[PvK]

I like to watch the battles, to see exactly what happened. Even if it weren't enjoyable, it helps you learn what kinds of things happen in combat, and why. But, I do enjoy it. I enjoy following the histories of my units, and all they go through along the way. There are some players who do skip a lot of the replays though, except when they are surprised by the results. Different people enjoy different aspects of the game more or less than others do.

It's possible to save multiple games. Just create a new game and give it a different name from any others you've created.

One can also copy a game position by copying the files, so you can keep an old position to refer to, or use, later. I generally wouldn't recommend "returning to a saved game" in cases when later play goes wrong, because in my opinion that's just cheating yourself. This game is rich enough not to need that kind of cop out, and indulging in it would in my opinion lessen the experience. But that's just me - I realize some players will relish that kind of "no, Hildegard can't die!!!" silliness. You can't do it without using the OS to copy the files, AFAIK.

I don't know of a way to save camera views.

The designers are Swedish. They supported the first Dominions extremely well despite doing it pretty much without compensation, making several patches with all kinds of fixes and added features. They also frequent this forum.

PvK