Iron Faith Ulm

[SurvivalistMerc]

Apoger,

I myself learned (what I know) about Dominions by playing Ulm.

I haven't taken a stab at MP yet. My guess is that rainbow ulm would be more viable if your opponents couldn't see your gem income (graphs disabled). I hadn't considered that aspect...but you're right. If one of my neighbors had a much higher gem income than another...all else being equal I'd want to take over some of it.

I sort of see the managing production and limited magic as a way to teach new players about basic game mechanics of units before getting too deeply involved in magic, which with the way it is structured in non-intuitive schools with some spells requiring multiple magic types, is confusing initial yet ultimately wonderful in its complelxity.

The player knows the rigid strategy because you tell it to him when you say to try Ulm.

Of course, it's quite likely this ulm strategy won't work all that well in MP as you point out.