Here's the scoop: The game only supports up till 25 victory points. Since you specified 99, (and this was greater than 25) this was ignored. I'll try to change the "ignore" behaviour to "error". [EDIT: DONE]
Note that the "extra VP at capital" is a strange beast, as it makes it difficult to predict how many VP points a game has. Also, the default required (VP/2) does not take this into account.
I guess the 2 VP is some sort of default. Actually, it could be a cool sort of game, with 3-5 players or so: "The first person to conquer another's capital wins." Should make for some interesting diplomacy
[ May 19, 2004, 18:48: Message edited by: Esben Mose Hansen ]