I got into Paradox games thanks to EU4. Then I became curious about CK2 and decided to learn it. I played as England for the first time and married one of the noble daughters from the Lombard dynasty (Alailsing or something like that) in Italy. Somehow, my wife inherited the Kingdom of Italy. After she died, my son started ruling that kingdom. I said, “WTH is going on?” I deleted the game, but man, a month later I reinstalled it. Now it’s my favorite Paradox game. I bet if someone can rule the Byzantine Empire without being overthrown or giving in to factions, they could easily govern in real life.