神圣之怒 
碧玉之龙 
修道士与密契者 
死神索命 
御前会议 
马上诸王 
生活之道 
查理曼 
印度罗阇 
亚伯拉罕之裔 
逝往神灵 
共和国 
日落入侵 
罗马遗产 
伊斯兰之剑 
基础版本Developer diaries are articles, sometimes accompanied by videos, published by Paradox to describe the game design in detail.
Content updates
All developer diaries about patch 3.1 (Great Works), patch 3.2 (Iron Century), and patch 3.3 (Monarch's Journey).
- Patch 3.3
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Introducing the Monarch's Journey | Bi-weekly challenges to play CK2 and earn rewards for CK3 | 2019-10-20 |
- Patch 3.2
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Iron Century | News about the next update | 2019-05-17 |
| 14 | Recommended Characters in The Iron Century | Overview of new historical characters | 2019-05-20 |
| 15 | Christian Rulers in The Iron Century | A more in-depth look into Christian rulers | 2019-05-21 |
| 16 | Muslim Rulers in The Iron Century | A more in-depth look into Muslim rulers | 2019-05-22 |
| 17 | Other Rulers in The Iron Century | A more in-depth look into rulers of other religions | 2019-05-23 |
| 18 | The Iron Century Finale | Overview of new decisions and bloodlines | 2019-05-24 |
- Patch 3.1
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy 2019! | News of updates to come and the current line-up of the team | 2019-01-25 |
| 2 | Wonderful News | Teaser about Wonders in next patch | 2019-02-15 |
| 3 | Wonderful Views | Basic explanation on new Wonders | 2019-02-22 |
| 4 | Wonderful Upgrades | Overview of upgrades for Wonders | 2019-03-01 |
| 5 | Great Works | 3d province models, mausoleums, statues, and lighthouses | 2019-03-08 |
| 6 | Great Mods | Overview of how to mod Great Works | 2019-03-15 |
| 7 | Historical Wonders | Historical Works prebuilt ingame | 2019-03-22 |
| 8 | Great Works Patchnotes | Patchnotes for 3.1 | 2019-03-29 |
| 9 | Works Great! | Great Works has been released | 2019-04-05 |
| 10 | Tech and Combat Changes | Changes to how technology and combat work | 2019-04-26 |
| 11 | Court Improvements | Overview of changes to courts | 2019-05-03 |
| 12 | A Great Patch | Patchnotes for 3.1.1 | 2019-05-10 |
Holy Fury
All developer diaries about the Holy Fury expansion and patch 3.0.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polishing up the Map | Slowly working through some of the more neglected areas of the map and increasing the granularity of the playing field. | 2018-01-29 |
| 2 | Beautifying the Baltics | Map and setup changes in the Baltic regions. | 2018-02-19 |
| 3 | Finishing Finland | Improvements to the map and setup changes in the Finnish region. | 2018-03-12 |
| 4 | Cleaning up the Map | New game rule about the succession of exclaves | 2018-04-09 |
| 5 | God Wills It! | A rework of the Crusade mechanics. | 2018-05-14 |
| 6 | Renovating Russia | Map changes to the Russian Region. | 2018-05-21 |
| 7 | Legacy of Legends | Bloodlines features displayed. | 2018-06-01 |
| 8 | Character View Redux | Rework of the Character View Interface | 2018-06-08 |
| 9 | Killing Spree | Keeping a list of one's kills | 2018-06-15 |
| 10 | A Faith In My Own Image | Dynamic pagan reformation -- tailor the new religion to suit your needs. | 2018-06-21 |
| 11 | Mass Conversion, or how I learned to stop my Pagan ways and love God | An easy way to convert, but with varying results. | 2018-06-29 |
| 12 | Splendid Scandinavia | Updated maps for the Scandinavian nations | 2018-07-06 |
| 13 | Altering the Alps and Idealizing Italy | Reworked map of North & Central Italy, Bavaria, parts of Burgundy | 2018-07-13 |
| 14 | Orders of Magnitude | Changes to Holy Orders, part of incoming free patch | 2018-07-20 |
| 15 | Venetian Guile | Fixing an existing crusade event chain and adding new ones | 2018-07-27 |
| 16 | Conquest and Reconquest | The crusades of the Baltics and the Iberian Peninsula | 2018-08-03 |
| 17 | Amending Africa | Map changes in Africa | 2018-08-10 |
| 18 | Maybe I *should* diet… | Fat and malnourished traits, reflected by character portrait | 2018-08-17 |
| 19 | Pagan Pals - Warrior Lodges | Warrior lodge societies explained | 2018-08-24 |
| 20 | Catholicism what? Constantinople where? Charlemagne who? | Shattered World and Random World systems | 2018-08-31 |
| 21 | Do you like me yet? | Swaying and Antagonizing | 2018-09-07 |
| 22 | Come Fight Me | New duel and battlefield events, and scarring and tattoos | 2018-09-14 |
