Charles Ellis

Job Title: Freelance writer
Joined: March 2021
Bio: Failed nerd, failed Australian, Charles spends his days exploring alternative history achievements in Paradox's Hearts of Iron 4 and Europa Universalis 4 (and casting industrial quantities of wargaming terrain). A glutton for punishment in grand strategy games, he's written a whole guide to getting the weirdest, toughest HOI4 achievements.

Hearts of Iron 4 Arms Against Tyranny DLC review – hard times

Hearts of Iron 4 Arms Against Tyranny DLC review - Paradox artwork showing a coastal gun firing at a sinking ship on fire

Oct 10, 2023

Best combat flight simulators on PC 2023

Best Combat Flight Simulators guide - Game Screenshot from DCS flight sim showing two modern fighter jet aircraft flying toward the camera, armed with multiple missile armaments

Oct 3, 2023

HoI4 achievements – the best Hearts of Iron 4 achievements

Hearts of Iron 4 achievements - Hearts of Iron 4 artwork showing a surfaced submarine and a sinking ship on fire

Dec 13, 2022

The best EU4 achievements

The best Europa Universalis 4 achievements - EU4 artwork showing three leader figures from different ages of history

Sep 9, 2022

IL2 Sturmovik guide: how to play IL2 Battle of Stalingrad

Two fighter planes in IL-2 Sturmovik engaged in combat mid-air

Jan 17, 2022

Hearts of Iron 4: No Step Back DLC review – the red bear awakens

Hearts of Iron 4 No Step Back DLC review - HoI4 No Step Back promotional artwork showing a Soviet WWII tank in a hangar

Nov 23, 2021

Why Victoria 3 really shouldn’t leave war behind

A screenshot from Victoria 3's reveal trailer showing zeppelins

Jun 2, 2021