IDK but Civilization kind of works like that, but in reverse.. You start off with all darkness and light up the map as you progress..
You can really get stuck in a "Civ hole" for days, just one more turn 1000x.. I don't recommend unless you really have no life.
I love those type games but won't go near them for exactly this reason.
I'd make peace with the more powerful countries until modern military tech arrives. Then build up an air/land/sea force large enough to completely surround them all. Then simultaneously invade and completely crush them all. Then do the same to the push-over countries. Takes a long, long, time.
I was never able to play civ but that's how I would run age of empires. I would even build on "friendly" land so that I could build an army that would kill everything in sight as soon as I switched them to foe.
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