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    Episode 21 - Tropico 4

    enNovember 25, 2016
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    About this Episode

    Tropico 4 is a resource management simulation game. As El Presidente, you will guide your island republic to prosperity or financial ruin. The Grumpy Old Guys take it for a spin and see how it stacks up to other sim/resource management games out there.

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