Rise of Nations, Thrones and Patriots

if you have it on random, their is no way to stop them from picking the same race as you or each other (unless you know some serious scripting).

I don't think there is a way to prevent that like the guy above said if it's set to random then random is what you get.

I kinda liked it when they picked the same civ as it meant we were on even footing :) 

I don't think there is a way to prevent that like the guy above said if it's set to random then random is what you get.

I kinda liked it when they picked the same civ as it meant we were on even footing :)

Krall

It just seems less realistic when there are 2 (or more) American (for example) civilizations playing at the same time.

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I don't think there is a way to prevent that like the guy above said if it's set to random then random is what you get.

I kinda liked it when they picked the same civ as it meant we were on even footing :)

Carlimited

You could give it a clever, imaginary context. Make up some political intrigue that throws the US into another civil war! 

It just seems less realistic when there are 2 (or more) American (for example) civilizations playing at the same time.