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Yes, I completely agree with matrix on this. It might be not exactly the Death Match but the concept would still remain. We can move nukes a bit further up the tech tree and free some room for slaughtering each other with more conventional weapons. We can have all mandatory techs from IA leaving combined arms and amphibious warfare to research.

The concept of ICBM is not very appealing either. Tactical nukes are more than enough especially considering the SDI small wonder is moved down the tech tree. If the game is to be traitless, the idea of making Manhattan a small wonder is worth consideration which means no Golden Age ever. Or there might be some civ-specific units which make GA possible like specific Russian Sub or American fighter plane or Chinese guerilla or something else.

IMHO, we should start in Republic but not in Democracy like it was in a previous game since ww is a huge issue in these games. Also, I disliked the concept of possible trading luxuries in that other game and would suggest that all players start in locked war against each other. This excludes trading of resources and luxuries and techs between players although still permits espionage and military alliances (not on paper but de facto). There is also a possibility of having more balanced map.

These are just random thoughts without much thinking on the matters.