I like Crusader Kings more than all the others because it results in amazing stories as it's character-focused rather than focused on faceless nations (Victoria

I like Crusader Kings more than all the others because it results in amazing stories as it's character-focused rather than focused on faceless nations (Victoria, HOI, EU, etc.). I can tell you about the time I conquered most of east India and became a king, swore fealty to the emperor of Tibet for protection, married my daughter to his son for a non-aggression pact with him, then somehow my daughter later ends up becoming empress, and one of my fellow vassals (my daughter is my liege at this point) starts pushing my _wife's_ weak claim on the empire of Tibet in a civil war... And I have tons of stories like that. I have basically none from other grand strategy and civilization management games in comparison.