Both the Troll King and the Bakemono make extensive use of goblins as spearmen, archers, shamans, etc. I think that a mighty Troll King with many lesser level Bakemono nations swearing allegiance would make a very interesting game. The Troll King can be set at Baron (slightly boosted) and the Bakemono all set at just human level. If switches such as ClusterStart and CommonCause are turned on then it would be even more interesting. The Common Cause makes it harder to knock out enemy nations one at a time. And the Cluster Start would cause the game to place allies near each other. So all of the Troll/Bakemono would be at one end of the map, with you at the other.
I thought that the human playing the Baron nation of knights, pikes, longbows, crossbows, and catapults would be thematic but of curse any nation would work. Dwarf Queen against Troll King is fun also.
Re: CoE3 game variation ideas
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