Well, I've played a few more games all the way to the end and every time I'm about to win, either by finishing the spaceship, winning the election, cultural victory, the game crashes to the desktop! I also get the same result when I try to retire from the game. As soon as I agree to retire, I'm back on the desktop. I've tried playing smaller maps, but the same thing happens. I'm not getting the same random crashes that other people are getting, but it's starting to get very frustrating not to be able to actually finish a game!
So, my questions: Are other people experiencing the same thing? Has anyone got a different result from retiring? What's supposed to happen? Thanks!