Hello. My name is Guy, 16 years old, from Israel. Black & White was a fantastic game, brilliant and almost every respect, and one of my favorites.

For quite some time now, I have been searching for a way to get my hands on a copy of Black & White 2. Since I am firmly against piracy and warez, I basically had two options: to find a website that will allow me to purchase the game digiatally(Much better), or simply to find a store that will allow me to order it.

As you can probably imagine, none of this ways worked so far. No website that I have found will let me purchase a digital copy, and the second option is even worse because not even a single store in Israel still has the game, and international stores either don't ship to Israel or say "OK, for an additional price of a million billion dollars, we may or may not one day maybe in a way send you the game, but don't hold your breath".

What do you think I should do? Do you have any suggestions? I really want to play this game, but I think downloading such a masterpiece illegally would be just so of me...

Many thanks and day, Guy

You could try amazon or ebay. I dont know how much the shipping would be though.

Sites like Amazon or Ebay are pretty much in the third category I have mentioned. Buying the game from there is going to cost me a kidney, and the chance of me ever actually getting the item I have ordred is really really low. I am still waiting for my copy of "The Witcher". That I have ordred two years ago.

It's really annoying, you know. It's moments like this one that I can almost identify with the pirates. Who knows how many other places like Israel exist where piracy is just the only way of getting stuff like this? Damn.

Oh well. I am not a criminal. Guess I'll just get myself another game then. Know of any strategy games out right now that might be worth checking?

I'm fairly certain any store anywhere in the world that sells vdeo games, books, or movies, will obtain a copy of a game, book, or movie for you - if they do not currently have it in stock. Have your local store get a copy of it for you.

Have you tried asking them to do that? If not, do. All stores want customers, and all stores will strive to get something a customer wants if they don't have it in stock, and will already have a pricing structure to give you a heads up of the cost.

Also using sites like E-Bay, you generally have to pay P&P no matter where you are in the world, and it's worked out on the weight of the item and distance between buyer and seller. If you bought from a UK seller the distance is less than it is to the US, it shouldn't be a million billion dollars.

The E-Bay seller will (I would anyway) use FedEx or some such to get it to you. Israel does have a postal service you know, you guys aren't in the stone age. The E-Bay seller will work out the price and adding it to the cost of the item, and upon recieving payment from you via PayPal, will ship it to you.

Average price for B&W2 is £16. Add maybe £8-12 P&P and you're golden. Me thinks you and your countrymen - if they are all torrenting their games - are simply not trying hard enough to buy a legit copy. lol

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"Deus lo vult!"

Also if nothing else works and your desperate enough to get the game you could go outside the country and try. But i don't know how your country works when it comes to that. (to go out of ours you have to get a passport, ect.)

Amazon would be safest however I don't think they ship to Israel so either check whether Direct to Drive has it as I doubt Steam does or try ebay although not everyone on ebay can be trusted.