Yeah, me too. With 30 minutes left on the clock I just tossed in basic forging orders and threw a few randomly targeted ghost riders, then rushed in my turn without really thinking about it. If this is a new bird-man strategy it certainly didn't hurt on that turn :P
Also, while I may have lost that battle (pretty thoroughly, I lost 2 SCs outright, had one horribly afflicted, and lost almost all my support mages), I think I win the award for Most Hilarious Defeat
Licker I'm going to send you my turn file so you can see just what I have to contend with to cross over into the land of the birds.