Yes! Jagged Alliance Lives! (probably)

[A Black Falcon]

Civilization II is my favorite TBS game ever... I liked Civ 1, but 2 was a lot better, IMO... that game is still a very good game. I got it, both expansion packs, and then the gold version (for better win95 support, really... I haven't played it in multiplayer, which was the other feature of that release)...
Civ 3? Very good game... but it changed a LOT of things from Civ 1. Too many, in some ways... there are some changes that I don't like. Honestly, I still prefer Civ 2. Maybe if I played Civ 3 a lot I'd grow to prefer it, but I haven't and so I still like the second one more.
Strategy games are some of the easiest to get into that kind of thing with... them and RPGs. Many other gamesa are easier to stop, but strategy games... I'm sure you are well aquainted with "Just One More Turn" syndrome... :) (or some equilivant for realtime games).

"Just one more turn... then I'll stop..."
*several hours pass*
"I'm almost done, just another turn will be it. Really this time!"
*Much later*
"Huh? I didn't know the sun came up this... er... early..."
(well, slight exaggeration maybe, but close... :) )