How to use dragons?

[Meglobob]

I have had alot of success with a dragon petender. You can expand at double the rate, early in the game. Which is excellent in MP.

I do the following:-

1) Take dominion 9 or 10 for the Awe effect. But also so your dominion spreads quickly to nearby indies. Then hit those indies with your dragon, he is stronger of course because of your dominion.

2) Attack blind (turn 1) if indies are 5 or less, I have never had a dragon die so far. He who dares...wins.

3) Your dragon flys, upto 3 provinces, so choose your targets carefully. Hit the weaker provinces, skip harder ones, those can be tackled by your main slower moving army.

4) Look to skip provinces and close other players off especially at strategic chokepoints. Once other players see you have a dragon pretender running around, you usually get a bit of respect! So get left alone.

5) Equip your dragon with a ring of regneration, amulet of luck and horror helm ASAP. This turns him into nearly a SC.

6) Later in the game use him only as a raider or as defensive SC. He is a SC in his own dominion, especially 9 or 10 dominion but easily killed in enemy dominion.