Nice remake, I'm playing it right now. Some tips for those unfamiliar with it or the original: * Stable release is rather dated, content-wise. Nightly include

Nice remake, I'm playing it right now. Some tips for those unfamiliar with it or the original: * Stable release is rather dated, content-wise. Nightly includes good maps and mods. OTOH, nightly build has bugs and annoyances (like randomly changing some preferences and UI layout) * The community is almost dead, you're on your own mostly. * It's a really, really long game, prepare for months (which spans 200 years in game time). The first 10% is exploration, the last 10% is action, the rest are resource management, planning and logistics. * If you're trying to play optimally on hard difficulty (which is kind of the point of the game), each turn in mid-game and later could easily take 20-30 min. Also you might want to have Excel around. :)