If you want good challenge, This would be your good challenge, I promise you you will probably will NOT survive the Final attacks agaisnt the Egyptians :P
Playability: 4
Plays well overall - see map design.
Balance: 4
This map has a little of everything, but too little fighting. Way too little fighting. The real challenge for this map is running 650 years without ghosting or disease killing you too badly.
Creativity: 4
Very good job overall on everything except invasions. Last battle was well thought out and planned - a challenge it was.
Map Design: 4
There is one glitch with pathing through the islands = a completed route from the first to second native huts will not allow armies through, claiming no route and destroying the city. Could shrink some islands/sea to make the map smaller as well without losing anything.
Story/Instructions: 3
Survive was vague. I expected a military map, and did not get one at all.
Additional Comments:
A good first go on a long time game. Take out the sandstorms/sea storms, wage changes and any other irrelevant messages. I well exceeded the 1000 msg limit about halfway through the game. Making the map RSW made it easier, might want to make it non RSW. Lastly, add more invasions, 50+ more.
EDIT: I now know you couldn't add more invasions. With 20 limit - you did well. Sadly, it's a limitation of the editor. Make the demands more excessive and relevant to compensate.
EDIT: Originally given a 4.0, edited to a 3.8 after consideration.