Alliances are a MUST. i remeber one FFA:
Macrat, Mack, Argh..i remebe rmacrat and mack..anyway me and Mack, and macrat allied early, and i walled up, having macrat on one side with no walls between us. i made an 18 minute bronz eand made a buncha WG, only to have that bastard macrat to shoot my WG in the back, well i won the battle, despite horrible losses as my brave sailors struggled to discover the traitors.
then, due to the construction of several ranges(4) i wa sable to send swarms of nobiltied hittite CA at macrat. he ironed, and began pumpin' HA, but my camels came from behind and with the help of HA, i forced macrat into a state of subservance to me, ignoring macks pleas for help.
Gradully, yellow ironed, i ironed, HHAed, Hcated, and generally kicked ass, but yellow was egypt, with scythes! omygod, i had turqouse dead, as my HHcats and HHA were decimating his last hele/hcats. i bellowed, and then resigned.
Why resigned? i thought all the docks were gone, and i was nervous...so i twitched and resigned