Last night, I finished my first ever game of Civ IV: Warlords. Before, I'd always gotten bored and quit somewhere in the medieval or renaissance era, but this time I kept on going, finally scoring a conquest victory in 2027 on the prince setting, after conquering three AI civs and depopulating a fourth with nukes to push me up to 75% of world population, with a game time of about 38 hours. It's the first time I've really gotten to grips with the combat system and figured out how to make good use of the different units and bonuses. I've played Civ II, Call to Power II and Alpha Centauri, but of those, Alpha Centauri is the only other one I've played through to the end.