I rather enjoy the strange independent team ups that happen...despite the fact that the Heroes+way, way too many amazons are resisting my attempts to control the map in an EA Arco game.
On a stranger note, I was playing a late era Jomon game and saw the Trogs take control of an Indy province, and decided to leave them alone for the time being.
I was up against Ermor (@*&!ing Ashen Empire!) and I was assembling a huge army of priests and mages to obliterate them, I find that my right flank is being protected by a castle...which no one built!
A Fort Motte-and-baily or whatnot was constructed in the Trogs' province, and Ermor couldn't take it over!
To thank them, I let them keep it for the rest of the game; after all, a Trog is man's best friend.
