Civ4 is out now for a couple of months and the last patch seems to have improved a lot. (I couldn't tell as bugs don't strike me. You must have blood like honey.
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Why aren't there any PBEM's going on now? Is everyone still playing Civ3? Hattrick and the like? Too busy with work? I'd like to play a few more PBEM's than just Ignition and DDCP (which hasn't even started). But I don't want to start them all myself.