crtl+N restarts the map with the selected settings. Good for getting a better start position if you have a poor start.

A single fortress city with three essence is a very, very powerful thing, if used wisely.  Use production boosts to build quickly, then use auras to enhance your troops.

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Sweet!  When did they add this? Or am I blind?

It's been there since .914 at least (when I joined) I spent over 30 minutes trying find out how to remove enchantments that I casted on my cities and found it to be in a incovenient spot, but now that I know, it doesn't bother me.

Going to restate this, since it's periodically asked in new threads, and with good reason:

How do you get rid of custom races you've created?  Go to your My Games/Fallen Enchantress/Race subdirectory.  All the races you've created are in there.  Delete what you wish, though I suggest changing the suffix on a race to OLD, instead, just in case you make a mistake.

Getting rid of custom sovereigns is much easier.  Just right-click on the sovereign's icon on the left side of the screen after you select New from the main menu, and you'll be asked if you want to delete.

Since I meant races, above, I'll change it so as not to leave anybody confused.

If you play Pariden or a customized, Pariden-like leader, give strong consideration to the virtues of pioneer spam's more demure younger sister, arcane monolith spam.  It's a circular path: the more monoliths you drop around shards, the more mana you'll have from shards to create more monoliths.  Of course, you don't want to neglect prestigious locations, food boosters, iron, clay, crystal deposits, etc, but shards should you be a focus of yours.  Not only do they bring in more mana, but just as importantly, they deny mana and access to territory to your opponents.  Pariden if played this way is like the blue suit in Magic: The Gathering.  It's all about denying things to others.