I just finished a game in which I tried a super-fast strategy I read about somewhere. Started w/ 4 opponents, Impossible difficulty, medium landmass (i think it was medium), 11 life books, high elves. Immediatley summoned a few guardian spirits to scout around for enemy capital cities, Endurance speeds this up quite a lot. As soon as I had 3 spirits running around, I began casting Stream of Life (double population, no unrest) on my city. Once it was complete I raised the taxes to the maximum amount. Research Invulnerability as soon as it is available. Once you've got a enemy capital found, cast Invulnerable on your guardian spirit, and attack! The computer controlled player will probably not know how to handle your incorporal, invulnerable unit. The closest I came to loosing any of my units was when one of Jafar's heros cast psionic blast on it, taking it to red hits - a healing spell fixed me up ok and he never cast it again. Lionheart, Bless, Prayer all make it easier if you have the mana/casting skill for them. I defeated the 4th enemy in 1410 - took a while to find Ariel :bleh:
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