History Funny / CrusaderKings

* If two characters in the third game have a secret lesbian relationship and one of them becomes pregnant, there used to be a chance that their lover [[PregnancyDoesNotWorkThatWay might demand to know if the baby is theirs]] the same way a heterosexual partner might. This was since patched out... unless one of the characters in question is Stupid, in which case they might still ask anyway.

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* The ''Iberian Intrigue'' series of developer streams for [=CK3=] provide numerous funny moments, as even the developers themselves are blind-sided by some of the things that happen:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wKAvyPJ5M Within minutes]] of the game starting an event fires that reveals the player character's sister is pregnant... [[BrotherSisterIncest by the player character:]] [[note]]Said incest could have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Zamora happened historically]], and in fact the character started with it[[/note]]
-->(reading the event text) "...by our carnal relations." Wait, ''our'' carnal relations?! Oh my god, this is such a cliché... we've been playing what, a minute? And already we're sleeping with our sister!
** Said sister proves to be an excellent spymaster, as well as trying to hook the PC up with an attractive barmaid, despite still being in a relationship with the PC:
--> This lady will do anything for us! You want some secrets, I have them here. You want this woman, I will get them for you.
** The devs scheme to abduct the King of France, comparing it to a modern day heist. The star member of their "crew?" [[EmbarrassingNickname "Syphilis Guy!"]]
** The heist succeeds and the King of France is taken prisoner. Because the King is very wealthy, rather than ransom him straight away, the devs hold out for the full 200 gold ransom. But then they decide to torture him [[NiceJobBreakingItHero (at the goading of the stream chat, no less)]] only for the King to die as a result literally the moment the ransom demand is made, earning them nothing.
** The devs getting confused over [[NamesTheSame how many dudes there are in their realm called "Rodrigo"]] and end up using their juicy hooks on the wrong people.
** After contracting Lover's Pox due to a visit to the brothel (thanks to the stream chat goading them again), it turns out this is the only thing that will cause the PC's sister to dump them. Not all the murder and scheming, not the illegitimate children, but ''itchy balls.''
** Shortly after this, a powerful Muslim neighbour declares holy war. With no chance against them, the PC spontaneously converts to Islam just to appease the aggressor:
--> Did I say "Reconquista?" No, I meant "Praise Allah!" You must have misheard me.
** When talking about the Holy War event, the devs confirm that religious conversion may not always work as appeasement. The aggressor might straight up admit that they were actually using their religion as an excuse to steal your land and invade you anyway. So now all your subjects hate you for being an infidel ''and'' you're about to be crushed by an superior neighbour.
** In the final episode, they try to murder their sister's husband so they can take her as their second spouse (being Muslim allows secondary spouses) only to forget that she is not only their spymaster, but also one of the best spymasters in the world at the moment. This goes about as well as you might expect.
** And as if things couldn't get any worse, the king now has Great Pox, AKA Syphilis [[{{Squick}} (but they're still having kids)]] and has become a cannibal. All this craziness causes some of the commenters to accuse the devs of rigging the game to be as wacky as possible, but as long time players of CK can confirm, this madness is ''perfectly normal'' for Crusader Kings!

