Frustration mounting :) Land's End.

[PhilD]

Yeah, basically Evil spends the first few turns converting cities inside the locked area - let him, and buy a few hags for quick conversion. Then he'll move west - don't concentrate on him, simply delay him by buying a cheap unit on cities he could move to.

Troubles can start when he gets Missionaries - if he starts healing units Evil converts, you could get swarmed. Kill the Missionaries when they move out, and you should be able to push Evil back.

When things start getting ugly, Apprentices in the mountains are great - Evil cannot kill them in one go, so another Apprentice can heal them. Same goes for Sorceresses with any kind of cover. I wouldn't make too many Hags after the initial rush, as they're a bit fragile.