| 23 | Saints and Ancestors | Saints, their potential Pagan counterparts, and how they will work in Holy Fury | 2018-09-21 |
| 24 | About that one dead religion... | Hellenism (Zeus Vult!) | 2018-09-28 |
| 25 | Long live the King! | Catholic Coronation Ceremonies | 2018-10-05 |
| 26 | Forging a Bloodline | Custom Bloodlines | 2018-10-12 |
| 27 | Clergy Interactions Revamp | Improved interaction with the Papacy | 2018-10-19 |
| 28 | New Succession Laws Extravaganza | Imperial government, new succession types and revamped nominee system | 2018-10-26 |
| 29 | Sprinkling Flavor | New flavor events for baptism and pregnant women, and reformed pagan doctrine flavor | 2018-11-02 |
| 30 | Achievements & Appearances | Summary of new achievements and character portraits | 2018-11-09 |
| 31 | We Released the Fury | Continuing to work on small improvements for the game before the winter vacation. | 2018-11-16 |
| 32 | It's not a bug | The team shares their encounters with amusing bugs during the development of Holy Fury | 2018-11-23 |
| 33 | Early Patch Notes for 3.0.1 | Early peek at the bug-fix patch notes | 2018-12-03 |
| 34 | Until Next Year | Closing this year with a teaser picture for the next year | 2018-12-14 |
Jade Dragon
All developer diaries about the Jade Dragon expansion and patch 2.8.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Reason for War | New CB's being added | 2017-05-08 |
| 2 | The Roof of the World | Expanding the eastern edge of the map with new provinces, cultures, religions and title history for the entire region. | 2017-05-15 |
| 3 | Rhythm is a Lancer | Siege Assault game rule, and an "unjustified war" | 2017-05-22 |
| 4 | Time to pay Tribute | Changes to the Tributary system | 2017-05-29 |
| 5 | Religious Tweaks | Minor, but flavorful, changes and fixes to Manichean, Khurmazta, Nestorian and India's Holy Orders | 2017-06-12 |
| 6 | Nurture vs Nuisance | A new "honorary title" called Teacher (for those pesky kids) and plans for an open beta over the summer vacation | 2017-06-19 |
| 7 | Meet the Team | Magne "Meneth" Skjæran goes over the current team line-up and expands on their roles | 2017-07-03 |
| 8 | A Bug's Life | Magne "Meneth" Skjæran talks about the process of bug fixing, from discovery to release | 2017-07-10 |
| 9 | Modding and a bit of optimization | Magne Skjæran highlights some of the modding and optimization improvements to arrive in 2.8 | 2017-07-17 |
| 10 | Publishing CK2 | Gustav "Gruffa" Groth, CK2's product manager, on publisher's role in development of new game content. | 2017-07-24 |
| 11 | Rally up | Incoming rally points in patch 2.8 | 2017-07-31 |
| 12 | The Dragon Throne | China is added as a political entity in patch 2.8 | 2017-08-07 |
| 13 | News from China | The various statuses of China and how its policies can affect its more western neighbors | 2017-08-14 |
| 14 | In the Emperor's Good Graces | China's diplomatic range and ways to stay within the emperor's grace | 2017-08-21 |
| 15 | The Dragon's Claw | China and their various interests on our side of the map | 2017-08-28 |
| 16 | Along the Silk Road | Improvement and overhaul of the Silk Road incoming to owners of Jade Dragon / Horse Lords | 2017-09-04 |
| 17 | Quality of Life | Quality of Life improvements in free update | 2017-09-11 |
| 18 | Revisiting the Middle East | Emil "Servancour" Tisander revisits the Middle East and brings it a much needed overhaul in the 2.8 patch | 2017-09-18 |
| 19 | Taming the Dragon | The different paths of forcing your will on China and even placing a pretender on the dragon throne | 2017-09-25 |
| 20 | Another Journey to Tibet | Improving the improvement to Tibet even further than it already was | 2017-10-02 |
| 21 | The Art of the East | The new art and music in the Jade Dragon expansion | 2017-10-09 |
| 22 | Pricing Jade Dragon | Gustav "Gruffa" Groth, CK2's product manager, on the intricacies of pricing. | 2017-10-10 |
| 23 | AI and Optimization | Some needed optimization to mechanics and AI to accommodate the new additions made in Jade Dragon | 2017-10-16 |
| 24 | Reflections of a Dynasty | Milla "IsakMiller" Isaksson, CK2's content designer, decides to compose a book in Jade Dragon. | 2017-10-23 |
| 25 | Modding patch notes | To modders with love: A sneak preview at the complete modding changelog for patch 2.8 | 2017-10-30 |
| 26 | Patch Notes & Achievements | The full 2.8 changelog and the 10 additional new achievements accompanying it | 2017-11-06 |
