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thekaje

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I'm sure you get this question a lot, but I couldn't find any threads like it.

I am about to get Ricky for the first time, never having played Vicky or Ricky before.

Should I play vanilla Ricky first, or will my entire experience be richer if I start with VIP?

Tough question, but I hope you can help. :)
 

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I think you should try Revolutions first, as it will be easier to play and manage. V.I.P. is more complicated and could prove somewhat overwhelming to a novice.
 

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It's always advised to learn the basics of any game on the plain version first, without any mods. This allows you to get used to the mechanics, etc... first, before trying a mod out (which could prove more complicated and/or buggy).
 

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VIP throws a lot of difficult situations at the player that vanilla just doesn't have. So personally, because of all the historical events, I would have been lost had I started out with VIP. Start with vanilla Ricky.
 

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VIP is not a kind of mod which modifies the core mechanics of the game. It rather adds tons of flavour, primarily historical events.

I suggest playing vanilla first but you will surely switch to VIP soon.
 

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One mechanic it changes indirectly is colonization. There are so few places left to colonise that most nations that aren't historical colonizers won't get a shot at having colonies without waging wars against uncivs. So, it might be useful to start with plain Revolutions. On the other hand, there'll be few unclaimed colonies in a VIP game.
 

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If you're starting VIP with little or no V:R experience, I'd suggest somewhere like Belgium, Netherlands or Sweden - they don't have to do any heavy lifting on the international stage and don't have too many events, while having a decent population base for industrialisation.