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This thread was added on March 28, 2025, with posts from Ubi-Thorlof.
It's indeed lavender! If you close your eyes, you can smell it through the screen.
Not quite sure what you mean with the "Starting Provinces" part.
On the contrary, Anno 117: Pax Romana gives you more choice compared to Anno 1800 since you can choose to start in either province when starting a sandbox game.
The campaign, as in Anno 1800, might occasionally restrict you in some regards for narrative reasons, but that's a different story (hah, story!).
Have not, personally.
If we get everyone's souls, maybe we can do a 4D Anno