I received Civ3 as a Christmas gift in 2002 and went looking online for information when it went OK but a bunch of stuff didn't seem to be very efficient using just the info from the manuals. Discovered GOTM in January, was hooked by the 15th, submitted my first game in GOTM17, and have stayed up all night a couple of times. Kinda hard on a 40-something with a 2 year old... 
