Europa Universalis

"Taking gameplay that faintly reminds me of the old Risk board game and creating a slew of micromanagerial options for balancing a small kingdom, Europa Universalis is in place to storm the strategy world..."

"Elegant, complex, and beautiful, Europa Universalis is a class act all the way, and is certainly worthy of being considered one of the strategic greats of our time."

"...more or less real-time game... actually controlling literally every aspect of statecraft and strategy... scope is truly worldwide... economic system is the heart of the game... portrayal of technological development, domestic policies, and even religion... aggressive...AI..."

"Civilization, Imperialism or even Risk fans are sure to get a kick out of EU, despite its niggling problems... the single best strategy game released since Civilization II (and perhaps even the original Civilization.)"

"Europa Universalis is a great strategy game... One way to tell if you love this game or not is this: do you love micromanagement? If the answer is "no", then stay away."