CA's definite answer on the Loadgame "issue"

[SpencerH]

Great, a 'feature' that pretty much ends the game for me unless I leave the game running all the time. Nothing else explains why I didnt fight one defensive seige and why the AI didnt expand in the one campaign I played after switching from 1.0 to 1.2.

EDIT. I started a campaign yesterday as the Brits. I didnt save and it was pretty tough to get started. I finally took a city from the much larger gauls. They counterattacked and beseiged my new city. Unfortunately it was late and without thinking I saved and quit. Upon re-starting the gauls packed up and left. 2-3 turns later the gauls reappeared but I had re-equipped and was prepared for the festivities. With no further re-starts the Germans are now attacking me.