I added this event and others like it to make the experience more extensive and immersive. Historically, sometimes European lords had to face tough decisions like this one. A non-Jewish ruler might be confronted with a migration of Jews to one of his provinces, and will have to choose either to accept them or not. For example, different kinds of Jewish courtiers can arrive at the court of a non-Jewish character. In addition to making the Jewish character experience more in-depth, I added events for non-Jewish characters. I decided to add more options for playing as a Jewish character, such as new and unique decisions and events. Jonathan: Crusader Kings II does have Jewish characters, but most of them are not playable, and the few who are are-the Khagan of Khazaria and the Duke of Semien, to be specific- easily get destroyed by neighboring empires, and anyway are not very fun to play. Your mod, Jewish Kings, aims to "make Jewish characters more interesting and historically accurate." For the laymen among us, what does that mean and how big of an undertaking was it? It is not a central part of my life if it was, I probably wouldn't be wasting any time playing video games. The two usually go together but not always.) Though recently I have become more interested in Judaism.
(There is a Jewish religion, and a Jewish ethnicity. Jonathan: I was born into a secular Jewish family. What's your relationship to Judaism? Is it a central part of your life? There is something very amazing in being immersed in a Medieval lord simulator such as Crusader Kings. I always found myself being drawn by realistic, historical games, and repulsed by unrealistic, fictional, fantastical games.
Jonathan: Being a fan of strategy games, especially games based in a historical setting, I was easily drawn to Crusader Kings II. Waypoint: What got you interested in playing Crusader Kings II ? (This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.) It also draws trolls dishing out anti-Semitic comments, one of topics I covered when I chatted with Jonathan about the work put into his Jewish Kings mod. If Crusader Kings II already attracts a specific type of person, Jonathan's mod is even more specific.
The online discussions surrounding the mod are fascinating, with other amateur Jewish experts weighing in with thoughts on his use of language, terms, and other elements of Jewish history. (Jonathan asked for his last name to be kept out of his story.) His interest in ancient and Medieval history is what drew him to Crusader Kings II, an experiment in exploring his Jewish identity and applying lessons from some programming courses he's taken. Jewish Kings, which intends "to make Jewish characters more interesting and historically accurate,"comes from 16-year-old Canadian high school student Jonathan, who goes by the name Gefilte Fish online.
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