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Europa Universalis V has been out for 4 weeks now, and I have 155 hours played. That is basically equivalent to a full time job. It also means that I'm already way past my $1 per hour benchmark of judging whether a game purchase was worth it. After finishing my Mecklenburg run, I started a new game as Portugal. With some small but important changes: I switched from the 1.0.7 rel...

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I played my second run of Europa Universalis V in ironman to the end, and all I got was an achievement. href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU2cT61efK0ToE5t9bLOvHD8HhG9lB5_GfTRTYkRsLp2XUwr4ylAkJIPGwVzyGZEbClVVzFcYDA3e38SfIh_tTObKFkonwKfnsrA_c_yMFVyXjW99DsjzByAbCsSxnL2Djk8OJ5vM49uWhBWojW0uMTPSDE3VvXmjsOMlz_Z0voF9Do9FtZxQhw/s900/EU5%20Patience.jpg" ...

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Words have meaning. Historical words have historical meaning, and often are a reminder of real history, which is important. Misusing these words disrespects that history, and contributes to the widespread misinformation and lack of historical knowledge. As a European with some interest in history, I find it hard to watch US news, in which politicians constantly use words like "c...

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Europa Universalis V patch 1.0.8 is announced for tomorrow. And while some patches were smaller hotfixes, they didn't skip any version numbers, and this is the 8th patch after release 3 weeks ago. On the one side, it is good to see bugs fixed so quickly. On the other side, a bit mo...

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The graph below shows my current game of Europa Universalis V, which is my second game overall. It shows the tax base of my country, Mecklenburg, from 1337 to 1551. href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOaBeMX6hnRaliKhKjheh-jjI_3uVztSAG3RhaesQIhfsuPh1sQCZ92hBsuTXSkfZbO7sZiePqO8ewjbCxbIo5NbcqrEJlToQ3lQ7D-_QaeEJtbArnuzBIP-jdTICW_rlajCJjVQ0dEbsPBd8Sa9...

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