Same here Cor. Playing with Demo methods, played a lot during the 2 weeks w/o a turn and now realized I completely borked myself. I didn't even like it.
Hi Tien Chi - play nice please Oh Hi Atlantis, welcome to our shores. Have a pleasant stay!
Only redeeming factor is that I don't see this being a 3 month game for me
Perhaps look for allies? Heck, I'm being assaulted in provinces next to my capitol. Feel free to give C'tis a messenger and we'll see if we can assist each other, shockingly.
I find I actually enjoy the lack of graphs. It makes scouting that much more important... its more "realistic" in a sense, because you dont have perfect, up-to-the minute knowledge of your opponents' strength.