Fun RTS/simulation game for history junkies: Europa Universalis III

[Odin2005]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Universalis_III
http://www.europauniversalis3.com/

I'm been a Europa Universalis 2 player for a while know and was addicted to it. Just picked up EU3 at Best Buy last Tuesday. Looks like I will be loosing more sleep and study time playing this game all night...

[Forkboy]

1. I liked the second one

And I really don't even like RTS games.But like you say it's got a good mix of history/strategy to go with it,where most of them are just about who clicks the fastest.

[rockymountaindem]

2. It's a good game

So far I've played as Poland and done very well, and I also started as Gelre, which later matured into the Netherlands. That one is going well too, but I keep getting dragged into these wars against Saxony because of my alliance with Mecklenburg. One of these days I'm just going to toally kick Saxony's ass and leave them beaten down but good.

[Odin2005]

4. Is it just me or does Mecklenburg has a tendency to...

...become the most powerful state in northern Germany because of it's Center of Trade? I'm thinking of going into the game files and split it into two states, Mecklenburg and Lubeck, which is more historically correct and would fix the Super-Mecklenburg problem. It's supposed to be Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark that become the powers in that region, not Mecklenburg.

[rockymountaindem]

5. Firstly, I don't know how to do anything in the game files

Does Lubeck have its own coat of arms etc? How does one do that? Secondly, in the game I'm playing right now, England inherited the throne of Denmark, and Mecklenburg only has four provinces, all on the coast, and continually fights major wars against powerful Saxony, which is the mega-state in the region (besides me, the Netherlands). It's kind of dumb too... Saxony always occupies all of Mecklenburg, and meanwhile Mecklenburg occupies 1/3 of Saxony and then they trade back with a white peace. Maybe if one of them played a little defense they could actually win the war.

Earlier I crushed Saxony (99% warscore) and split off the Palitinate, Lippe, Cleves, Hesse, Anhalt and one other country I can't remember. Saxony has reconquered them all except Lippe and the Palitinate. They're just a powerhouse in this current game. It's rediculous. In my game as poland, Pommerania was persistent but never powerful, and the Austrians overran most of Germany. In this game, Austria has all but thrown the Ottomans out of Europe. Meanwhile, I'm holding my own, making a bunch of money on trade, and I've just launched major army and naval expansions. Plus I found out some good places to start colonies. Hint: South Africa, Mauritius, and the Bahamas hardly put up any resistance. It's great.

[Odin2005]

6. There is a message board on modifying the game files here:

http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=357

[YOY]

3. Just getting into Medieval 2: Total War

Must fight urge to play two games at the same time....