[Ironhawk]

Smart, without question.

But this doesnt mean you couldnt have speed as well! The next comments I make are based on the assumption that the AI performs no processing until the turn begins generation.

If you program the game instead to use threads, you could allow the AI to think about its moves before turn generation. In effect, the AI would be planning its moves while you were playing your turn. Then when the turn begins to generate, the only thing left to do is resolve battles, etc. And that particular bit of processing cannot be done in advance. Even so, if my assumption is right it would probably cut turn generation time down by a significant amount.