Some hint about early nations to ban to skilled players?

[MaxWilson]

It's also probably best if they're not allowed to spend gold on anything but monkey PD.

-Max

P.S. In seriousness, I think giving bonuses to the weaker players is more likely to lead to a good game than forcing the stronger players to play crippled. Otherwise you're just annoying the stronger player and asking for them to game the system (no bless and no SC? Fine--play Hinnom with a scales strategy, or play Caelum and abuse mammoths). I did like the suggestion of banning alliances between the strong players but whether it would work in practice depends on your players.