| 27 | Post Release | The elves are busy working on a post-release patch with some goodies baked in. | 2017-11-20 |
| 28 | Patch 2.8.1 | Patch 2.8.1 changelog and a bit of new artwork preview. | 2017-12-04 |
| 29 | Post about a future update | Possible ways of notifying the players about additional content. | 2018-03-28 |
| 30 | The Spring Cleaning Patch | Changelog for the upcoming patch 2.8.2 | 2018-05-07 |
Monks and Mystics
All developer diaries about the Monks and Mystics expansion and patch 2.7.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man vs. Machine | Work has begun on the next expansion. What interface improvements would you want to see? | 2016-09-26 |
| 2 | Easing Executions | Mockup of new intrigue screen | 2016-10-17 |
| 3 | Illumination | Darkness surrounds us | 2016-11-07 |
| 4 | Audio Mix | Björn "Metal King" Iversen has done some mixing of the sound | 2016-11-14 |
| 5 | Back to work | The next expansion will introduce a fourth possible task for your councillors | 2016-11-21 |
| 6 | Intriguing quality of life changes | Quality of Life changes coming in the next free patch | 2016-11-28 |
| 7 | Let's talk about sects | Societies are coming in Monks and Mystics | 2016-12-05 |
| 8 | Facts about Artifacts | A new treasury system will be added in the upcoming 2.7 patch. | 2016-12-12 |
| 9 | Who ordered these Monks | Monastic Orders in Monks and Mystics | 2016-12-19 |
| 10 | The Witching Hour | Demon Worshippers and Assassins | 2017-01-09 |
| 11 | Three times greater | Hermetic Societies | 2017-01-16 |
| 12 | My Kingdom for an Interface | Meneth goes over the many QoL changes included in the 2.7 patch | 2017-01-23 |
| 13 | As you wish... | Allied armies directions | 2017-01-30 |
| 14 | Visiting the Cartographer | Map changes coming in patch 2.7 | 2017-02-06 |
| 15 | Secret Religious Cults | Practicing a secret faith while openly belonging to another, new feature part of the free 2.7 patch | 2017-02-13 |
| 16 | Five Years of Crusader Kings II | Henrik Fåhraeus and Chris King look back and reminiscence of the roads taken - or not - since the CK2 launch | 2017-02-14 |
| 17 | The Ever Changing Changelog | A look at parts of the 2.7 changelog | 2017-02-20 |
| 18 | An Expansion Should Not Travel Alone | Portraits and Models in Monks and Mystics + 2.7 changelog | 2017-02-27 |
| 19 | Update 2.7 | Patch notes for Monks and Mystics and the free 2.7 update | 2017-03-06 |
| 20 | The Adjustment Bureau | 2.7.1 patch information | 2017-03-13 |
| 21 | Surveying the Survey | What we found out from a survey about paid features | 2017-03-20 |
| 22 | For the Faith! | Secret Religious Cults revamped | 2017-03-27 |
| 23 | 2.7.1 Patch Notes | Patch notes reveal and a (possible) open beta | 2017-04-03 |
| 24 | Mods and mod telemetry | Mods and how they are used | 2017-04-24 |
The Reaper's Due
All developer diaries about the The Reaper's Due expansion and patch 2.6.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The team | Introduction of new development team that will work on upcoming expansion. | 2016-03-08 |
| 2 | Get sick and die | New system for personal diseases, based on symptoms and treatment scheduled by Court Physician. | 2016-03-22 |
| 3 | The Bonsai Tree | Problems of game designer that need to balance between role playing and grand strategy aspects of game. | 2016-03-29 |
| 4 | Don't call me Shirley | Reverting call to arms mechanism to be manual again, but with high penalty for rejection. | 2016-04-05 |
| 5 | The Rules of the Game | Startup screen that allows you to configure the games settings (like Defensive Pacts or Sunset Invasion). | 2016-04-26 |
| 6 | We don't talk about the dead | Björn "Metal King" Iversen, the Paradox Development Studio Audio Director speaks of sound design | 2016-05-17 |
| 7 | Get sicker and die harder | New epidemics system and map mode. Changes of The Black Death, that is now more deadly and occurs earlier. | 2016-05-24 |
| 8 | Life goes on | New methods to defend yourself from the Grim Reaper explained: Seclusion and Hospital building. | 2016-05-31 |
| 9 | The secret to success | Presentation of new succession window and new trait and event images. | 2016-06-07 |
| 10 | Live long [yet futilely] and prosper | Prosperity and depopulation province modifiers and crown focus system. | 2016-06-14 |
