Civilization 3. A Game.

Okay... I'm playing as America - I'm allies with the Zulu and I'm warring with the Aztecs. I am the Top Dog - culture, money, size, armies.

So, I'm attacking an Aztec city with my Riflemen, and their puny swordsmen are mowing them down like Enron's paperwork. Son of a bitch. Grr. But my cavalry is on the way, and dozens of my cannons are hammering away.

And then, a single Zulu swordsman kills not one, but TWO defensive armies (a swordsman and a pikeman) and captures the city with my HUGE ARMY still standing at the proverbial gates!!! What the HELL?!

I was so ticked off, that I left a couple obsolete swordsmen to effectively block off the pennisula, hopefully allowing me time to capture the last Aztec city. So, I move my armies to the gates of the last city and start pounding away. I'm making good progress.

Untill that punk-assed Zulu swordsman lands via a freakin' galley and takes the city right in front of me!!! Holy crap!!

I am one betrayed SOB. I wage a war, I build and sacrifice a huge army - and some second-rate Zulu empire snatches my spoils - right in front of me!! TWICE!!

That's the last time I invite the freakin' ZULU to my war! Man, now I'm gonna have to rely on my extrodinary culture to snag those cities... hey. That's kinda cool, now that I thinkof it. I'll let the Zulu emire foot the bill while they rebuild. Temples, markets, cathedrals.

Screw it. I'll just mass my armies at the gates and lay the smack down on the Zulu capital.

And then I'll reload where I left off...

This game is so cool - and so freakin' unfair.