First inkling that you�ve won/lost an MP Game?

[Agema]

I can't imagine why you would not have domes up on vital provinces - the alternative would be asking for trouble.

[Caduceus]

> First inkling that you�ve lost an MP Game?

I signed up.

[ano]

Yes, it's the exception and it's the cheapest way to dispel that dome, I think.
Mind hunt is also rather cheap even despite it may result in feeblemind for one of casting mages (and requires S4 while voice requires W2). There're some other good spells for this purpose but it's important to understand that quality doesn't matter. Only price does.
Also, if you're a blood nation, spamming rains of toads may be a good idea as it costs only 8 slaves and will really hurt if it passes through the dome (and if one of the first castings in the turn sequence passes and dispels the dome, all the latter should hurt too)

[sector24]

One indication you're winning is when every commander you kill has a slave collar or rod of the leper king.

[ano]

AFAIK, slave collar cannot be found. And in the late game such tactics doesn't seem viable to me as it's rather easy to counter. Just bring more commanders (you should have them) or fill the slots for those items.

[Aezeal]

Well last game, when I started top of the charts.. I knew I was actually loosing when the 2 pplz fighting me (in the charts together just a bit better than me) beat my 2 large armies (I send one to each) where beaten with only 25% losses to their (aprox equal strenght) armies because they did know how to use mages. My atlantis opponent kept spamming skellies with 8 mages and my man opponent did something with communion and bladestorm. Both my armies had only vanjarls (maybe 2 each) who couldn't do much.

[ano]

Btw, what is meant by "lost". Does it mean "eliminated" or just "not won"?
I don't see the major difference, but sansanjuan could have meant elimination not losing.

[Zeldor]

I guess losing is not winning in dominions.

[Foodstamp]

It's fun to lose! Strike the Earth!

[Zeldor]

But I think that you know you lost when there is 1 strong player and you are the only one that cares about it and no one else wants to attack him and still has its own small wars.