[MaxWilson]

For recruitment, it's sometimes useful to pay in advance for troops that cost a lot of resources, as opposed to gold. Just come back and collect them once every few turns. For ritual spells, use the "M" command. For the rest, you have to rely on "N" to scroll through commanders without active orders--yes, monthly Forge would be nice.

BTW, don't forget that you can hit Tab to make researchers disappear from the battle setup screen. Occasionally this is useful. Also, 'y' to see which of your troops are moving in to a province.

-Max