| 11 | The End of Days | New narrative events | 2016-06-21 |
| 12 | Maimed Trait | The maimed trait has undergone some changes. | 2016-06-28 |
| 13 | Pagans, advisors, and warrior women | Some new stuff for pagans, advisors and women in the upcoming patch 2.6. | 2016-07-05 |
| 14 | The Road Ahead | The future of Crusader Kings II. | 2016-07-12 |
| 15 | Assorted cool things | Assortment of patch 2.6 tidbits. | 2016-07-19 |
| 16 | Man's inhumanity to man | New ways to interact with captives, and more events regarding the death of characters. | 2016-07-26 |
| 17 | Crusader Cats | Of cats and... Cats. | 2016-08-02 |
| 18 | Optimization and modding | Optimization to game speed and additions to modding capabilities. | 2016-08-09 |
| 19 | The End is Nigh | Some assorted minor features coming in the patch as well as a few from the expansion | 2016-08-16 |
| 20 | Don't Fear the Reaper | A short, final development diary before The Reaper's Due | 2016-08-23 |
| 21 | A Glimmer of Hope | Changelog for the upcoming 2.6.1.1. | 2016-08-30 |
| 22 | Quarantining the bugs | General bugfixing, new pet events, and new game rules | 2016-09-06 |
| 23 | More rules, less lunatics | 2.6.2 information, new settings and a few tweaks | 2016-09-13 |
| 24 | The 2.6.2 patch | Further work on patch 2.6.2 as it nears release | 2016-09-20 |
| 25 | Considerable Converter Capabilities | With the upcoming EU4 patch, the converter will see an overhaul | 2016-10-03 |
| 26 | Continued Converter Capabilities | Further information about EU4 converter | 2016-10-10 |
Conclave
All developer diaries about the Conclave expansion and patch 2.5.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Farewell | A farewell from Magnus. | 2015-09-29 |
| 2 | What we do! | Detail about the size and organization of CK2 team. Teaser for new pacts system. | 2015-10-06 |
| 3 | Birken about CK2 | Project lead express what he likes in CK2 and its future direction. Teaser for new shattered retreat system. | 2015-10-13 |
| 4 | The QA team on CK2 | QA team size and day-to-day work. Teaser for new dynasty map mode. | 2015-10-20 |
| 5 | The Move | Moving to the new office. New functionality that allows to interact with province owner by right-clicking with special keys pressed. | 2015-10-27 |
| 6 | A Captain's Duty | Captain Gars (Usermod Coordinator) improvement for the modders, including among others moddable era screen, new scopes and triggers. | 2015-11-03 |
| 7 | Rules of Engagement | New diplomacy system including alliances and non-aggression pacts. | 2015-11-10 |
| 8 | Trade-offs | Project lead inquiring about society perspective on soft-limits, like vassal or demesne limit. | 2015-11-17 |
| 9 | It's just a flesh wound! | Combat mechanic changes including: shattered retreat like in EU4, new damage calculation and improved AI. | 2015-11-24 |
| 10 | Looking at Laws | Redo of succession law screen that now has multiple tabs. Screen-shot of inheritance tab. | 2015-12-01 |
| 11 | Stopping The Snowball | New infamy mechanism based on ruler aggressive actions and correlated coalitions. | 2015-12-08 |
| 12 | Conclave is announced | Information about the aim of the new expansion: making mid-to-late game harder. Changes to internal politics, including new council mechanism and reduced positive modifiers. | 2016-01-12 |
| 13 | Power to the Council | New council system and related favors and realm peace mechanism. New regency system based on council decisions. | 2016-01-19 |
| 14 | Homeschooling | New education system and presentation of the new laws mechanism. More details on the use of favors. Enhanced dynamic mercenaries. | 2016-01-26 |
| 15 | It's Coming! | List of new achievements and change-log for patch 2.5. | 2016-02-02 |
| 16 | The Near Future | Upcoming changes to coalitions and shattered retreats. | 2016-02-04 |
| 17 | Post Launch | Further improvement for the Conclave mechanism and next song button. | 2016-02-09 |
| 18 | The 2.5.2 Patch | Changing the defensive pacts (previously coalitions) and threat (previously infamy) mechanism to make them more plausible. Timed seduction block in case of rejection. | 2016-02-16 |
| 19 | No news is good news | Current patch notes for patch 2.5.2. | 2016-02-23 |
Horse Lords
All developer diaries about the Horse Lords expansion and patch 2.4.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Government and Military Changes | Changes in government type and army leadership system. New interface for minor titles. | 2015-05-12 |
