Loading a save ( i.e. tapping [Ctrl]-[L]) should be available without memory errors, etc., during the AI's turn. It's ridiculous to have to wait for 50 or 100 of the AI's catapults to attack your positions when you reconsider your strategy.

Currently, on my computer, doing so will not give me a "pointer" cursor but rather the "spinning wheel" cursor over the Load Game screen. It will often not load my selection. It has resulted in a Windows error when I have tried this several times.

Interestingly, Alt-F4 will end the game just fine durning AI turns. This is a nicety too; sometimes you just have to go :) Thank you for this ability.

Why would you want to reload during the AI's turn? It couldn't be because you were losing could it? Take a hard pill.

Um, meh. Reloading is a bad habit anyway. ;)

You guys are right. Change my suggestion to eliminate save games altogether. That'll put an end to my silly misconceptions about computers and their games.

And what silly misconceptions are those?

I smell a hint of sarcasm methinks. :)