I wasn’t sure whether to bump this, start a new thread, or keep my enthusiasm to myself, but I’ve been playing a lot of Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. It’s not a perfect game by any means. It is, though, a nice replacement for Civ V. I especially like being able to design my own race and sovereign. That the combos that I designed turn up as AIs later on is a nice feature as well.
I play on small maps. Anything bigger turns into too much of a grind.