* There can be some rather... odd AI interactions within the game. For example, as an Irish King, it's possible to (through bloodline ties to the throne) become nominated by a Faction to become King of England, or large chunks of it... and ''actually attain the throne''. Granted, it's likely that your dynasty will be kicked off as soon as there's a SuccessionCrisis, but for that particular King's lifespan, you'll be wondering how the hell it happened.
** It's always great when you unexpectedly inherit something. You were focusing on keeping your kingdom together, and you unexpectedly inherit a large chunk of France.
* It's more than possible for a wife and husband to be King and Queen Consort of each other's territory (the King of one country is the King Consort of his Queen's country, and vice versa). [[SlapSlapKiss They can go to war with each other, whilst being lovers and popping out kids.]] (This has since been prevented by changes to how non-aggression pacts work.)
* There is a line of scripts that cause an old ruler to [[OutWithABang expire after consummating his marriage]] with an [[UglyGuyHotWife attractive, young, lustful wife.]] His wife [[NeverLiveItDown gets the "depressed" trait after his death.]]
* In certain cases, counties, duchies and kingdoms with the same name are seperate from each other due to independence revolts and the like. [[http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?585791-The-Obligatory-CK2-Strange-Screenshot-Thread&s=898b22c790ed541061ac98ee3145b16b&p=16640631&viewfull=1#post16640631 Behold; the three eastern powers of]] [[InherentlyFunnyWords Perm,]] [[DepartmentofRedundancyDepartment Perm]] [[RuleOfThree & Perm.]]
* [[http://imgur.com/0zae7Xh Combining the "Commit Suicide" option and gaining prestige/ducats from marriages with royalty]] [[GoldDigger will make for some]] BlackHumor.
* The Lunatic trait is largely implemented as FunnySchizophrenia, so there's a lot of funny events for them (quite apart from the various oddities with horses, detailed below).
** Commissioning a Runestone with a [[CloudCuckoolander lunatic]] character made in Ruler Designer produces an interesting result.
--> [[spoiler:Kettil, proud son of a holy union between Odin, a wild mare and three forest gnomes, paid Óleifr handsomely to carve these runes. With his flying longship and crew of twelve singing rabbits, Kettil earned his fame by sailing across the Norse lands solving crime. May the Shining Tentacle preserve us all.]]
** Another Lunatic event is the passing of insane laws. Such as forcing peasants to put holes in their walls, a total ban on pants, the use of turnips as a standard currency, and... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking banning violence, promoting conversion by kindness as opposed to threat of force, and just general niceness]]. All of these give you a -15 opinion penalty with your vassals called 'Passed Insane Law'. Except for the ban on violence, which gives a -20.
** There's an event where a Lunatic seduces a rosebush. [[RuleOfFunny This can actually produce a child.]]
** If you hold a feast such as a Germanic blot and one of your guests is a Lunatic, he may start [[NakedPeopleAreFunny running around naked screaming that he's on fire]]. Normally, your character will roll their eyes, but if they're a Lunatic themselves, ''they'll join in''.
* Anyone can marry anybody of any age, which makes for some cringeworthy pairings such as a sixty year old ruler having a sixteen year old wife. [[FanDisservice Or vice-versa...]]
* The Lustful trait is more of an incredibly useful trait to have rather than a disadvantage due to the fertility boost as it guarantees your dynasty's continuation... even if your ruler is sixty years old and his wife is sixteen.
* The button text for some of the more dastardly actions frequently delves into BlackComedy. After successfully arranging for someone to die by poisoned wine, your character might comment, [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=607229219 "I think I will celebrate with... beer."]]
* A ruler with the Lunatic trait will sometimes randomly appoint their horse Glitterhoof to the post of chancellor, in reference to one of Caesar UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}'s shenanigans. This is funny by itself, but ''Conclave'' took it a step further and made Glitterhoof into an actual courtier with "Horse" culture, resulting in no end of silliness:
** [[http://kotaku.com/that-time-a-horse-conquered-the-ancient-world-1757913762 "That Time a Horse Conquered the Ancient World"]]. The short version is, a player [[NotTheIntendedUse exploited a loophole]] in the rules regarding horses to create an entire dynasty of horses that then restored the Roman Empire.
** [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-obligatory-ck2-strange-screenshot-thread.585791/page-1078#post-22117826 Glitterhoof arranges a murder.]]
** You can even make your court physician a horse. It gets even funnier when the "treatments" your horse prescribes work better than those of trained human doctors.
* Due to the fact that the game provides little incentive for AI or player rulers to follow history, some bizarre culture/religion/location combinations can occur: Such as [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/post-your-ck2-empire.588410/page-294#post-21006746 Jewish Norse Greece]].
* Low Piety can cause a random event where your vassals and courtiers begin to consider you un-Christian. [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=704776233 Even if you're all Muslims.]]
* If the Mongol Empire refuses to ally with you, the tooltip for the refusal may include the comment [[https://i.imgur.com/SngKOoq.jpg "Too busy conquering the world and you're next"]].
* The system that generates [[IAmXSonOfY patronymics]] in many cultures can produce some strange results when cultures intermarry, such as Mael-Sechnaillez (Irish father, Basque daughter). It gets even weirder with characters like the Pope whose name changes upon coronation: [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-obligatory-ck2-strange-screenshot-thread.585791/page-1095#post-22331952 the patronymic will be calculated based on their regnal name instead of their birth name.]] Another player reported having a character father a Spanish king and then be elected Pope, which led to the king's successor being King Honorius I after the Pope's regnal name.
* When you plot to assassinate somebody, one of the ways to carry out the assassination is to use exploding manure.
* Alongside ransom, torture, execution, and banishment, one of the punishments you can use on prisoners is...''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment bad poetry for a full hour]]''. Available only if your character has the Poet trait (meaning they are a good poet, and the poems being read are [[StylisticSuck purposefully bad]]), it has a small chance of driving [[SuckinessIsPainful the victim insane]]. To make it even better, some of the versions have it be that your character has a priest read extremely raunchy poems, which results in everyone present being extremely uncomfortable. They are released afterwards, meaning that reading them bad poetry ''on par with torture''.
* Some of the nicknames added for those who lose the tribal festivals in ''Holy Fury'' are hilarious. One highlight for people who lose the beauty contest is ''"[[ACupAngst The Flat Chested]]"''
* The secret bears event, even if you aren't familiar with the original joke or its fallout it's just genuinely funny. After a banquet following one of your courtiers goes to retire for the evening only for their cloths to snag on the edge of the table. Before anyone can intervene they tear clean off revealing that this particular courtier is not actually a human but instead is and presumably always has been... a bear that ''somehow'' ended up in a courtiers outfit while completely avoiding notice.
** Which could be a reference to a well known ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' game where someone jokingly made a bear character that convinced everyone he was a human.

