Re: Civ IV Question: How many hours (days?) do the "pros" take to play a game, roughly speaking?

>> Just wondering as I am not a hard core but rather a casual Civ IV
>> player.  I always feel like I am ru****ng through the game, but it
>> is after all a complicated game.  But, leaving aside the fact
>> that many of you know the game inside out, about how long should
>> a game at my level take to play?

I don't see that there is a "should" in it. You can set the game up in 
various ways that will change the playing time in a big way. Also, you 
can just quit anytime if things aren't going the way you want them. The 
im****tant thing is to set up so that you have a good time, and not to 
meet any (imaginary) standards.