If you haven’t played any of the Europa Universalis games, there is no better place to start than the second one. But, if you insist on doing things in order, Paradox and Gamers Gate are offering the original EU for the low, low price of one dollar.

Buy it and see what all the fuss is about. And don’t worry about not getting a paper manual - except for the historical information at the back, it’s pretty useless.