Another reasonably decent multiplayer strategy game is FreeCiv with "longturn" matches.
Each turn takes a day, so the game lasts a long time. This means that it is easier to wrap into your schedule. Since you have a day to arrange your turn / communicate with other players, everything becomes a lot more detailed and interesting, with some actual proper politics popping up.
I still fail miserably, but it is much less annoying since it gets drawn out over a few days.
Each turn takes a day, so the game lasts a long time. This means that it is easier to wrap into your schedule. Since you have a day to arrange your turn / communicate with other players, everything becomes a lot more detailed and interesting, with some actual proper politics popping up.
I still fail miserably, but it is much less annoying since it gets drawn out over a few days.