(Part 2) Best products from r/CrusaderKings

Ok I actually understand this, because I took Computer Systems and had to read http://www.amazon.com/Hacking-The-Art-Exploitation-Edition/dp/1593271441. This is awesome.

You'll be fine. I have an Athlon X4 750K clocked at 3.4GHz and the game runs fine. It slows down if two massive empires declare war on each other, but it's still bearable.

Keep in mind that the game takes longer to load if you have lots of DLC. I have all the DLC and the game takes like 3 minutes to load from an SSD (probably 1 minute without any DLC.)

Also, you really should get an SSD. They're cheap enough that there's no excuse not to have one. Samsung's EVO series are arguably the best. 120GB is enough to install your OS and a few games.

This book is the authority on the subject and a great read.

The Accursed Kings series is amazing imo.

Ah! When I was 13, I bought a historical atlas with maps by that cartographer, including that one. It's what got first got me really interested in history. And now I'm halfway through an MA the subject :p.

Nostalgia! :D.

Collision at Cajamarca from Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs and Steel. Contains a contemporary account of the decisive battle between Francisco Pizarro's band of conquistidores and Atahualpa and the entire Incan empire.

Fascinating read.

You missed a 75% off from steam about 4 days ago :(

I'd say keep checking for steam discounts, and here are other places that usually offer discounts but you'll have to wait for them to come around.

gamersgate amazon greenmangaming gamestreamer

I think I can safely say that it is not on sale anywhere at the moment

It takes real work to get a score like this.

Occasional Allied shittery does not equal, excuse, or justify chronic Axis shittery as a matter of policy.

Sorry, I kind of simplified - i both read them in a book and read accounts in the library at the museum where i work and don't remember the author of those/i was reading those because they were getting moved to storage.

The book i originally read is The Last Apocalypse which is about how in about a 50 year timespan around the first millennium christendom went from almost getting wiped off the map (vikings, muslims, magyars) to converting scandinavia, forming christian kingdoms in poland and hungary, converting much of russia under vladimir the great, pushing the muslims out of italy and the fall of the biggest enemy, the umayyad caliphate in spain.

its quite a good read and focuses on not being completely accurate history but telling both what we know and what legends say to provide a full picture of not only the events but the people involved. The author calls it an apocalypse because not only the writers of the time thought it was but because this survival and expansion of Christendom was such a dramatic change in history.

> how much would you have to spend to keep a dirt road serviceable?

You're kind of underthinking it. Keeping a road serviceable for regular traffic, especially when taking into accounts vehicles like wagons, is a lot of work. Some decent rain will turn that road into mud when there's heavy traffic, and suddenly you barely have a road anymore.

If you have nothing better to do with your time, I could actually recommend The Pursuit of Glory, which points out proper road maintenance as one of the core pillars of Europe entering the modern age.

Domald Tromp, I'm surprised you haven't heard of him, many books have been written about him.

Edit: Like this book

I like the Gamersgate version, since all other versions are linked to steam, whereas gamersgate's is DRM-free. It does lead to DLC compatability issues though. Only the DLC bought on Gamersgate counts, and everything else only activates on steam.

Amazon's having a deal too though. It requires steam, but it comes with some DLC and a bunch of other paradox games.

http://www.amazon.com/Plethora-of-Paradox-Games-Download/dp/B008G0ZVLE

You always have the option of the just reading the novels.


Edit: Grammar fix.

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Then do this one

For that particular one, http://www.amazon.com/Crusader-Kings-II-Celtic-Portraits/dp/B00DIIYYVC/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415585627&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=crusader+kings+2+breton+portraits

About $9.
https://www.amazon.com/Vinci-Code-Robert-Langdon/dp/0307474275

It's been said (and here's a source, such as it is) that Vikings drew no distinction between the two.