** In a similar vein, Brave AI characters have greater willingness to enter battles in which victory is less assured. Stupid characters ''also'' have this willingness.

* [[https://old.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/search?q=What+They+Actually+Mean&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all Patch Notes: What They Actually Mean]] is a series of Website/{{Reddit}} posts that re-interpret the official notes. For example:
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/43viwb/25_patch_notes_what_they_actually_mean/ 2.5]]: The Mongol Great Khan should no longer become a paragon of peace and harmony whose mild and tranquil nature is remembered for generations.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/4z7jeu/patch_26_reapers_due_notes_what_they_actually_mean/ 2.6]]: The new epidemic map mode allows you to track how screwed the world is, and which places in particular the Powers That Be are angry with at any given time.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/paradoxplaza/comments/6bbmo6/patch_notes_what_they_actually_mean_live_full/ 2.7.1 LIVE]]: Five years later, we’re still trying to figure out how to not bork up the game when you quit to the main menu and load a new file without exiting the application.
* After [[AlternateHistory Sunset Invasion]] some forumgoerers grumbled that maybe the next DLC should have undead vikings if they're going totally ahistorical. Then in the Old Gods DLC, the message for obtaining the "Viking" trait mentions rumors of <charname> and their armies of undead raiders.
* [[http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?585791-The-Obligatory-CK2-Strange-Screenshot-Thread&s=8d6296cce200d2efef9da86ddda02f37&p=18236290&viewfull=1#post18236290 Victory against impossible odds...or not.]]
* Creator/ParadoxInteractive has caught on to [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential players' favourite pastime of killing]] [[TheScrappy Karlings]] [[TheMerch with]] [[https://www.paradoxplaza.com/crusader-kings-ii-the-family-tree-t-shirt this t-shirt.]]
* During a QA session, one of the devs revealed that one of the reasons late-game saves tended to run so slowly was because all Greek characters tended to [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/ask-paradox-development-studio-anything.615174/page-98#post-19138242 run a "Can I Castrate?" check on each and every other Greek character in the world]]. The game was literally slowed down by Greeks constantly debating genital mutilation.
* [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-obligatory-ck2-strange-screenshot-thread.585791/page-1077#post-22090868 Game portraits from CK2]] have begun replacing historical images of rulers in search results on some search engines.
* In general, the game's tendency toward BlackComedy infects most of its media, even the wiki, which [[https://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/Gavelkind suggests one way to disqualify a son as an heir]] is to make them a priest by nominating them as a successor to an [[MakeItlookLikeAnAccident "accident-prone"]] bishop.
* In the [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/ck2-dev-diary-88-a-faith-in-my-own-image.1106722/ Dev Diary]] talking about the expanded Reformation mechanics in Holy Fury, they share some of the dev teams favourite choices. One of them chooses ''Bloodthirsty Gods'', which allows for HumanSacrifice, ''Haruspicy'', which allows for reading the entrails of sacrificed animals to attempt to predict the future, and combines with the previous to allow them to use [[{{Squick}} sacrificed humans to do so]]... and ''Peaceful''.[[note]]By Holy Fury's release, ''Bloodthirsty Gods'' was made mutually exclusive with ''Peaceful''.[[/note]]
* In one of the [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/dev-diary-92-orders-of-magnitude.1111253/ Dev Diaries]] talking about the changes being made to Holy Orders in the free patch for Holy Fury, they mention that they are putting limits in on vassalizing Holy Orders, so they don't have people changing religions in an attempt to vassalize all the orders.
-->This is Crusader Kings, after all, not Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
** At the end of the same dev diary, talking about what will be in the next diary:
--> Let me take a look at my notes here… "[[HistoricalInJoke Shepherds, zealous kids and]] [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Venetians burning down Byzantium]]"? Surely that’ll be exciting news!
* One of the things you can do as a member of a secret cult is attempt to secretly convert someone into your religion. You do this by leaving your holy book in their room, open to a passage relevant to the target's interests. However, this remains the same if your religion and the target's religion share the same holy book. Meaning that your target can convert, say, from Catholicism to Catharism, by reading the Bible. ''Without even being instructed about Catharism.''

