I am glad someone else sounds as miserable as me this game.
Imagine a neighbor who leaves 2 of the provinces adjacent to his capital unconquered while he beelines straight for you and petrifies your pretender, or another neighbor who sees an empty-Shin controlled ocean province (the kappa's were on shore leave) and thinks he can waltz in with a few mermen like nothing is going to happen.
What a debacle! PS starting wars with the first nation you see is not generally a good strategy for long-term success (unless you're Ashdod). I hope to prove that (shortly).
