Final Newbie Question (or compilation of questions!)

[thejeff]

1) Sneakers attacking the province they're in will join magic phase attacks? And other sneakers won't?
I'm not sure of this, but it matches some behavior I've seen

2) CBM is standard these days. I don't think Better Independents is, but that's mostly to keep the AI from buying too many worthless chaff troops, so it wouldn't really affect MP too much.
Big games often make research harder. Renaming is on. Gold & resources usually are default. Magic sometimes goes up a bit, particularly in the later ages. Default indy strength is most common. Score graphs go both ways.