| 2 | QoL improvements | Extension of right-click interface to perform interaction with holdings and titles. New map mode that is combination of independent realms and vassals modes. | 2015-05-19 |
| 3 | Regions and Forts | Split of the map into regions and new fort holding. | 2015-05-26 |
| 4 | Horse Lords! | Announcement of new Horse Lords expansion. New holdings and manpower mechanism for nomadic hordes. | 2015-06-02 |
| 5 | Clan Management | Details about clan management for nomads. New relation system between clans including: sentiments, blood feud and blood oath. | 2015-06-09 |
| 6 | Tributaries and More | Tributaries that represent weaker form of subordination. Nomad succession and related dynamic mercenaries system. | 2015-06-16 |
| 7 | Silk Road and Raiding Adventurers | Silk Road inland trade post system. Settle Adventurer interaction that allow to offer landed titles for raiding adventures and mercenaries. | 2015-06-23 |
| 8 | Map Changes and Modding | Addition of new provinces covering: Orkhon valley, Karabalgasun and Karakorum. Improvement in the event system for the modders. | 2015-06-30 |
| 9 | Events | New events regarding Silk Road, leading mercenary bands, horses and clans interactions. | 2015-07-07 |
| 10 | The 2.4.2 Patch | Release of the 2.4.2 patch, which aims to fix problems with older DLCs. | 2015-07-21 |
Way of Life
All developer diaries about the Way of Life expansion and patch 2.3.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life Focuses | Character focus, changes in diplomatic interface and new scripting features. | 2014-12-10 |
Charlemagne
All developer diaries about the Charlemagne expansion and patch 2.2.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's get Early Medieval | New cultures and religion changes introduced to properly represent new start date in year 769. | 2014-09-17 |
| 2 | Kings, Queens and Murderers | Custom kingdoms and empires, chronicle and changes to the plot mechanism related to assassination. | 2014-09-24 |
| 3 | Ruling the Unruly | Vassal limit, centralization law and viceroys. Changes in regency system. | 2014-10-01 |
| 4 | The Tribes | Holding and government type created to properly represent tribal nations. | 2014-10-08 |
Rajas of India
All developer diaries about the Rajas of India expansion and patch 2.1.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overview | Motivation for India expansion and map extension. | 2014-02-04 |
| 2 | Indian Religion | Dharmic religions and and their mechanics: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Caste system. | 2014-02-11 |
| 3 | Indian Events and Decisions | Events and decisions specific to Indian cultures: Diwali feast, tiger hunt. | 2014-02-18 |
| 4 | Elephants of Mass Destruction | Special Unit system that allows to add custom troop types like: Horse Archers, Camel Warriors and War Elephants. Attrition mechanic and "North Korea Mode" fix. | 2014-02-25 |
| 5 | Free Features #1 | More counties in the east of the map outside India, changes to East Africa, AI handling of separated ocean regions and other AI improvements, red skull allowing viewing of a dead character's killer, "Relations" tab in character view | 2014-03-04 |
| 6 | Free Features #2 | Discusses changes to decadence, steam workshop, and the EU4 converter. | 2014-03-11 |
| 7 | Patch notes and Ask us anything! | Notes for the 2.1.1 patch accompanied by an AMA on the new expansion. | 2014-03-18 |
Sons of Abraham
All developer diaries about the Sons of Abraham expansion and patch 2.0.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The College of Cardinals | Covers the introduction of the College of Cardinals. | 2013-10-22 |
| 2 | Holy Orders, Heresies and More | Discusses new mechanics for holy orders and heresies, as well as new decisions for Muslim rulers. | 2013-10-29 |
| 3 | Jews, Pilgrims and Events | Discusses the new Jewish religion and the pilgrim decision and events. | 2013-11-05 |
| 4 | Patch 2.0 | Discusses the free changes in the 2.0 patch. | 2013-11-12 |
| 5 | One Feature a Week | Mini-feature teasers in the days leading to the Sons of Abraham release. | 2013-11-18 |
| 6 | Post Mortem Dev Diary | Discusses the Son of Abraham DLC post-release. | 2013-12-11 |
The Old Gods
All developer diaries about the The Old Gods expansion, patch 1.10 and patch 1.11.
