Lucky Boop

Strategy game enthusiast, especially Paradox titles and the Civilization series. Whenever he's not writing he spends his time watching sports, enjoying coffee, or studying history.

Joined: July 9, 2021
Articles: 129
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ByLucky Boop
OnAugust 7, 2023

How to Change Dice Appearance – Baldur’s Gate 3

At first glance you might not realize it, but that seemingly always-unlucky 20-sided die can actually be customized with skins. So far, all die customizations with the exception of Behir Blue are confirmed to require some kind of purchase. Getting…

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ByLucky Boop
OnAugust 6, 2023

How to Get Digital Deluxe Items – Baldur’s Gate 3

If you decided to splurge and pick up the Digital Deluxe Edition of Baldur’s Gate 3, you’ll be expecting some bonus loot once you start your campaign. It won’t just magically appear in your inventory from another plane when you…

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ByLucky Boop
OnAugust 6, 2023

DirectX 11 or Vulkan – Baldur’s Gate 3

Before you even reach the character creator, Baldur’s Gate 3 has you make a decision on which graphics API you’ll use. They both should work to run the game, but most systems will have better performance on one than the…

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ByLucky Boop
OnAugust 6, 2023
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How to Skip the Launcher – Baldur’s Gate 3

Are you tired of yet another third party launcher when you launch a game through Steam? Never fear, skipping the pesky Larian Launcher whenever you play Baldur’s Gate 3 is a simple process. Method 1: Steam Launch Options The fastest…

hearts of iron 4 patch 1.13 joint focus tree dev diary

ByLucky Boop
OnJuly 26, 2023
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Hearts of Iron IV Patch 1.13 Dev Diary – Joint Focus Tree

Today Paradox announced a surprising feature accompanying Arms Against Tyranny: joint focus trees allowing enhanced collaboration between countries. The goal of these is to make minor countries more feasible and enjoyable to play without having to conquer everybody around you.…

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ByLucky Boop
OnJuly 19, 2023

Hearts of Iron IV Patch 1.13 Dev Diary – Small Features

Pivoting away from a focus on historical focus trees, the latest developer diary has Paradox covering the miscellaneous features arriving with Arms Against Tyranny. Among the features covered are major changes to the division designer, consumer goods, and equipment production.…

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ByLucky Boop
OnJune 28, 2023
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Hearts of Iron IV Patch 1.13 Dev Diary – Historical Denmark

The latest developer diary for Arms Against Tyranny covers the historical focuses for Denmark, changes to its starting situation, and some new unique mechanics. Denmark infamously surrendered two hours after Germany invaded during World War 2, so the developers had…

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ByLucky Boop
OnJune 21, 2023

Hearts of Iron IV Patch 1.13 Dev Diary – Historical Norway

The third Arms Against Tyranny developer diary covers new features coming to Sweden’s neighbor, Norway. Unlike last week, no new changes were covered outside of historical Norway. Norway Changes Going the historical Norway route will focus on players developing their…

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ByLucky Boop
OnJune 14, 2023

Hearts of Iron IV Patch 1.13 Dev Diary – Historical Sweden

In the first developer diary since the Arms Against Tyranny announcement, Paradox covers the changes coming to their home country of Sweden. Although historically Sweden never fought in World War 2, there will be opportunities to join the war as…

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ByLucky Boop
OnJune 7, 2023

Hearts of Iron IV Patch 1.13: Arms Against Tyranny DLC

Today Paradox announced that the 8th expansion for Hearts of Iron will be Arms Against Tyranny, focusing on the Scandinavian countries. Accompanying the DLC is the Stella Polaris update, though no specifics have been revealed. The announcement comes the day…