Quote Originally Posted by Flickerdart View Post
A handy tip for a Christian lacking the cool CBs - make liberal use of pushing claims on others' titles. Invite wanna-be English dukes into your court and push their claims. Bam! They become your vassal, and their territory is added to your realm. You can also put your own minor claim into play by pushing a woman or child's major claim to the same title, and then declaring war on them.
Yes, the slickest move I pulled was pushing the claim of a Englishwoman to the Duchy of Northhampton, sending my councilor to fabricate a claim on the County of Northhampton while that war was still underway, forcing the British to grant her independence, and then invading them almost immediately from the North while the English invaded from the south, successfully carving off the county and laying the ground for my usurpation of the Duchy a few years down the line.