Quoting: SharkMachineHere's the problem though: The normal price for complete Europa Universalis IV pack is nearly 300€. For this reason alone, I've been holding off buying the game. I think the maximum should be around 100€ to get the game and existing DLCs.

Well, you're in luck at the moment, there's a 50–75%-off sale right now on absolutely everything EU IV related (as far as I can tell). :) Should be able to get the base game and all gameplay DLCs for <100€ I'd imagine.

You can also feel free to skip some of the DLCs if they don't improve a region you plan to be playing in, as EU IV ones are sometimes more focused on regions than universal like Stellaris ones are. Conquest of Paradise, for instance, focuses mainly on North and South American natives (but not Mesoamerica or the Incas, that's El Dorado), and could probably be safely skipped unless you want to try playing as one. (Or are like me, and just need the satisfaction of knowing that the simulation everywhere in the world is the best it can possibly be, even if I'm playing in India and will never get to the New World. :D )

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Quoting: Eike*edit* I found something not too obvious: There's a rank number at the lower left of every item - and you can just change it!

Oh neat, thanks for sharing that. Though it seems slightly buggy for me, I bought my #2 item War of the Chosen on sale yesterday and now my wishlist goes 1, 3, 4,… :)

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Quoting: riusmaI don't have any hamburger with arrows (just "TOP" at the top left and the "rank order box" at the bottom left)... :'(

Nevermind, I will take another look at that later! :)

This is what it looks like here:

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Thanks for the image, I definitely don't have that little hamburger icon showing up for me either.

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Quoting: KimyrielleJust bought three DLC packs I didn't yet have, too. Just because.

I'm picking up the Humanoid Species Pack which I wasn't interested in at all previously just because, too. And pre-ordering Apocalypse. (If they'll let me; I'm getting a message saying “We're currently unable to process any payments from your region.”) :(

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Quotethat's not me being hyperbolic

I see what you did there. ;) Kudos.

Fascinating concept for a game, though unfortunately I'm just not that interested in roguelikes. I would definitely love to see more games experimenting with mathematics like this though! Games are, in my opinion, in some ways the best vehicles for learning things intuitively that we have, and computers are really good at math, so mixing the two in new and innovative ways sounds fantastic!

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Quoting: belisamaApparently, we get *all* the farming games this week! And I'm okay with that! :D

I was just thinking the same thing! Now here's hoping there'll be a modern SimFarm remake tomorrow. :D

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Quotea space station sim inspired by Dwarf Fortress

I'm so confused though, the trailer was mostly a bunch of pictures and none of the ASCII seemed to be related to the gameplay at all! :S: :P

Seriously, it looks quite interesting. Reminds me more of RimWorld than DF with the space-faring aesthetic, though of course RimWorld is inspired by DF as well. I'll most likely throw a few bucks towards the Kickstarter, but I'm still trying to decide if it's sufficiently different from DF/RW for me to pledge enough for a copy…

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Well, it's on the wishlist anyway so I can take another look when it comes out. :)

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I know what CPU and GPU stand for, but what does the A in APU stand for? "All-in-one?" :S:

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Never heard of Holiday Island, but this looks interesting. Especially the multiplayer, as the art style rather reminds me of OpenTTT, another game a friend of mine and like to play now and then.

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Think I remember hearing about this game, was this the one Lauren Faust developed original character designs for after Hasbro shut down the original use of MLP characters? I have no interest in fighting games myself, but from what I've heard it's supposed to be pretty well-done.

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