Has anyone seen anything like this before?

[allybhoy]

[Aro]

Nope. What is this?

[Morrissey]

Looks like the game's been started with only one Civ, hence the computer thinks all other civs have been eliminated.

[Bill3000]

I've seen it, but only in cases where it is a custom map when there are few starting points.

[allybhoy]

It was just a generic game, noble (I think), Archipaelgo, Marathon. Wouldnt know how to start with custom maps

[johnmcd]

It's what happens when there is only one civ, normally the first time your borders expand, which looks about right for the date. I think it must have been custom though.

[allybhoy]

Wierd, I dont have a clue how to do that, I just used the options on the menu, was quite funny tho

[Quillan]

Never seen that, but one time I started a game and wasn't paying attention. I hit the B key without looking at the terrain around the starting point, and then discovered that I was next to a plains hill. So, I decided to open the world builder, erase the city I'd just founded, and put a settler back at the same point. The game decided that my only city had been destroyed and I lost.

[Denny]

I've Seen something similar:
When I started a tutorial, half an hour later, i had to nip out, so i saved the game.
The next day, I loaded the saved game, and the next turn it told me I'd won, quite handsomely as well!

[Nikolai]

This must surely be a custom game?

[allybhoy]

its not a custom game, I used standard choices from the menus. I dont know how to customise

[Nikolai]

That's easy. Just choose the custom game in the main menu, and customize at you please. There are loads of options, much more than in the silly normal setup.

[allybhoy]

yeah, never looked at it, maybe I should. Been very happy with the game the way it is so far, but that would prolong the enjoyment