Have been playing the game for a week now and having much fun doing well etc. I room with my 2brothers and they have both started playing as well. The other day i walked in on 1 playing Gal Civ II and he was cussing up a storm. Seems that rather early in the game hed been drug into war with 5 out of 6 discovered empires. 1 of his planets was camped by enemy fleets and his other 2 were barely holding on. I coached him awhile over his shoulder and we managed to stabilize 2 of his panets and his failing economy. Still there he was way behind in tech now outgunned and out of chances so he gave up but i made him save the game for me. I played it later and had more fun rescuing his hopless game than I had in anything else I had played. Try it sometime!