My provinces keep getting the waterloo treatment

[CaptainGimpy]

Tried playing another game but I got boxed in by these Jotun guys who absolutely destroyed me in every battle. Even my swordsman apes didn't hold a candle to them when they outnumbered the giants two to one. It seems like archery does more damage to my guys then the enemy. At least they're not running through the kingdom unhindered, but they still killed me with little to no effort. But looking at the score chart they were about 2x the size of everyone else in the game in terms of provinces and armies.

[Hadrian_II]

Jotuns can kill even strong heavy armoured troops with one blow. So if you want to fight them you should use lots of troops. You dont need hevy armoured troops as the gigants do lots of damage and kill you anyway but defence helps. Mage support is nice too, as even gigants get trouble with ethereal lucky units.

[Endoperez]

You might want to mix the Bandar Swordsmen with smaller apes. If you had 3-4 markata for each Bandar Swordsman, and they mixed evenly, each square would have 2 Markata and 1 Bandar Swordsman (instad of 2 Bandar Swordsmen). When a giant strikes at a square, he'd have 2/3 chance of hitting a markata instead of a Bandar, and the Markata would have a better chance of surviving the hit due to his defence of 14.

In this case, numbers are more important than skill, and Bucklers won't help as much as usually since the giants' incredible strength often allows them to deal damage even when their attack is parried, so you might want to try Bandar warriors with Cudgels.

Also, remember to use your mages. After some Thaumaturgy research, Gurus can cast Mind Burn (which helps but isn't very good against giants) and then Paralyze. Each Paralyze that gets through the magic resistance of a Jotun effectively kills the giant, as long as your units aren't defeated before they manage to kill the paralyzed one.

[Gandalf Parker]

If you have the monkeys you might consider slipping a large monkey army thru the stronger indept provinces, then start expanding on the other side. Allow a province like Knights or Amazons to defend you

[Tuna-Fish]

One thing the learn about dominions is that there is absolutely nothing that is good against everything. Scout a lot, and when you see a large enemy army closing attack it with one chep commander or something, and look closely what kind of troops he has.

Giants? They kill everything they hit in one turn, so either get them more targets (smaller, cheaper units) or targets that are harder to hit. (more def, etherealness, luck, whatever)

Do they have low prot? (archers shine against low protection non-shielded units.)

Small armoured units? (trample, giantgs)

Undead horde? (I banish thee...)

And so on and so on...