Unscrew!
If the early game goes good you can achieve anything.
Tartarians are not imperative for winning.
They definitely are not imperative for having fun, although they can be fun.
Don't worry too much. Start to worry if you reach end game with one player trying a tartarian strategy. Find his weaknesses etc, but until you stumbe across them you should stay calm.
And there is always 'blight'. Most fun spell there is