* [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/i-use-my-17-yr-old-daughter-to-entrap-and-execute-rich-old-men-repeatedly.948684/ Abusing excommunication for fun and profit.]] A player discovered he could farm gold by using his 17-year-old daughter to matrilineally marry rich old men (to bring them to his court), and then use his vassal patriarch to excommunicate them so he could imprison and execute them without penalty (causing their funds to revert to him as their liege). So absurdly brokenly villainous it probably [[CrossesTheLineTwice wraps around the line half a dozen times]]. Then somebody made the picture up top in response and sent the whole forum into stitches.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wKAvyPJ5M Within minutes]] of the game starting an event fires that reveals the player character's sister is pregnant... [[IncestIsRelative by the player character:]] [[note]]Said incest could have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Zamora happened historically]], and in fact the character started with it[[/note]]

** And as if things couldn't get any worse, the king now has Great Pox, AKA Syphilis [[{{Squick}} (but they're still having kids.)]] and has become a cannibal. All this craziness causes some of the commenters to accuse the devs of rigging the game to be as wacky as possible, but as long time players of CK can confirm, this madness is ''perfectly normal'' for Crusader Kings!

* It's more than possible for a wife and husband to be King and Queen Consort of each other's territory (the King of one country is the King Consort of his Queen's country, and vice versa). [[SlapSlapKiss They can go to war with each other, whilst being lovers and popping out kids.]]

[[quoteright:350:[[http://i.imgur.com/fqg93AS.jpg https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_zun_excommunication_entrapment.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Made by forum member kerannymi in response to [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/i-use-my-17-yr-old-daughter-to-entrap-and-execute-rich-old-men-repeatedly.948684/ this thread]].]]


