Europa Universalis (Windows)

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Description

You take charge of one of the many European countries, doing battle to take the Empire as their own. Much like past titles such as Civilization and Age of Empires, strategy is the key. However, instead of controlling every troop separately, you control groups of troops at a time, and let them do the talking while you move them from territory to territory. The playing time spans between 1492 and 1792.

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Alternate Titles

• "欧陆文明" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Европа 1492-1792. Время перемен" -- Russian spelling
• "Evropa 1492-1792: Vremya Peremen" -- Russian title
• "EU" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Europa Universalis series
• Game Engine: Europa
• Genre: Grand strategy

User Reviews

A perfectly designed, brilliantly executed must-have strategy game	Rick Jones (111)
Leaning curve steeper than a sky scraper exterior, yet...	Keeper Garrett (1051)
Diplomacy and trade is the key!	Klirr (76)	unrated
A great real time strategy historical game	Falconetti (732)

Critic Reviews

Hacker	Mar, 2001	93 out of 100	93
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Nov 06, 2000	85 out of 100	85
GameSpot	Mar 19, 2001	8.1 out of 10	81
ActionTrip	Mar 23, 2001	80 out of 100	80
CD-Action	Mar, 2001	7.5 out of 10	75
Imperium Gier	Oct 10, 2001	7.4 out of 10	74
PC Player (Germany)	Nov, 2000	73 out of 100	73
Gamer's Pulse	Apr 08, 2001	72 out of 100	72
PC Joker	Dec, 2000	66 out of 100	66
Game Captain	Dec 15, 2000	61 out of 100	61

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Trivia

Board game

Europa Universalis is actually the conversion of a little-known board game of the same name, published in 1993 by French company Azure Wish Edition. One group of players gave a very good impression on what kind of game Europa Universalis is when they wrote: »The game board covers a full size dining table, and we expect to use about one year to finish the way we are playing.«

Import

Compuexpert.com imported the BeNeLux (Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg) version to the US and was able to offer this game for just $10, significantly below the going price for the US/Canadian version.

Inaccuracies

What's the deal with the US box cover?

1. Why is their a 13-star American flag featured in the cover art? For a game focused on European politics - one that ends in 1792 - this hardly seems appropriate. The flag of Spain ought to take its place - not having Spain's flag is quite an omission.

2. Why is the St. George's cross of England portrayed as a Scandinavian cross?

3. Who is Nappleon?

Polish version

In the Polish version of the game there is one bonus scenario - it's about the Swedish invasion in Poland in the 17th century.

Information also contributed by Asterisk, JRK, Kasey Chang and -Chris

Related Web Sites

• Europa Universalis (official website)
• Official Website (This is the official site for Europa Universalis by Paradox Entertainment.)