I am not sure I like it...I played at the lowest level....15 civs....and at 2030 I just got infantry...the end of the game looms in my current game...I guess old strategies no longer work...I can always stay ahead but a military approach isn't it...there is no way to beat everyone up in time or to get into space....I guess I need to keep plugging away...
I also played like you, only I had archieved a Cultural victory.
Too easy for me :-)
But that's what you get on Chiefsten/Chiefstan or how it's written