Swedish Lady Understands Europa Universalis

Was playing @E_Universalis on a train from Stockholm to Gothenburg sat next to an old Swedish lady. "That is a game?" She asked. "Yes." I said. "You kind of run a country and-" "You are playing Sweden?" "Um. Yes." "You fight the Danes?" "I am, yes." "Good game." She nodded

A player explains Europa Universalis to an elderly Swedish woman on a train, but she immediately understands the game as controlling Sweden and fighting the Danes. The punchline is that this absurdly reduces a complex grand-strategy game to a familiar historical rivalry, and the woman approvingly calls it a “good game.” EN: A player explains Europa Universalis to an elderly Swedish woman on a train, but she immediately understands the game as controlling Sweden and fighting the Danes. The punchline is that this absurdly reduces a complex grand-strategy game to a familiar historical rivalry, and the woman approvingly calls it a “good game.”

• @rzeczyzabawne / 10226 2023-06-23