Get a summary of the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. Make your vehicle more authentic We regularly introduce new decals you may unlock andor purchase. Shop Target for PC games you will love at great low prices. Free shipping on most orders and free sameday pickup in store. Game of Thrones diary part one surviving Westeros Welcome to the Game of Thrones diary, in which Rich plays as Ned Stark and tries to stay alive in the excellent Game of Thrones mod for Crusader Kings 2. The diary may contain spoilers for Game of Thrones book one and season one of the TV show. This is part one. Cytron Laptop Drivers. Once youre ready, use these links to make your way to part two, part three, part four, part five and part six. Rich 4 Game Pc' title='Rich 4 Game Pc' />Crusader Kings II is a game about scheming, plotting and advanced nefariousness in a medieval setting. It has a cast of hundreds of characters with observable traits, from tactical geniuses to lackwit blunderers, via lustful philanderers and chaste holy men. George R R Martins Song of Ice and Fire books are about scheming, plotting and advanced nefariousness in a medieval setting. You can probably work out the rest. The two sync up so well, it only was a matter of time before Martins low fantasy setting was ported into Paradoxs strategy game. Pleasingly, that time wasnt very long the Game of Thrones mod was released in beta by a group of industrious CKII fans just eight months after the main game. Its now stable, comprehensive and easy to install. Its what Ill be using in this diary, and I heartily recommend you pop over to www. A quick note this series will contain spoilers for the Game of Thrones TV series and books. Ill keep major revelations from the first book onwards under my helm, but if youve somehow managed to avoid the novels first released in 1. HBO series, then pick them up and gobble them down like a juicy capon leg before reading on. Valar Morghulis. All men must die. Im OK with that, but do all men have to die right nowTheres a whole world to be seen, the continent of Westeros rendered in beautiful patchwork colours on Crusader Kings IIs map screen. Theres Dorne, jutting out into the sea in the south sandy and warm, and split by culture Dornishmen of sand, stone and salt. Theres the greenery of the Reach and the Riverlands, filling the heart of the country. Highgardens vineyards and Riverruns, um, rivers, which one day Id like to visit, be welcomed as a guest and a friend. To the west, Casterly Rock and Lannisport to the east, the imposing crags of the Vale. I roll my mousewheel down and zoom in on the highest peak the Eyrie, home of house Arryn. Its dusted white, like one of Georges laboriously described cakes. And then theres my pretend home Winterfell. Westeross north is big, more expansive but more empty than the continents other regions. Im expected to govern it alone, to manage a host of squabbling vassals and underlings, all while dealing with the seemingly inevitable my own death. Im playing Crusader Kings II as Ned Stark, head of the Stark household, and boss of the north. The a. Go. T mod gives players a choice of starting period, and thus, their cast of characters. I chose to climb into Neds armoured boots just after famous fatty and Neds best pal Robert Baratheon has claimed the throne. Its supposed to be a time of peace after the loopy rule of mad King Aerys II, but George R R Martin doesnt make things easy for his characters. Theres that morghulis thing, for one. Robert, after successfully rebelling against an incumbent king, loses a fight with a boar and unceremoniously dies in bed with his guts falling out. Ned doesnt even make it through one book before he has his head lopped off by his pals son and kingly replacement Joffrey Baratheon. Ned is nave and unflinchingly honourable to his own detriment. In the books, Ned is nave and unflinchingly honourable to his own detriment. Its what gets him killed, and its a trait I dont intend to take on myself. Crusader Kings II simulates all the intrigue of thousands of power plays moving and interlocking across a vast political landscape. It lets you start plots against people, build spy networks, even kill your own wife. Im not going to be like Ned. Im going to scheme and sneak, backstab and betray. Im going to take in the big picture, and play the pawns against each other. One small problem bar some minor dabbling, Ive not played much of Crusader Kings. Its game mechanics are to me as courtly deceit and diplomacy were to Ned. I must start small. Objective 1 not to die. I spend the first year of Roberts reign jumpy. Im not sure quite how much of a. Go. Ts fiction is hardcoded into the mod, and Im expecting Robert to die at any moment. If CKII had a letter writing feature, Id be sending him constant telegrams saying FOR GODS SAKE STAY AWAY FROM PIGS like a porcophobic weirdo. I want to keep Robert on side. He is, as king, the biggest presence in all Westeros. Hes also got some seriously impressive claims. Claims are your ticket to more land in CKII get a claim, and you can invade a territory without some higher power smiting you for your insolence. As Ned, Ive got lordship of Winterfell and therefore, the north but nothing else. Robert has dibs on the southeastern Storms End, as well as another four territories. Fortunately, Robert likes me. Each CKII character from king down to courtier has two numbers on their character sheet. The first details how much they like you, the second how much you like them, dictated by a set of variables. Robert wishes Ned was a bit more hedonistic, knocking ten points off the score, but their shared bravery, battle history, and affinity for stabbing the shit out of things makes them fast friends. I could call Rob a fat bastard and hed still share his capon with me.