Sometimes I have good (IMHO) results. I even sent one my game in the best Hall of Fame on the Internet.
18-September-98 I started new campaign and in 12 days - by 30-September-98 I have achived excellent result! See this page and say me if you have like one.
Start on Premade World.
You can look at this map here. In two words - there are grasslands, lakes and rivers; random resourses; RANDOM start civilizations positions.
