I definitely enjoyed myself even though I got reamed by four nations at once ;P It was an interesting experience.
One of the big things that hurt me is that I didn't think hard enough about my neighbors. What I should have done is demanded vassalage from EA Maverni instead of attacking vfb, as he was more than willing to pay item tribute to keep me off his back. Then I could have gone after C'Tis who had no good early-mid game counter to a billion skin shifters. Unfortunately, for me I didn't really pay attention to what the makeups of the other nations around me were, which speaks to my inexperience at this game.
It also would have given me more time to develop my research towards storm + mist.
Also, vfb is the noisiest mother in the world when he's getting attacked
Jazzepi