Winning with blood! (finally) +a wish tidbit

[Tuna-Fish]

So, doing imps and lifelong protections? Next game try starting with a pretender that has e3 and b5, research con4 first and forge a dwarven hammer asap (you can alchemize, no use for fire gems in this strat..) Then use the dwarven hammer on the pretender to forge soul contracts. Give the contracts to scouts that hang out in a safe place. Every contract gives one free devil every turn... Fly them out with demonbreds and watch enemy get decimated.

Also, there are plenty of wish strategies, most centered around clam of pearls. When you finally do get wish, dont waste it on death matches however, but wish for doom horrors, cast gift of reason on them, give them ring of regen and anti-magic amulet and just watch as a single doom horror wipes out entire armies. I know at least 8 pbem games outhand that were won with wish.