Quote Originally Posted by econ21
Quite often in history it seems that when faced with a rising power, countries decided if you can't beat em, join em.
Well, exactly. If you can't beat 'em. Thankyou for making my point

Apart from that, I think there's an argument for a GA campaign where ganging up would not apply. I also think it would perhaps be nice to have some extra options, like "always war" or "always peace". There's really no reason why a range of different gamers' preferences couldn't be catered for in a game like this.

But the bottom line for me will always be - give me a challenge, please!