So many games and so many different ways to spend 100 turns. It has been really difficult to choose. I feel like I am one of the judges on MasterChef.
My votes:
1st - CBPE - not too strong and not too weak. No unusual events. Chariots underway.
2nd - MaximumPain - not too strong and not too weak. No unusual events. Chariots underway. Heading for Great Library?
3rd - Toranth - lots of exploring done, solid but not too extreme.
Other comments:
Yak - Really strong position. Too strong for this game. Well done though on an excellent start.
John Edwards - Great progress with Oracle and Code of Laws. Not sure this will always be repeatable in similar situations.
Gumbolt - Great war with Monty. Again, not always repeatable and probably too strong for this game.
Kjellea - well done on killing Khan but too game-breaking for this exercise, in my view.
Softnum - too unfortunate in losing the Settler
TheBoot - 5 cities seems to much for this point in the game. Less ability for us to determine other city placements.
Grymloq - again, great progress, but too strong for this exercise.
Joyodongo - solid start, but not sure what we will do with 7 warriors.