I'm a newb, and have been trying hard to learn to play Dominions II. Tonight I decided to experiment with a death/blood PoD with Ulm (with dominion 5, i wanted a little challenge). To spice things up, I put on an alternate victory condition: first to 464 or so dominion wins. Most of my "practice" games don't go far anyway so I didn't really care. This was on Aran with 6 AIs, Marigion, Caelum, Tien Chi, Pangea, Mictilan and Pythium, with easy research and sites at 50%.
Well, as I played along, I was having a lot of fun. Eventually I remembered why I was playing and starting trying to get blood slave.
Although that failed, the game ended up being played through, and quite a nailbiter at that!
(sorry its a little tough to make out the dark blue)
If there is interest I might try to write up a battle report, though it would be mainly from memory so probably not too great. If nothing, I hope this post inspires some newbies like me to try some different game types if they hadn't...it makes the game move along a lot faster when you're racing to a set goal instead of the ultra-mega slugfest!