I preordered it with the retail box option so i could cuddle the physical copy at night while dreaming of great plans of conquest...
I trust Stardock will provide us with what they are talking about in the journals and interviews. And with it, that will be far better that my dear MoM (although if we talk about hours "invested" in them, Civ IV and, even more, Gal Civ II are very close to it).
PS I want to (pre-)alpha test the game.