Power-hungry Europa Universalis IV players in capes and funny hats will stalk the halls of a Polish castle when the historical grand strategy game’s four-day LAN-o-LARP event ‘The Grandest LAN Party’ returns in November. We sent our boy Brendy to last year’s forty-person rumble, and his two–part report on the intrigue and drama of diplomats skulking around a castle and holding secret talks while their teammates played the video game still delights me. What a strange and wonderful event. EU4 devs Paradox and event organisers Dziobak LARP Studios today opened ticket sales, and if you’re crafty and loaded you might fancy a look. Read the rest of this entry »