About 10 years ago, I sat down in a San Francisco coffee shop across from Henrik "Doomdark" Fåhraeus, then game director for Crusader Kings 2, and asked him about the possibility of playing landless characters in Paradox's rich medieval sandbox. Normally, you take the role of a count, duke, king, or emperor permanently tied to their estates and collecting taxes, and I've often dreamed about how cool it would be to wander that big map as an adventurer or a mercenary.
Fåhraeus seemed skeptical about the idea at the time, but a decade later, I'm finally getting my wish. Crusader Kings 3: Chapter 3, announced today, is a slate of DLCs coming over the course of 2024 that all feel like pure wish fulfillment for me as a longtime fan of the series.
