Plenty of games bring you in as the 'tycoon' of some industry or other, but Europa 1400: The Guild lets you get in at the ground floor of capitalism itself. It's hard not to think about what might have been had you pioneered in computers, built a railroad system, started a dot-com or perhaps innovated in something as pervasive as industrial plastics. Like many folks, you've probably envied those who were able to join an industry in its infant stages.
