EDIT: Thanks for all the nice wishes and support! Still haven't found out if my application was accepted, but keep your fingers crossed for me! All giveaways have now ended. A couple of the free keys remain unclaimed so I will save them for my next big set of giveaways :) Have fun everyone!


About 9 years ago I met a kind and beautiful Slovenian girl and we fell in love. Since then I’ve moved to Slovenia, married her and had two kids. Recently, since the outcome of the EU referendum in the UK, I started to worry about losing the benefits of being an EU citizen. So I thought it would be wise to apply for Slovenian citizenship. I know it’s going to take a number of years before Britain actually leaves the EU, but why wait. Btw, I voted to STAY, obviously!

So the whole process of applying for Slovenian citizenship is, frankly, a pain in the arse! There are a tonne of forms to fill out, documents to submit and it’s expensive! The hardest part by far, however, is the requirement that you have to pass a Slovenian language test. It’s a difficult language to learn and I’ve never been to any lessons. Everything I know, I’ve picked up from speaking to others, watching TV and listening to the radio. I can hold a conversation but I make a lot of mistakes and I don’t know much of the grammar, so naturally I was very nervous about taking the test. Well, long story short, and to my surprise, I PASSED! And so, to the point of this post; I’ve yet to find out if my application will be accepted, but I was so happy about passing the test that I wanted to share that happiness with you guys :)


So here are the games! There’s not a lot, but hopefully you can all find at least one game you’d like to add to your collection :)

In each giveaway, I’ve written an interesting fact about Slovenia and posed a question. The first person to guess the answer correctly wins a key for an ungiftable game. If I have multiple keys for any of the games they will go to the next correct answer.

The free games available in each GA are written next to the giveaway game, in brackets. Only unedited answers will be accepted and only one answer per person.

LVL 1+
Cibele (Ace of Words)
Oniken (Sumo Revise)
Tick Tock Isle (BlackShadows)

LVL 2+
Poker Night 2 (Tompi Jones)
Read Only Memories (Glass Wing)
Plantera (Spheroid)
The Forest of Doom by Lunaticmage

LVL 3+
Jurassic Park: The Game (ShipLord)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack (2x Evil Maze)
Devil Daggers (Unknown Battle)
Runestone Keeper (Masked Shooters 2)
Savage Lands by JustinSane059

LVL 4+
Stronghold Crusader 2 (Hitman 2: Silent Assassin)
Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders (2x Deponia)
Elegy for a Dead World (2x Supraball)

For my WL
Click to find out

All my giveaways end on the evening of Tuesday Oct 11.

Feel free to add your own giveaways to my thread! Just let me know by replying to my first comment below.

8 years ago*

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Lepo, da ti je uspelo opraviti test! Povej, če rabiš koga, da na njem vadiš jezik :P

I'm a simple man, I see Slovenia, I click the link. Was kinda surprised to see such a topic here :D Oh, and thanks for the giveaways!

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Hvala za ponudbo! I might have to take you up on that one day :)

Good to see a fellow Slovenian ;)

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bamp

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Congrats on you're progress so far :D

You shall now be known as SG's only Britlovenian :)

Good luck in the rest of the process!

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Haha, thank you! I like the sound of that :)

8 years ago
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Bump!

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Congrats and Bump!

8 years ago
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Thank you!

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Zdravo, komšija! :D (Hello, neighbour - technically, not next-door, but still :) )
Congratulations on passing the test and all the best to you and your family! :)

8 years ago
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Thank you for the wishes neighbour :)

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Congratulations on passing the test :)

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Thanks :)

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congratulation for passing the test :)

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Thank you!

8 years ago
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nice story, hopefully you"ll get the citizenship and thanks for the GAs :)

8 years ago
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Thank you, me too :)

8 years ago
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Congratulations, I hope your appliaction will get accepted! :)

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Thank you. Keep your fingers crossed :)

8 years ago
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Bump. Love the way you set this up. Some games for all levels. Nice

8 years ago
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Great, thanks. Glad you approve :)

8 years ago
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Thanks for giveaways and congratulations on passing your Slovenian test!
By the way, why did you say 'obviously' after 'I voted to stay'?

