I mean that if you look at the Texas holdem game, there's only the few that had a good start that have a chance to win it. (Who wants to go fight IanCD's infantry when some have not discovered gunpowder yet!) If there had been tech trading, the diplomacy could have been more important and a potential dogpilling against the tech-leader is possible.
With equal starts things are a bit different. If you screw up your game, it's your own fault.
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