[das123]

Wow! Thanks for the great feedback.

I take your point, HoneyBadger, that the vanilla game has enough variation for the casual gamer and that there is a lot to learn. And as has also been mentioned, the mods tweak and expand the game-play without dramatically changing the feel of the game. In many other games mods change game-play so much it is like playing something completely different - which I didn't want.

I'll certainly try BI and CBM, along with some of the new races.

Regarding the rating system, I suppose all that would be required would be an indication in the lists of whether the mod is in Alpha, Beta, or Stable.