You definitely don't want people to get too far ahead. On our board, we are 9 games in and I have won 6 of those. I'm usually Imperial Balkania, who is now both [o]The Bringer of Nuclear Fire[/o] and [o]The Alien Conspirator[/o]. Which hurts a bit, but the missiles I have at my command...
At this point I can spread myself thin at the beginning of the game, and barrage missiles at anyone coming after me, and then just go into troop overload. It is really nasty. I love it. Except for [o]having a faction dedicated to killing me[/o] to go along with my inherent weakness to go with my [o]Alien Collaborator[/o] and everyone always ganging up on me to try to take me down.
At this point I can spread myself thin at the beginning of the game, and barrage missiles at anyone coming after me, and then just go into troop overload. It is really nasty. I love it. Except for [o]having a faction dedicated to killing me[/o] to go along with my inherent weakness to go with my [o]Alien Collaborator[/o] and everyone always ganging up on me to try to take me down.