[apoger]

>Also what was so key about the extra reinvigoration? It seems nice, but I'm failling to see how it would be key to early expansion.


I took the earth magic in order to pump up the protection value of the dragon. Pro 24 is plenty good (the dragon form eats 2 levels of skill).

Place the dragon in the rear. Have it hold X2. Then attack rearmost.

Start attacking provinces from the very start. One extra province per turn is nice nice nice. The extra economy pays for mages to bring me up to speed later on.

In retrospect I should have used earth-9 in order to boost the lava warriors. I did that in a game on Tuesday and it worked great. The extra protection and reinvig is just what they need.