Ya, I am sure Attrocities was joking with the title.
The Dominions I demo was great from a player perspective, since you could play (and lose) entire games with it. I intended to buy it after having so much fun losing my first game (as Man), but I put it off, well into my second game (as Ulm), mainly because the web ordering process seemed like a hassle. What spurred me into buying Dominions I was actually wanting not the higher-level spells (quasi-sacriligious as Ulm, anyway
), but to get the Black Plate Infantry of Ulm units and the Guardians!
No question this game was worth the money, and I was sold for Dominions II without needing to see the demo. The 40-turn limit seems like a wise move, though - I would think that more players would tend to hit that limit and want to buy the game, compared to an unlimited demo, where they might decide to do without.
PvK