Game of Checkers, Part 6: a tiny drama in CK2's Game of Thrones mod

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While all this is going on, people are dying like crazy. Samwell Tarly expires after falling ill. He was 62. Nanndrick’s husband, the wildling chief, dies in a battle somewhere up north. Dana Whent, Ninedrick’s wife, dies at age 73. I never did find out who she cheated with to produce the blonde Nerdrick. Speaking of which, Nerdrick himself dies a natural death soon after at age 42. Sorry, Nerdy.

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And, amazingly, it works. It works! I’m two for two in capturing my enemies. I quickly exile Littlefinger Jr. and send him to The Wall to join Osney. Gosh, I love sending people north to freeze their butts off. With that, amazingly, all of The Fingers are truly and completely under my control, and Daisy is secured as my heir.

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Which is good, because Rosie promptly drops dead at the age of 34. Natural causes.

Sheesh! All of this nonsense and drama happened because I decided to take The Paps. That tiny, worthless little island to the east. Unfortunately, The Paps isn't done causing trouble. Not by a longshot. And not just for Daisy, but for the rest of The Vale.

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Continue to Part 7.

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Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.