Guide Note: Europa Universalis: Rome is a real-time strategy video game for the PC. This is the seventh installment in the Europa Universalis series of games. The game is developed and self published by Swedish video game developer Paradox Interactive, who are credited with other popular titles such as Crusader Kings, The Abbey, and Hearts of Iron. Paradox Interactive make historical strategy computer games and are located in Stockholm, Sweden.

Europa Universalis Series:

• Europa Universalis
• Europa Universalis II
• Europa Universalis: Crown of the North
• Europa Universalis: Asia Chapters
• Europa Universalis III
• Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition

Gameplay Style: Europa Universalis: Rome is a very simple, but graphically beautiful, turn based strategy game in the style of Civilization IV. Its roots can be traced back to classic board games like Risk and Stratego. The Europa Universalis series of games are known for their historical accuracy and game content, providing hallmark historical battles. The series itself has progressed from the year 1492 to the turn of the current century. Although not as complex as the Civilization series, with in-depth historical accuracy and simplistic gameplay, the game is easy to learn and may teach you a thing or two about history. You will fight, negotiate or trade with other characters to advance your abilities and unite the Mediterranean World. Each province will produce goods which can then be traded with neighbors or within your land. This is very important to the game as it means certain units can only be produced in certain places. For example, if you do not have wood, there can be no archers or boats. Fast Facts:

1. Developer: Paradox Interactive
2. Publisher: Paradox Interactive
3. Platform: PC
4. Genre: Turn Based Strategy
5. Mode: Single and Multiplayer
6. ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (E10+)
7. Start at any date between 280 B.C. and 27 B.C.
8. Choose between 10 different cultures, including the Roman, Celtic, Greek and Egyptian civili­zations, with more than 53 playable factions on a map spanning hundreds of provinces
9. Multiplayer mode allows challenge of up to 32 players either competitively or in co-op
10. Release Date: April 15, 2008

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