BALANCE: (5.0) -
This category is rated differently according to other files not designed to field more than one player. From the guidelines, quote, "Each human player should start out in a position of approximately the same strength, with an equal chance of winning provided the skill of the players is equal. Obviously, the players' positions don't have to match exactly, but they should be balanced. There are many creative ways that designers can make each player different, yet still balanced." The design manages this almost perfectly, however I thought that there were a few players lacking the ideal starting positions of other players’, or featuring less impregnable towns as others, such as the barbarian tribe to the north and centre – however, these were generally balanced off with other features, such as inaccessible units that provide great defence, or stronger units all-round.

The term means 'All Men Must Die.' Shortening it would lose that meaning.