[Mr_Dark]

You're right that I haven't tried any magic-oriented offenses. Most of the races I've won with have been pretty conventional armies.

The other problem I've observed is that on that map, at least, there is no reasonable PD for Kailasa that has a chance of fending off the low-level probes (20-40 combatants) that the computer likes to send across the border. By the end of the second year you have to have one army just to defend the border and chase raiders. By then, a PD of 25 or so doesn't stop C'tis or Hel, and you don't have the numbers to fight off a real army when it shows up.

Thanks for the direction - I'll give it a go. If there's interest I'll post my results too-

Cheers-