Just wanted to say I'm greatly enjoying the game so far. When I got the link to unlock the preorder this afternoon I first thought "I guess I will execute a turn just to see how the game runs and maybe I'll actually start playing this weekend", from that I went to "maybe I should try playing a few turns now, I can spare an hour before I turn to other matters". Right now my thoughts are "bloody hell, I've been playing for 4-5 hours now, I have to go to sleep at some point today"...
In short, the game is very adictive and fun. I've played the first two years of the Roman Civil War (Caesar vs. Pompeius) and it's shear joy...
So thanks everyone for this great game...