8 years ago
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Thank you! Well, I assumed voting 'stay' would be natural for any British person living in another EU country. Due to the fact that leaving the EU will likely make things harder for expats. Maybe I'm wrong to assume that though :)

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Oh, right. I kind of thought you wanted to become a Slovenian citizen anyway, since you live there. Personally, I think that UK will be fine (I mean, finer!) outside EU. Exiting doesn't mean you have to cut all bridges with the Union, they will surely make agreements, as everyone does.
By the way, I live in Italy near the Slovenian border, we're sort of neighbours! :)

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Well, hello neighbour :) I guess the real outcome remains to be seen. The decision was obvious to me at least but everyone is entitled to their opinion of course :)

8 years ago
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Thanks ^^

8 years ago
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The Slavic languages are quite difficult, especially for people, who have grown up using English as a primary language, so big congrats!

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Thanks! Definitely doesn't come naturally. I actually think I should be making less mistakes by now, but the main thing is that people understand me :)

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Congratz on passing test

8 years ago
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Thank you!

8 years ago
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Such situations always baffle me. I mean, why would you move to the poor country, if she could go to the UK?

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Slovenia is not really a poor country in comparison to some nearby countries. Also, she had a really nice life here before I ever turned up. There's no guarantee she'd have a better life in the UK. But, tbh, I don't really care where we live as long as we are together, as cheesy as that sounds :D

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Just because it doesn't appear on the outside, it doesn't mean it's not poor ... a joke of minimal wages, high disoccupation, living standards pretty much the same as in wealthier EU countries, not mentioning high corruption ...

To be frank, I'm still looking for an opportunity to get out of here :/

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I hear Africa is nice this time of the year ;) Joking obviously. I definitely appreciate what you've said, particularly on the high corruption part. If you are personally not happy with your life in Slovenia it might be good for you to look for opportunities in other countries. I'm happy with my life so I'm gonna stick around for now. Just remember, the grass isn't always greener on the other side :)

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u did wot m8te?!

j.k. slovenia is in general a nice country

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Haha, hey neighbour! Who's that idiot in the image ;)

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Well congratulations you Britlovenian! My boss is swiss and is married to a local [salvadorean], and he too is applying for citizenship so he can travel in central america more easily with his family, he also says that it's a royal pain in the ass to get our citizenship which we find funny since our nationality isn't very interesting at all hehe

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Thank you hotbullet! I'm guessing it's a pain in the arse wherever you go. I mean, let's be honest, why would they want to make it easy for people :D Good luck to your boss though!

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Congrats, learning such a tricky language and finding a life away from home, I wish you the best with the application. Do they have a 'Life in Slovenia' test as well?

8 years ago
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Thank you for the wishes! They don't have anything like that, thankfully. It would probably be harder than the language test :D

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Bump!

8 years ago
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Please do tell me: did this rs start as a long distance relationship?

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Actually, we met in Madrid. She was on a student exchange and I was visiting my English friend. They happened to be living in the same flat. I stayed in Madrid for about 3 months, then she suggested I come to Slovenia to do some more traveling. I've pretty much lived here ever since :D I did go back to the UK for about 3 months after we were already a couple. So during those 3 months we did have a long distance relationship and it was horrible. Couldn't wait to get back to Slovenia to be with her :)

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Congrats

8 years ago
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Naleteli (Google translate... i'm sure it's wrong...)

8 years ago
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That actually means "they ran into/across" :P There's not really a Slovene word for "bump", we just use the English one from time to time.

8 years ago
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Same for my language. Damn english making untraslatable words...

8 years ago
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Well the effect is still the same, so thanks :)

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Closed 8 years ago by BauerBoy24.