[[AC:Trailers and Promotional Material:]]

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y53_GV2aAg8 EXTREME]] trailer for ''The Old Gods''.
** '''PAGANS! [[HornyVikings VIKINGS!]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome BOATS! MAPS!]] [[RapePillageAndBurn PILLAGE! LOOT!]] [[MagnificentBastard SACRIFICE!]] [[BadassBeard BEARD!]]'''[[note]]on a woman!!!!![[/note]]
* The live action "''SevenDeadlySins''" trailer series:
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpAYY3BvviE Wroth]]''
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kX5ggw5AIU Sloth]]''
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1BVW14qXNE Lust]]''
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xIxrx5i1To Greed]]''
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cle3Vxjl5Vc Envy]]''
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCQRIl9McAU Pride]]''
** [[TheLastOfTheseIsnotLikeTheOthers And]] [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil finally,]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvO50GYniiI Piracy.]]''
* The Paradox Interactive Youtube Channel had this to say about the Charlemagne expansion:
-->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcGkGUC0D2U "Charlemagne lives on in the new CK2 Charlemagne expansion.]] Relive the experience of bringing an empire back from the dead by assembling lesser empires, a "franken-empire" if you will. The expansion will also bring custom kingdoms. What will your first kingdom be called? [[MoodWhiplash Mine will be the Kingdom of the Fish People,]] [[LemonyNarrator ALL HAIL FISH PEOPLE!"]]''

* The ''Way of Life'' expansion introduces, among other things, the ability to seduce courtiers. One of the event options after your love-making sessions goes [[BilingualBonus "Vidi, Vici, Veni."]][[labelnote:*]][[PretentiousLatinMotto I saw, I conquered,]] ''[[SophisticatedAsHell I came.]]''[[/labelnote]]
** It is not only limited to courtiers. Female rulers can seduce other male rulers too. Your husband will get a -200 opinion penalty because you are a harlot and will confront you while throwing furniture around. The female ruler can then tearfully reassure him of her love and proceed to seduce other guys.

* With the Charlemagne Expansion, Chronicles were added, listing all your accomplishments. In the event you have a year where nothing particularly interesting happens, the game inserts something about one of your provinces; usually this will be something like "An unusually large number of births in [Province]". Sometimes however you get something like "A three headed goat was born in [Province]."

** If you're immortal, you can also [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/this-is-amazing.993113/ feed Glitterhoof your blood and make the horse immortal]]. This can in turn trigger an event where an immortal intelligent horse named Incitatus (after Caligula's aforementioned horse chancellor) kills Glitterhoof and challenges you to a DuelToTheDeath. A high enough Diplomacy skill lets you recruit him as a courtier instead.

* Due to the fact that the game provides little incentive for AI or player rulers to follow history, some bizarre culture/religion/location combinations can occur:
** Such as [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/post-your-ck2-empire.588410/page-294#post-21006746 Jewish Norse Greece]].
** [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-obligatory-ck2-strange-screenshot-thread.585791/page-1073#post-22031813 Aztec Pope.]] That is all.[[labelnote:how it works]]Due to a shortage of dynasty members, the Aztec Empire is sometimes inherited by a vassal priest of the Emperor. Due to low moral authority from being an unreformed pagan, the Aztecs often convert to Catholicism (since they usually land somewhere in mainland Europe or in Britain). An emperor-tier Catholic priest, an "emperor-bishop", gets an ''insane'' bonus to his chances to be elected cardinal and picked as preferatus.[[/labelnote]]
** The ''Reaper's Due'' decision to seek a court physician has a chance of producing a traveling doctor with GameBreaker stats and a randomly generated culture. Coincidentally or not, these stats and traits, including an obscene Learning score, are also considered favorable in Catholic clerical succession, so AI rulers with free investiture[[note]]the bishopric's liege appoints its bishop, as opposed to the church assigning one[[/note]] frequently appoint them to bishoprics and often have them go on to become cardinals. Resulting in such absurd sights as a [[https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-obligatory-ck2-strange-screenshot-thread.585791/page-1116#post-22564576 Mongol Pope]].
* The Ruler Designer DLC offers players a pool of designer points with which to buy Traits, base Skill Points, Age, and Health/Hit Points (which determine lifespan and general vulnerability to disease). When it first came out most players naturally favoured a young ruler with a combination of good congenital traits (attractive, strong, massive geniuses) and a decent reserve of health, putting their remaining designer points into base stats. However, a handful of players - as a joke - took every imaginable negative trait (inbred, insane, incapable psychotics) and the maximum possible age (90 years young) to gain more designer points and ''dumped everything they had into Health Points''. The result? Drooling vegetables who were functionally immortal, universally beloved due to their massive +75 'long reign' bonus, had no problems with rebellion, conquered the entire known world with the 'gavelkind' succession system, and were still going strong after half a millenia of 'rule' and showed no sign of dying anytime soon. Yes, the Ruler Designer allowed players to create their own GodEmperor [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Of Mankind]].
** Made even more hilarious by the fact that one of the events for improving the martial skill is pretty much your ruler kicking down the door of a hut and playing ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyBattle'' with the serial numbers filed off with a bunch of teenage nerds.

