war. Taking a quick look over Simple Borderlands domains, it looks like if you roll your taxes into garrison you end up with about twice the standing troops you otherwise would, so I don't think this is wildly unreasonable - it's not like we're taking domains with 5kgp/mo in garrison and asking them to assemble 50kgp/mo standing armies for their lords to call up. The vassal domain's primary obligation is troops - rather than paying taxes in cash, it pays them (all or mostly) by maintaining and supplying troops and putting them at the disposal of its sovereign. Maybe a good option for Simple Domains would be to classify vassal and tributary domains a little differently.ДЄ vassal domain is one whose ruler has entered into a feudal contract with another domain. It has me thinking about my Estates ideas from back when. I've been playing Crusader Kings 2 again lately, and the split between feudal vassals who give you troops and city vassals who give you money is interesting.

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