What is the easiest nation to play?

[OmikronWarrior]

Originally Posted by Ironhawk

No, I think midgard is a bad nation for a new player. You are talking about the persons *first game* for goodness sake. They dont need to be able to have the ability to explore additional magic paths. They need to be able to get a handle on the base level complexity that is dominions without the 5234 other moving parts of the game.

We all take it for granted since we have experience with the game. But I remember when I first played and it was totally overwhelming. And I'm no rookie to strategy / empire games! I even gave up on dominions after trying the demo since it was too complicated. Only came back to it some months later out of boredom and finally got hooked. So, the best route for the new player is the easiest, most limited one.

Shame on you for calling Midgard complicated! Dominions and getting the most out of any nation is complicated. That incredibly useful guide which gives a very straight forward way to use troops and mages is simple as simple comes in dominions. Pick up positive scales, mass produce Skinshifters (recruitable anywhere!), use your air mages (which only have 16 permutations) to all cast Thunderstrike. Easy Peasy. Anything beyond that is gravy for experimentation.