
Monks and Mystics - March 2017 - Adds secret societies, monastic orders, devil worshipers, and the Assassins.Charlemagne - Octoadds vice royalty, improvements to narrative gameplay, the ability to establish a custom Kingdom or Empire- so as to form the Holy Roman Empire with the new 769 start date.Sons of Abraham - Novemallows players to play as a Jewish ruler, enhances the simulation of Abrahamic faiths with Ramadon, Pass Over, etc College of Cardinals, etc.Adds the Aztec Religion, Culture, Cultural Buildings, etc. Sunset Invasion - November 2012 - This optional expansion adds an alternate history scenario where in the Aztecs invade Europe in the 14th century.Sword of Islam - Jallows players to play a Muslim ruler, adds story events related to Sunni and Shia Muslims, Islamic specific titles such as 'Bey' and 'Sultan'.The game provides numerous RPG elements to make each generation more interesting. As such success is solely up to the player- if the player has made if their personal goal to become Holy Roman Emperor and conquer Moorish Spain then so be it. There are no objectives save to score the most points for one's dynasty with titles, good breeding, etc.

Players don't control a single character but rather a dynastic legacy of characters through generations from the year 1066 to 1453. Published on the 14th of February in the year 2012 it's continued to have a strong lively player base with the most recent expansion being Holy Fury which was release to the public in the year 2018. Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy game set in the middle ages with a focus on the Crusades.
