CVDon
Warlord
I considered Normal to be too quick, so I tried Epic. That's all I played until last night when I accidentally selected Marathon and then decided "What the heck". Turns out, I like Marathon best, so far at least. The game seems more forgiving. You have more time to change your mind, change your direction. On the other hand, if you run out of troops in the middle of a war ... you will not be building any quick armies to make up the difference. Fortunately, no wars yet, but we will see ...