be me, german count
chilling in hesse with my loving vassals and family
shooting deer with the boys, playing with the kids, and feasting for days
peasants get angry and embrace different flavor of jesus
1500 degenerates rise up in capital
ez win
3k more join them a month later
3 times the size of my entire army
W H A T
the emperor sends an army to restore order
thousands of imperial troops on the way to save me
but they get held up by marauding pagans
the heretics storm my fancy palace
lynch my wife and children
slaughter a fourth of my peasants tax revenue
the boys come to save me
the rebels sweep aside their armies
best friend dies in battle
2nd best friend dies of injuries sustained in battle
months later, the emperor himself leads a bigger army to crush the rebels
my palace is returned to its rightful owner
but the damage has already been done
the castle halls, which once used to be filled with the sound of my laughing sons, are now empty and silent
cry myself to sleep every night, no wife to share bed with
no more hunts, don't feel like leaving the castle
maybe a feast with the new boys will make me feel better
feel happiness for the first time in a while as I write the invitations and prepare the banquet hall
no one shows up, happiness extinguished
sit in front of platters of chicken, pork, and wine all by myself
become a glutton who tries to eat his problems away
doesn't work
the stress turns into chronic depression
my bishop sees that I'm feeling down and tells me he's worried about me, but I brush him off
my duke makes me chancellor, increasing my prestige and influence within the realm
but it is a hollow victory
after my appointment, I say one last goodbye to my liege, who has treated me fairly over all these years
go home to my lonely palace
look around the castle grounds for the last time, remembering all the good times and how they vanished so quickly
and kill myself

10/10 such is life in ck2

But really, this isn't a strategy game. You can play it as a map painter if you want, but you might as well go buy EU4 at that point. It's an RPG with strategy elements where you try and survive the wacky world of the Middle Ages. Knock up your three married sisters and laugh, then cry as your pet cat dies of old age after the two of you forged an empire together.

I could fill dictionaries with the stories I've had playing this game in singleplayer alone.