My all-time favorite video game!!! By a long shot!!! My "go to" game!!!

Usually I'am strictly a SP guy, with a few exceptions, but after playing just around 900 hours, I got on Discord and started playing MP, which has increased my enjoyment 10 fold. The game is generally designed with MP in mind however it's probably a good idea to cut your teeth in SP before a foray into the more intelligent, crafty and optimized strategy human opponent games. I've, for sure, had to re-evaluate my MP vs. SP strategy. From my experience, the MP community is the opposite of toxic with an increasing player and new game count.

The depth of strategy and content is unsurpassed by any other game I've come across. Don't let the purposely dated graphics, lack of "hand-holding" and "flashy-ness" fool you. The game more than makes up for it by being focused on magic, combat gameplay and endless nation\pretender creation\building direction. Dev team consists of 2 Swedish guys, so... One of which I share the same last name and spelling, interestingly enough. Watching Youtube videos for the basics and beyond is highly recommended. 3 of note is DasTactic (who got me introduced and interested in the game), GeneralConfusionPlays, and LucidTactics. Definitely a "smart person" niche sort of game.

Also... most important of all... MODS!!! I play SP and MP with a massive content adding compilation called Dominions Enhanced, created by a most distinguished individual by the name of Red Rob. There's also quite a large modding community with mods effecting all aspects of the game from extra maps, nations, total overhauls, and various tweaks and additions.

Just buy it... would ya!!!