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[Dave]

Although Europa Universalis 2 spanned 400 years and Europa Universalis 3 was supposed to lengthen that, it debuted with a timeline from 1453 to 1789. The expansion, Napoleon's Ambition, takes the game through 1820.

I need to get this game. More importantly, I need to invent a Twilight Zone pocket watch that has the power of freezing time so I can actually spend a good 48 hours playing it. I'll need IV fluids too.

The ability to choose to play one of over 250 countries is simply awesome. (You could, for example, start as Lothringen and try to form modern day France, or just pick Spain and try to avoid their historically catastrophic bankruptcy so that they instead dominate the New World colonies.)

The Napoleon's Ambition expansion includes a "Peter the Great" feature in which you can build your own capital city. You can also add and remove centers of trade (which were previously an AI-only feature).

Europa Universalis: Rome is also about to be released. It's not an expansion, but a standalone game. I'm less excited about this one, because it just looks like Rome: Total War with a more intricate tech tree.

[Chad]

I am a console gamer. The only games I've played on PC are the Command and Conquer games. I did try Halo on PC once. Since I never developed the mouse keyboard skills necessary to do that whole winning thing, I went back to my X-Box.

[Dave]

I finally got the In Nomine expansion to Europa Universalis 3. Starts the game back in 1399 so the Byzantine Empire still stands (yet barely). I haven't had time to play much, but what little I've tried is awesome. The micromanagement does get tedious, but damn it if I didn't get a little thrill when I bribed a couple of cardinals and took control of the Papacy.

[Dave]

Third expansion to Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne. Maybe my Byzantine Empire campaign will be finished by the time this comes out.

Features
• Intriguing Casus Belli system, where wars have specific goals from start to finish.
• Monarchs now belong to dynasties, with far reaching effects on the diplomatic model.
• More involving and powerful Holy Roman Empire and Papacy options.
• Special diplomatic options for Republics.
• Set your National Focus in a province to enhance growth and strengthen your hold in the region.
• Permanent Terra Incognita removed and replaced with impassable regions.
• Cultural Tradition allows better advisors in the same way that Military Tradition allows better generals and admirals.
• Spheres of Influence simulate the Great Game of the major powers.
• More dynamic pirates. Issue letters of marque to plague the sea zones of rival nations.
• Monarchs need to uphold their legitimacy in the eyes of their subjects
• Many other additions and improvements.