- Patch 1.10
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Different Europe | Covers the new 867 A.D start date. | 2013-03-20 |
| 2 | The Wrath of Odin | Covers the the raiding mechanic. | 2013-04-03 |
| 3 | The Heathens Are Coming! | Covers the special casus-bellis for pagans. | 2013-04-17 |
| 4 | The Pagan Reformation | Covers reforming the pagan faiths. | 2013-05-02 |
| 5 | Events, Decisions and Zoroastrians | Discusses new events and decisions for pagans, as well as the introduction of Zoroastrians. | 2013-05-08 |
| 6 | A Rebel and a Traitor | Discusses changes to rebels and the introduction of adventurers. | 2013-05-15 |
| 7 | Technology in the Dark Ages | Covers the new technology system. | 2013-05-22 |
- Patch 1.11
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Post Mortem Ramblings | Discusses The Old Gods post-release. | 2013-06-19 |
| 9 | Patch changes and EU4 Tie-in | News on upcoming patch 1.11 as well as the Customization Pack and CK2-to-EU4 Save Converter DLCs. | 2013-08-07 |
The Republic
All developer diaries about the The Republic expansion and patch 1.09.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Five Families | Announces The Republic DLC and the mechanics of the new merchant republics | 2012-12-19 |
| 2 | War and Trade | Discusses the new trade mechanics and embargoes. | 2012-12-26 |
| 3 | Government | Covers the republic mechanics and how the Doge is elected. | 2013-01-03 |
| 4 | Events and Decisions | Discusses new events and patch 1.09 changes. | 2013-01-09 |
| 5 | "Post Mortem" Thoughts | Discusses The Republic post-release. | 2013-01-30 |
Sunset Invasion
All developer diaries about the Sunset Invasion expansion and patch 1.08.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Invasion from the West | Covers the Sunset Invasion DLC features. | 2012-11-07 |
Legacy of Rome
All developer diaries about the Legacy of Rome expansion and patch 1.07.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clearing the Fog of War | Upcoming changes in Legacy of Rome DLC and patch 1.07. | 2012-09-05 |
| 2 | Factions | Covers the new faction mechanics. | 2012-09-12 |
| 3 | Liege Levies and Retinues | Discusses the changes to levies and the introduction of retinues. | 2012-09-19 |
| 4 | Combat Rebalance | Discusses changes to combat and the introduction of leadership traits. | 2012-09-26 |
| 5 | Patriarchs & Pentarchs | Discusses the Orthodox mechanics including autocephaly and the pentarchy. | 2012-10-03 |
| 6 | Events and Decisions | Covers the new events introduced for the the Byzantine Empire. | 2012-10-10 |
Sword of Islam
All developer diaries about the Sword of Islam expansion and patch 1.06.
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GUI Changes | Covers the major mechanics of Sword of Islam, as well as the 1.06 patch. | 2012-06-01 |
| 2 | Polygamy, Succession and Decadence | Covers decadence, open succession law, and polygamy. Also changes to claims, plots, and event windows. | 2012-06-08 |
| 3 | Muslim Mechanics and Patch content | Covers Muslim mechanics and 1.06 changes. | 2012-06-15 |
| 4 | Midsummer's Eve | A short Sword of Islam AAR by one of the Paradox devs (Doomdark himself). | 2012-06-22 |
Post-release patches
All developer diaries about post-release patches, patch 1.04 and patch 1.05.
- Patch 1.04
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post Mortem | Discusses Crusader Kings II post-release, as well as cut content and plans for future changes. | 2012-03-02 |
- Patch 1.05
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | War (does) Changes | Covers changes to the crusade and war mechanics. | 2012-03-30 |
| 3 | Dynamic Kingdoms | Covers the addition the of dynamic kingdoms, titular titles, de-jure drift. | 2012-04-06 |
| 4 | Even More Events (and Some Plots) | Announces the addition of 300 events added to the free update, as well as changes to the plot system. | 2012-04-13 |
游戏本体
有关王国风云2(游戏本体)的所有开发者日志.
