Well, I finally conquered the large earth map TSL wise. the Egyptians ruled, but after wiping out many peace loving rulers I feel like I'm the bad guy. sigh, poor ghandi, 461 turns on the chieftan setting with the blessed economy mod. my computer barely finished the game, the graphics started throwing up red/white checkered squares near the end for land graphics. all in all satisfying for civ V. the mod did make all the difference, tech is way to fast normal wise. but i did expect a movie with the space ship. oh well, time to start another, ^_^