Empires Begin as Line Items.

Three entries explain most of this ledger. First: every holding opens on the page where you find it — no installers, no launchers, no forms between you and the first decision. Second: each prospectus is the publisher's own account of their game, printed exactly as supplied; the judgements in the margins, the portfolios and the essays are ours alone. Third: the book is kept in the order our supplier ranks it, strongest files toward the front, so the first page of any shelf is the page we'd start with ourselves. The rest is arithmetic and taste — bring both.