Struggle of Empires

Since there were seven of us, we sat down to play Struggle of Empires. I was the first time for some, and a long time for the rest of us. The rules explanation took 30 minutes and the game clocked in around 5 hours. The general consensus was it was a good game, but not worth the investment. I'm sure we could trim it down to 3 hours, but I'm not sure everyone is willing to give it another go. The round-by-round scores are below.

Player	Empire	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
Holt	Russia	18	41	62	62
Richard	Spain	19	38	60	60
Foster	Britain	14	30	55	51
Pete	France	14	28	50	50
Christian	Austria	22	38	52	48
Tell	Prussia	17	39	51	47
Chris	United Provinces	23	35	45	38