MP: Lunar Sea - a second bout of modness. Closed - map selection underway.

[Apsophos]

Originally Posted by Herr Heimlich

And this is without speaking of the research according to the score table. I mean, Tien, Arco and Yomi all have research over 150?! At turn 8?! Did I miss something here?!

Research pretender, yes. I often do that. It's no big deal, the advantage tends to fade out in favor of those players who have more provinces/castles/gold.

As for expansion, it took me quite some games to learn to have the acceptable rate I have here. Did you read the guide about Tir na n'Og and do some quick tests in SP?