As Calmon said, I had a very nice win this turn, smashing an oposing army with 6? opposition Tartarians/royals taken out, with no losses on my side. (And those firestorms are quite nice too... take a look at the hall of fame if you feel like it
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Unfortunately the strategic situation hasn't changed much: I'm loosing several provinces each turn to ghost riders and massed undead armies, and I can't defend everywhere at once. Let alone counterattack. I'm still having great fun trying to be as tough a nut to crack as I can be, but I don't have any real hope for victory.