Nice write-up! There is so much to get out of games like this, like metal exercise and play time. I just wish I could grok these games. Whenever I play them, once every two or three years, my brain hits a wall. It’s almost impossible for me to make a longterm plan. It’s like, “Hey, I wanna do a thing.” I do the thing two turns later and am satisfied. Meanwhile everyone else actually has an engine built. And then my family starves.