[dojango]

Mictlan is way scarier than Patala. Also, not getting triple teamed by Atlantis, Marignon, and Tien Chi helps. As for mistakes, I make big ones all the time. In dreadful fates, I lost battles due to giving Ivan the gems and Igor the orders to cast the army-wide buffs. damn Russian names all sounding alike.

As far as "losing the war", the important thing is not necessarily how big the standing army is, but how quickly it can be replaced. Ultimately everything is disposable. With the resources of four nations at your command, you will be able to recover fairly quickly.

e: oh yeah, I saw that battle. Monolith armor, unquenchable sword and something else? Guy had a limp and couldn't make it off the field in the 25 turn grace period between auto-rout and auto-death.