None of the other races like arctic terrain, so you can sit back, watch the arctic spread from your (surface) cities, and your non-dwarven enemies swinging in to fight you on your terrain will suffer a morale penalty because of the terrain.

Some suggestions on specializations - Dwarves do well with Air Mastery, more specficially the Arctic Empire strategic spell. (as I steamrolled through the closest opposition quickly after emerging.) I'm playing a Dwarven Warlord on a Large map right now, and while I had an interesting first 70-ish turns, after that I made a beachhead on the surface and realized the surface AI hadn't expanded much at all, I'm doing what you describe now - pressing end turn waiting for something to happen. High Elves hate the stuff though, keep them out of there as much as possible.īecause of how the AI works at the moment, a medium map might be best for you. Draconians also do okay underground, especially if there is volcanic ground near them. Goblins, followed by Dwarves, are made for the underground. If you play Dwarves/Goblins, be sure to include an Underground layer.

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