Is there an option to enable auto play?

[Mr.WorldWide]

I'd like to jump into some randomly generated histories and see if I can beat them but I can't find any auto play options for the AI that allow me to take over. For example, I'd like the game to auto play for 200 turns and then turn the civilization over to me to play for the rest of the game. Civilization 4 had this option and I really enjoyed seeing what sort of the situations the AI got into.

 

[comatosedragon]

No, but you can start in later eras (Renaissance, Industrial, etc) in the advanced setup section of create a new game.