Fans of the long-running strategy game Crusader Kings III can look forward to new releases. The next major expansion, “Roads to Power,” is practically just around the corner.
Earlier this year, the guys at Paradox Interactive had already hinted that Crusader Kings III would be getting another major expansion, “Roads to Power”. At the time, no concrete details were revealed, but that has now changed. The add-on will introduce you to new ways to gain power and prestige. You can build a reputation as a traveling mercenary as a problem-solver or outlaw, or lead a noble family in an ancient empire by using influence or intrigue to secure your place.
When Roads to Power launches on September 24, there will also be new events, government systems, plans, and lifestyles to explore. The pack is part of Chapter III of the game, which corresponds to the 2024 expansion pass.
The most important features of the add-on according to official information:
- Administrative Government: Experience medieval rule outside the feudal system with a new style of empire administration. A network of governors fight for position in the empire with intrigue and power, sometimes rewarding merit and sometimes treachery. Only a truly capable ruler can keep these squabbling forces in check.
- The family property: Manage and administer a powerful family estate, the seat of power for your house even if you own no other land. Build new buildings and upgrades to increase your power and influence in an administrative empire.
- Influence system: Build your character’s influence in an administrative empire to rise in the bureaucracy. Increase your status in the empire and gain more power. Start as a landless noble on a country estate and fight for valuable provinces to rule before fighting for the purple.
- A life as an adventurer: You can move freely around the map without being tied to a kingdom or court, and go wherever the winds of fortune take you. As a landless adventurer, complete quests, even across generations, and build your own reputation. Earn gold, prestige and fame by traveling the world until you decide to settle down and claim the land you have earned through your deeds.
- Choose your successor or Caesar: Use your influence to shape the course of your empire and choose your successor, be it a member of the royal family, a powerful noble, a war hero, or any other candidate you can rally the people behind. The Emperor may even decide to rule jointly if the burden of the throne becomes too heavy for one person.
- New content with a Byzantine flair: New events, monuments and activities related to the theme of Byzantium, including chariot races.
- Cosmetic improvements: A Byzantine UI skin and new courtly clothing for your characters, new 2D event graphics, new Byzantine world monuments on the map, new hold designs on the map, and a Byzantine throne room for royal court sessions, among other aesthetic improvements. New music inspired by Orthodox church chants is also included.
With “Roads to Power”, Crusader Kings III will receive another add-on in September.
