you should be able to add neutrals. say you are going to have 5 players. just add starting positions for players 6-10 right next to one of the human starting positions. disable random computer, enable random neutral. tweak your settings .txt to force a certain number of computer empires, and you should be good to go.
and in case any one missed the reference:
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poet...pling_ind.html
edit: this should have been the link:
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poet...ns_burden.html
[ October 10, 2003, 21:08: Message edited by: Puke ]