I've also seen AI capitol cities placed where they can't possibly get enough food to sustain their growth at the start of the game. Do they get extra food on "hard" difficulty? The first city I saw do this grew to at least size 10 in tundra hills with at most 4 food from the terrain insid...

Togra gets +50% research from Scientists and -25% from upfit costs. The later is decent, but the former bonus means that if Togra makes it to the mid-game relatively intact, they will win unless everyone makes a concerted effort to gang up on them. There's just no chance that a civ of the same appr...