[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Congratulations to Atlantis! I myself would have liked to play a few more turns, since I was looking forward to fighting Marignon, but I also felt like the game was getting a bit tedious. I think I learned a lot, but I would have liked to actually fight a real war (AI Ulm and Jomon's outlying provinces dont count).

Diplomacy was definitely a strong influence on my decision not to fight Atlantis. But in my defense, I was not "tricked". As the weakest remaining player, I didn't have a shot at victory, so I just wanted to have some good combat experiences, and I thought Marignon's summons would have been more interesting to fight than Atlantis' infantry hordes.

Anyway, it was fun just lasting until the late game and seeing what it is like. Next game, I think I'll try to be more aggressive, and start wars rather than waiting for them to come to me.