| 序号 | 题目及链接 | 描述 | 日期 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Character portraits（角色头像） | 披露了新的头像系统。 | 2010-10-11 |
| 2 | Barons and Settlements（男爵领和领地） | 讨论了男爵级别的角色和三种领地类型（城堡，城市，教区）。 | 2010-11-04 |
| 3 | Laws（法律） | 披露了各类王国法和直辖领法，以及两种法律体系的不同。 | 2010-12-02 |
| 4 | Regnal Numbers（世代数） | 披露了世代数如何生成。 | 2011-01-13 |
| 5 | The map（地图） | 披露了新地图和地图的视觉运用。 | 2011-02-03 |
| 6 | Events事件 | 披露了一般事件，特殊书信和陈述性事件。 | 2011-03-10 |
| 7 | Character Portraits and Modding（角色头像和修改） | 介绍了头像系统的更多细节，并回答了关于头像修改的问题。 | 2011-04-07 |
| 8 | Religion（宗教） | 讨论了三个主要宗教组的机制（基督徒，穆斯林，异教徒）。 | 2011-05-05 |
| 9 | Mercenaries and Holy Orders（雇佣兵和骑士团） | 披露了雇佣兵和骑士团的机制。 | 2011-06-03 |
| 10 | Combat（战斗） | 披露了战斗系统的机制。 | 2011-07-12 |
| 11 | War（战争） | 披露了战争的机制，包括宣战理由和战争分数。 | 2011-08-25 |
| 12 | Beta Feedback（测试反馈） | 额外日志，讨论了内测，并引用了一些新内测者的评价。 | 2011-09-19 |
| 13 | Don't Mess with the Pope!（别惹恼圣座！） | 关于封臣机制的改变和罗马教会的简短日志。 | 2011-09-29 |
| 14 | Plots（阴谋） | 披露了阴谋机制使如何工作的。 | 2011-10-06 |
| 15 | Buildings（建筑） | 讨论了地块和建筑。 | 2011-10-13 |
| 16 | Technology（技术） | 披露了技术如何传播。 | 2011-10-20 |
| 17 | The Message System（简讯系统） | 披露了简讯系统。 | 2011-10-27 |
| 18 | The Council（议会） | 披露了议会和其中的官职。 | 2011-11-10 |
| 19 | Crusades（十字军） | 披露了十字军的机制。 | 2011-11-17 |
| 20 | The Mongols（蒙古人） | 讨论了蒙古人的到来。 | 2011-11-24 |
| 21 | Usermodding（用户修改） | 披露了修改模组的文件系统和事件脚本。 | 2011-12-01 |
| 22 | Combat Tactics（战斗战术） | 披露了战斗战术系统的机制。 | 2011-12-15 |
| 23 | Christmas Q&A（圣诞节问答） | 开发者问答贴。 | 2011-12-22 |
Videos
Developer video diaries and developer's let's play sessions on the various expansions.
- Videos
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Crusader Kings II - Seven Deadly Sins | The seven deadly sins as experienced in the world of CKII (promotional content). | 2012-01-31 |
| 1 | CKII Video Diary #1 - Relations | Project Lead Henrik "Doomdark" Fåhraeus covers the relationship mechanics in Crusader Kings II. | 2011-05-11 |
| 2 | CKII Video Diary #2 - Character Database | Game Designer Chris "King" King covers the database used to keep track of characters, regnal numbers, family trees, and the creation of custom start dates. | 2011-06-29 |
| 3 | CKII Video Diary #3 - Portrait System | Game Designer Chris "King" King covers the mechanics the behind the character portraits, as well as the clothing and backgrounds used. | 2011-08-01 |
| 4 | CKII Video Diary #4 - Combat | Project Lead Henrik "Doomdark" Fåhraeus covers combat mechanics including combat phases, troop types, and the impact of characters on combat. | 2011-12-08 |
| 5 | CKII Video Diary #5 - Units | Project Lead Henrik "Doomdark" Fåhraeus covers raising armies and hiring mercenaries. | 2011-12-24 |
| 6 | Sunset Invasion Stream Highlights | Highlights from the Sunset Invasion developer stream. The developers also answer questions about future DLC plans. | 2012-11-19 |
| 7 | The Republic Video Diary | Project Lead Henrik "Doomdark" Fåhraeus covers the new features of The Republic DLC. | 2012-12-19 |
| 8 | The Republic Stream Highlights | Highlights from The Republic developer stream. The developers showoff the the new Republic mechanics, as well as discuss changes to map modes. | 2013-01-18 |
| 9 | Old Gods Highlights (Part 1) | PDS showcasing the next big expansion for Crusader Kings II, Old Gods. | 2013-04-02 |
| 10 | Old Gods Highlights (Part 2) | Second part of The Old Gods expansion showcase. | 2013-04-02 |
| 11 | Old Gods & Republics Highlights | Chris and Matt set out to conquer the world with money, at a time when plundering and pillaging was a far more preferred way of doing so. | 2013-04-24 |
| 12 | The Old Gods Video Diary #1 - Pagans | In the first of three developer diaries delving in to one of Europe's darkest and most brutal periods, project lead Henrik Fåhraeus explains the prominence that the pagans will have in the game. | 2013-05-02 |
| 13 | The Old Gods Video Diary #2 - Rebels | Second dev diary for the upcoming Crusader Kings II expansion The Old Gods. This time, it's all about rebels. Adding an additional 200 years to the gameplay timeline by pulling the start date back to 867 AD with the great heathen army rampaging across England. | 2013-05-14 |
| 14 | The Old Gods Video Diary #3 - Technology | This Development Diary, the last one before the release of The Old Gods (May 28th), will elaborate a bit on the new technology system we are introducing to the game. | 2013-05-22 |
