November 11th, 2025

Started two new runs in CK3 but I don't have much to say about either. The first was with He Quanhao, which I'm not really sure how to "open" with. He technically starts with a lot of money (most of it treasury) but you also start with just one MAA regiment, and while being administrative means you can borrow MAA from your vassals that's still a pretty significant disadvantage considering he's, like, a Chinese vassal, surrounded on all sides by other Chinese vassals. Everyone he could wage war with can do the same thing. Plus he has bad personality traits, and having so little army is even worse considering he's in the expansionist movement and actively wants to wage war. The other start was Charles the Bald, which came with a very quick reminder that feudal goverments can't just wage war by default. I need to reform either my faith or culture but for now I'm just gonna make claims and expand where I can into the de jure empire. I need to remember to not make aliances with the other Carolingians whenever I start as one of them, especially with Charles because a lot of the Empire of Francia de jure is in Lotharingia.

I thought I was gonna have a lot less to talk about today but I feel like I've rambled about these runs more than I did with the actual steppe run that I committed to. Part of that I think is just me like, thinking through what I should/could do in them? Idk.