I agree with Meglobob. I've been playing a random map single player game this morning and have lost my pretender and four heroes within about the first 25-30 turns. I don't know what the deal is, but I don't recall this happening previously. And if I'm horror marked, why isn't it showing up in the Hero/Pretender info screen during the assassination battle playback and paused? *confused*
Bleh. A game breaker for me. At least today. Off to EVE.
Oh yeah, and off topic, but the random map generator routinely screws up province border placement as well as province name placement. But no big deal, comparatively. *wave*