Well ... new reply since I'm too floored to edit the previous post.
As mentioned previously, I had googled and downloaded "Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013". Since my OS is on 64 bits, and I expect most programs these days to work on 64 bits, I also downloaded the redist package for .. 64-bit.
Turns out I needed to download & run vcredist_x86.exe instead. And now the game is happily installing.
Maybe the installer needs a sort of pre-requisite list on the website? Just a thought ... ☺
As mentioned previously, I had googled and downloaded "Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013". Since my OS is on 64 bits, and I expect most programs these days to work on 64 bits, I also downloaded the redist package for .. 64-bit.
Turns out I needed to download & run vcredist_x86.exe instead. And now the game is happily installing.
Maybe the installer needs a sort of pre-requisite list on the website? Just a thought ... ☺
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