Request for strategy: Late game tips

[jutetrea]

Wow... people really like you man... or something.

Were you being ganged before or after forge was cast?

So far I've been careful not to be too agressive, yet stay at the top of the curves. Confirming that a) I wasn't the only one attacking and b) I wouldn't be attacked in retaliation from some other direction. The only problem being that the few times this has happened so far i've conceded the enemies capital, losing both income and extra gems (but also the costlier fights) But beyond that its been working peachy with covering my back and still gobbling some provinces.

And definitely interesting discourse on enchantments, the opinions on how long something might stay up are cool... leading me wanting to try getting more up earlier just to see.