Quote Originally Posted by Antipodean
off your arse while you try and play the slow game?

Oh, great board guys, it's given me years of fun advice and FBE's amazing RTW guide.
What's your problem? Sounds like you got what you wanted - a challenging game. Are you at the same place as with an early blitz? Yes, but it was probably more fun getting there. A blitz is easy, wipe the AI's early, then coast. The whole point of slow development and allowing them to tech up is so that they provide more of a challenge - which is what you got. It's point is not to be as easy as a blitz strategy. If you thought that, then you misunderstood the point of this.