Decided to play an 18-player hotseat game against myself in Civ IV on the world map. Some are doing wonderfully, while others are facing near total extinction... and I haven't even started the head-to-head wars. Granted, the ones that are so behind are the ones who have crappy starting positions on the World scenario, and I'm playing every Civ a difficulty level above my normal difficulty.
Persia is in the lead, followed closely by India, England, Russia, and China, in that order. Bringing up the rear going from dead-last and moving up in score, we have Greece, Mali, America, Germany, and Japan, all of whom have really crappy starts in terms of growth. America and Mali in particular since they have to deal with barbarians from mostly barren continents, which are breeding grounds for those barbarians. Japan does have Kyoto in a tie for the largest city in the world, though.
Also been playing some Pokemon Y. Trying to get through the Laverre Gym with my very underleveled team.