Ok, three games tonight, three wins. Finally I listened to reason and used a proper Human tactic. Or rather, I finally took advantage of some of the Humans’ actual tactical advantages against Undead and Night Elves.

Basically it involves taking advantage of Peasants defensively. A large number of peasants (eleven or twelve) work away at keeping the economy running, always ready to respond to that lovely militia bell. A minimal infrastructure is built to facilitate a quick upgrade all the way to castle.

While the castle is being built, an arcane sanctum, smithy, and a barracks are built, so that you can have some sorceresses and priests available to support your heroes, and your barracks will be ready to crank out knights asap. Against night elves it worked beautifully. Huntresses cannot deal with being slowed by sorceresses. Demon Hunters cannot deal with being stunned by the Mountain King hero. Priests and sorceresses don’t run out of mana when they’ve got an archmage backing them up.

It’s a thing of beauty. Tonight, I’m quitting while I’m ahead. I’ll have happy dreams of slowed demon hunters running for their lives while an angry little Dwarf guy chases behind, hammer in hand.