| 15 | CK2-to-EU4 Converter Tool Highlights | Johan and Henrik sit down to discuss the final pre-order bonus for Europa Universalis IV; The Crusader Kings II converter tool. | 2013-07-31 |
| 16 | Sons of Abraham Highlights | We're adding new religious elements to the game, the three sons of Abraham are finally coming home. | 2013-10-23 |
| 17 | Sons of Abraham Video Diary #1 | First Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham video developer diary with Project lead Henrik Fåhraeus. Sons of Abraham is the fifth expansion for the critically praised strategy/RPG, focusing on the Abrahamic religions; Christianity, Islam and Judaism, which we talk about in this video. | 2013-11-06 |
| 18 | Sons of Abraham Video Diary #2 | Project Lead Henrik Fåhraeus talk about Jewish Mechanics and the new Muslim mechanics in the upcoming expansion Sons of Abraham. | 2013-11-15 |
| 19 | Rajas of India Highlights | This highlight video is an overview of some of the new features in the expansion. | 2014-03-10 |
| 20 | Rajas of India Highlights 2 | Let's wrap it up and go play Rajas | 2014-03-31 |
| 21 | Paradox Live #3 - Future of Crusader Kings 2 | The Crusader Kings team is going through a few changes now that Rajas of India is out of the door. We talk with the new team leader Johan and designer Henrik about their roles when it comes to the game in the future. Also, we talk about things they'd like to add to the game. | 2014-05-26 |
| 22 | Charlemagne Gameplay World Premiere Highlights | Charlemagne is coming, we sat down with Johan and Matt to discuss part of its features and what the updated world will look like. | 2014-08-29 |
| 23 | Paradox Live #12 - Charlemagne Story Elements | Lets delve into the story of Charlemange. What did the world look like after the death of Pepin I. | 2014-09-19 |
| 24 | Charlemagne Developer Overview | Charlemagne adds new story events, the ability to create new kingdoms, and an additional century to play. The expansion also features game options to allow players to follow their progress in history with the inclusion of a new in-game "Chronicle" that highlights a dynasty's conquests, marriages, and labors for the faith. | 2014-10-03 |
| 25 | Charlemagne Feature 2 Highlights | Charlemagne is coming, so we decided to sit down with the project lead and the lead history scripter to discuss the project and answer your questions. | 2014-10-14 |
| 26 | Way of Life Presentation Highlights | Way of Life, the next expansion for Crusader Kings 2 is coming. With new features focused on role playing allowing you to steer your character in a direction of your choosing. The new focus system allows you to tailor your experience in 10 new directions. From Military to Love, it's all there for you to explore. | 2014-12-10 |
| 27 | Horse Lords - Feature Spotlight | Game director Henrik Fåhraeus talks about unique nomad mechanics, silk road, tributaries and more coming in Horse Lords. | 2015-07-07 |
| 28 | Conclave - Feature Spotlight | Game director Henrik Fåhraeus runs us through the improvements made to your council, diplomacy, education systems, AI improvements, and more. | 2016-01-28 |
| 29 | The Reaper's Due - Feature Spotlight | The Reaper's Due expansion for Crusader Kings II highlights the historic importance of epidemics and disease in the Middle Ages, especially the Black Death – an outbreak of the bubonic plague that may have killed a third of the population of Europe. | 2016-08-22 |
| 30 | Monks and Mystics - Feature Spotlight | Henrik Fåhraeus gives a feature breakdown of Crusader Kings II next expansion - Monks and Mystics. | 2017-02-23 |
| 31 | Gamescom 2017 - Jade Dragon | Henrik Fåhraeus and Anders "cKnoor" Carlsson present the expansion of Crusader Kings II - Jade Dragon. | 2017-08-24 |
| 32 | Jade Dragon - Feature Spotlight | Henrik Fåhraeus gives a feature breakdown of Crusader Kings II next expansion - Jade Dragon. | 2017-10-10 |
| 33 | PDXCon 2018 - Holy Fury Gameplay | "Blondie" with Daniel and Alexander "rageair" Oltner (CK2's QA and game designer respectively) showcasing Holy Fury gameplay for the first time. | 2018-05-20 |
- Let's Plays
| No. | Title and Link | Description | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merry Mods | Emil and BjornB take a look at the mods "Your Personal Castle" and "Advanced Trade Systems" | 2017-08-07 |