YouTuber DasTactic played in a 4-player Dominions 4 game with 3 other youtubers. It's unusual for a less-experienced player to create good analysis content, but despite being a bit of a multiplayer Dominions newbie, Das' intelligence, curiosity, and teaching ability result in some worthwhile and site-appropriate material.
Using line formation instead of box formation can allow one's squad to envelop an opposing squad faster, which in turn allows for a longer line of contact, meaning more attacks per turn, more enemy losses and morale checks, and a faster enemy rout. Routing squads are not inflicting damage to your troops:
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[Dom4] Sy on strategy and pretender design for LA Agartha
Dominions 4 is a turn-based fantasy wargame where the player is a god over a nation of worshippers, contesting with other pretender gods for the spot of top dog (er, top god?). Sy, a multiplayer Dominions veteran, walks us through his strategy in "I Equip My Heavy Crossbow" (game admins usually choose unusual names for the games they run). Sy's nation is Agartha, a race of cave-people. I've pulled out a few salient areas below, but the whole video is densely packed with more.
First, Sy reviews why he considers Late Age Agartha a strong early- and mid-game nation:
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