I'm kind of having to eat crow. After saying on Friday that Rise of Nations was not my cup of tea, I find myself playing the demo more and more. I firmly believe that the tech advances progress far, far too quickly, but having gotten into the game and learned some of the nuances, I'm starting to really like it and wish I could play beyond the limitations of the demo (my old arch-nemesis "Wonder Victory" cannot be disabled, nor can "Armageddon" which results from too many nuke detonations).