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This is just a method for strong early expansion, which has resulted in a huge amount of income and a solid foundation of research going.

I just started an sp game to get a feel for the strategies, so i just chose a GE as my god with E3 S1 D3 N7 and a dominion strength of 6 or 7 (can't remember) and have thus far used to great success skinshifters with a vanjarl and I made a prophet out of Vanlade (got a hero turn 2 with misfortune 2) so he could cast the battlefield wide blessing. I don't know if you mentioned this idea; i gave a cursory look over the specific strategies. I like going by babysteps.