Originally Posted by guthmund

Not to mention, even if I could build more than a dozen cities, I'd have no where to build them. In every game, I'm surrounded. If they're not in my back yard, they're trying to negotiate with me. In my "Roman" game, I'm surrounded by four other civilizations, which is bad enough, but every other turn 'Catherine' of Russia interrupts me to ask for 'open borders,' which is a bit riduculous since she's waaaaay over on the far side of the map!

Good game. Just a bit irritating right now.