Re: Great game
Recently, I've been trying to find a quick LAN game, something along the lines of earlier Civs, Master of Magic, Battle for Wesnoth... Conquest of Elysiun II fits pretty well. It's turn-based, has several nicely varied nations, offers various strategies, and has lots of funny things that you'll discover by chance. Its weaknesses are in its slow speed. Huge armies are slow to build, and will be severely weakened by even mid-size armies. Attacker will be in a much, much weaker position than the defender, even if there are no walls to protect the defender. Two big armies facing each other will most probably completely annihilate each other.
If the game was easier to finish, it'd be a great coffee-break MP game. Perhaps something like a spreading reign/kingdom area similar to dominion of the other Illwinter games, marking the edges of the kingdom and offering some information about the size and movement of hostile armies, and also a way to win without conquering that last castle of otherwise beaten enemy.
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