Well I´m currently playing this map and its great. I´m Rome and I saw has very early that I whould never be big by just creating seatlers. so I rushed up +2 citys. rushed to pretorians, and then it was just mass production. just barracks and pretorians until 1000 AC.
1 time I have played the game and my capital has no ancient wonder. around 1500 I owned western greece, balkans, spain, france and germany. underdeveloped country with 10% of its population in the army. (by the way I play epic) 1870. I own all europe, northern africa. russia west of Ural mt. midle east and india. + i am in good relations with americans after big conquest war with astec where i own now midle america south US. and have defence pact with malasia wich owns africa.
future tech 2 coming up. I play prince level. worst thing now is that the empire is so vast that it take hours just to play couple of turns. at the year 1600 I had played for 9 hours give or take. now i have played for 16 hours and its 1890. and its growing longer and longer.
Hey you invated germany to prevent spacerace with china. i´m doing it almost reversed
sugestion: make one map of this one where spacerace isn´t possible. It will force people to try and win with conquest and domination. thats always fun.
And the problem with Rome and other badly placed civs is: they need to be humans and the need to be at constant war. In Europe you don´t get your "breething space" by asking nicely. strong military is rule nr 1.
English is my second language so this text is probably very badly writen.
thanx for this great map.
1 time I have played the game and my capital has no ancient wonder. around 1500 I owned western greece, balkans, spain, france and germany. underdeveloped country with 10% of its population in the army. (by the way I play epic) 1870. I own all europe, northern africa. russia west of Ural mt. midle east and india. + i am in good relations with americans after big conquest war with astec where i own now midle america south US. and have defence pact with malasia wich owns africa.
future tech 2 coming up. I play prince level. worst thing now is that the empire is so vast that it take hours just to play couple of turns. at the year 1600 I had played for 9 hours give or take. now i have played for 16 hours and its 1890. and its growing longer and longer.
Hey you invated germany to prevent spacerace with china. i´m doing it almost reversed
sugestion: make one map of this one where spacerace isn´t possible. It will force people to try and win with conquest and domination. thats always fun.
And the problem with Rome and other badly placed civs is: they need to be humans and the need to be at constant war. In Europe you don´t get your "breething space" by asking nicely. strong military is rule nr 1.
English is my second language so this text is probably very badly writen.
thanx for this great map.
I rush worrior and took most of babarian states.. and cripple next door CIV..... no challange...got most of wonde too so just give up..... 
I play on Immortal level 
this time...
I then... spam out the colony cities..... have five total cities by 500bc....I am on the 3-5 position in points compare to others civ....then the problem start.... from the south of my empire ...the stakes of axeman, swordman and horseman.....like 10 units.. most of my spammed city is 2-3 size and got only worrior... SOOOOO... they all get destroy..... BURN baby BURN..... 
I rush out several axeman for defense... send out the to fight in the battle field and horribly...most of them.... babar unit are so strong ...2-3 promotions each.....my is FOB..fresh of the boat....
BUT...the luck is on my side..... my norther army... manage to took 2 babar cities and left only 2 units ... I put them on hold to defence the new loot... the Babar army in the south... badly weaken from the battle try to take my souther city....... the only unit fight out to their last man.
...... when dust was clear.... the souther babar army was on more!!!!!... the the city survive..... 
