Well.. I have put up my first game at the HoF.. Good and bad news..
I won at 820 AD Domination
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I settled.. made 2 of my own cities.. hooked up iron.. started whacking my nearest neighbor.
I stopped for a while after the first guy was down to build some more troops and courthouses and went to town on 2 of my other neighbors at one time and ended up winning at 820ad.
This made me pretty happy at first until.. the damn dutch got involved
I go back to the thread at CFC to announce my win and I see a guy (Dutchfire) who said that he got the same win at 150AD
So for me it is back to the drawing board.