I hear you there Grand Dad, I like Colonization but Civilization and its depth still holds the records for playing the most time in a row and having people threaten me at gunpoint to go to sleep award.
I thought that was a raw deal with the revolutions too that your the only one that has to fight your mother country, I suppose its because of limits to the amount of soldiers on the board, still why should they get the breaks
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I usually start doing war on the towns with more liberty bell points when the enemy starts getting close to revolution.