* The new education system in ''Conclave'' will often have AI Christian and Muslim rulers educate their children with randomly generated Jewish courtiers (or sometimes even stranger things such as pagan mercenary captains), causing [[HilarityEnsues hilarious chaos]] when their now-Jewish heirs inherit. ''Oy vey...'' (This could technically happen pre-''Conclave'', but the new Heritage and Faith education foci make it much more common.)
* With the release of The Reaper's Due, court physicians will often prescribe nonsensical treatments for symptoms and illnesses. What makes this especially funny is how some of these treatments actually work in spite of their often ridiculous nature. This can lead to some absurd moments, such as ''castration'' being an effective treatment for smallpox or ''ritual suicide'' of the physician curing cancer.

* ''Holy Fury'' added an EasterEgg to let [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrDKlHBBSFg&feature=youtu.be&t=1933 players play as animal cultures]], letting you make entire kingdoms and empires of cats, horses, dogs or hedgehogs.]]

* One of the possible ways to gain a nickname as a Viking warrior is on the battlefield when you corner an enemy soldier, a surprisingly young one trying to hide, who asks who you are. Among "The Great Bear", "The Wall of [insert kingdom]", and "The Snow-Warrior" is this gem.
--> You: I am doing you a kindness, believe me.\\
Also you: *stab*\\
Game: You will be known as "The Kind-Hearted"

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wKAvyPJ5M Within minutes]] of the game starting and event fires that reveals the player character's sister is pregnant... [[IncestIsRelative by the player character:]] [[note]]Said incest could have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Zamora happened historically]], and in fact the character started with it[[/note]]

--> You: I am doing you a kindness, believe me.
--> Also you: *stab*
--> Game: You will be known as "The Kind-Hearted"

*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/43viwb/25_patch_notes_what_they_actually_mean/ 2.5]]: The Mongol Great Khan should no longer become a paragon of peace and harmony whose mild and tranquil nature is remembered for generations.
*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/4z7jeu/patch_26_reapers_due_notes_what_they_actually_mean/ 2.6]]: The new epidemic map mode allows you to track how screwed the world is, and which places in particular the Powers That Be are angry with at any given time.
*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/paradoxplaza/comments/6bbmo6/patch_notes_what_they_actually_mean_live_full/ 2.7.1 LIVE]]: Five years later, we’re still trying to figure out how to not bork up the game when you quit to the main menu and load a new file without exiting the application.

** Within minutes of the game starting and event fires that reveals the player character's sister is pregnant... [[IncestIsRelative by the player character:]] [[note]]Said incest could have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Zamora happened historically]], and in fact the character started with it[[/note]]

** Within minutes of the game starting and event fires that reveals the player character's sister is pregnant... [[IncestIsRelative by the player character:]] [[note]]Said incest could have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_Zamora happened historically]][[/note]]

** Within minutes of the game starting and event fires that reveals the player character's sister is pregnant... [[IncestIsRelative by the player character:]]

* The ''Iberian Intrigue'' series of developer streams for CK3 provide numerous funny moments, as even the developers themselves are blind-sided by some of the things that happen:

* The devs' first look into Iberia gameplay for ''III'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wKAvyPJ5M starts with incest with your character's sister barely 10 minutes into the first video]].

* The devs' first look into Iberia gameplay for ''III'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wKAvyPJ5M immediately starts with incest with your character's sister]].