Tips for newbs - just add

[elbnar]

K said:
Don't put an "Eye" magic item on a commander missing an eye.

Also, don't be like the AI and give your Cyclops an Eye of Aiming.

[K]

Blood slaves are pooled among all blood mages standing next to each other, so unless you want blood slaves being used up unscripted, keep commanders with slaves on the other side of the screen of any blood mages you don't want casting blood spells.

[NTJedi]

Ignore the arena battle for SP games... the AI opponents will always send their large pretenders. The prize is not worth the risk.

Sit back and watch the AI pretenders kill each other.

[moderation]

If you teleport underwater commanders to land, do not forget to give them a an Amulet of Fish.

[Saulot]

I am strongly opposed to this thread.

It's ruining any chances of amusing first posts.

[Lingchih]

In an MP game, always make your initial scout your prophet... unless you have H3 recruitable Priests. An H3 recruitable priest can be made into an H4 prophet... very nice. But otherwise the scouts do just fine, and can even stealth preach when needed.

[vfb]

If you have death gem income and recruitable D2 mages, I think it's better to research Conj1 first, then summon a Black Servant and make him your prophet. He can then reanimate dead, and he'll also make a pretty decent thug for homeland defense if you get rushed.