Works every time and after playing just about all of the modern paradox games, you really don’t need the dlcs unless you’re really into the base game and even then the time to learn means most of it won’t even be within your grasp until you’re like 50 to 100 hours in.

I fell into this bottomless pit and don’t know when I’ll upgrade. My 2070 super is great but showing it’s age and I’ve waited so long that now effectively the entire interior of my case needs to be upgraded. Just can’t justify the cost right now as I know it’ll amount to 1k+