How long does it take to win

[PhilD]

Ironhawk said:
Unless your nation is specifically designed for it like Man (cheap temples, stealth preachers) or Abysia (blood sacrificing for dominion), you should probably not try to use a dominion-kill strategy.

Man doesn't get cheap temples anymore, does it? Or is there some age in which it does?

Actually, even stealth preachers have a hard time with dominion killing - what can work is having a huge starting dominion and temples in all your provinces. This simply generates a lot of "dominion pressure", and I've destroyed lots of enemy AIs this way. But then, I tend to play long games.

[Nick_K]

I don't think the demo is long enough to have a fun satisfying game... With all land oposition you could win with, say, a water9/fire9 bless with Kailisa but this involves rush strategies that miss much of the flavour of dominions. It's maybe a better idea to focus on an intermediate goal like conquering one or two AI enemies. Of course, my top recommendation is to buy the game :-)

[Graeme Dice]

PhilD said:
Man doesn't get cheap temples anymore, does it? Or is there some age in which it does?

I believe that Man's temples cost 200 gold, instead of the usual 400.