[ComTrav]

Carl von Clausewitz likened war to a game of cards...you can't control what cards you get, but there's skill in playing the hand you're dealt.

Sending my huge army one way and my scads of mage back-up another? Pure nub =). (I have no idea how it happened, except maybe I misclicked, who knows?)

@ Darkstone-Yes, I realize neither SC or Bless rush is needed for quick expansion for certain nations. I was able to keep pace in the early game in my other two games, at least after I stopped patrolling every province after I captured it like I did in SP. I can't help but wish I would've designed my pretender this game with something other than late-game boosters in mind, though =).

I suppose is Lanka gets attacked by someone else and I manage to take back territory I'm not totally finished; after all, I have plenty of mages and I'm still pretty solid on research. (I would, naturally, be very grateful to anyone who gave me this opportunity.)