Dominions 6: Rise of the Pantokrator

What makes Dominions 6 feel meaningfully “new” versus older entries is how it changes the strategic texture:

Armies are scaled up, income/resources are higher, mages cost more, and battlefield-wide magic is harder—pushing you toward more mid-tier spell play and bigger conventional armies.

The new Glamour magic path expands illusions/phantasms/dream-weirdness beyond Air, adding a bunch of new spells, items, and sites.

Mounts and riders are separated (and can be targeted independently), which sounds niche until cavalry-heavy fights start going “wait… why is the horse dying first?” in ways that genuinely matter.

The honest downside: occasional “what just happened?” movement weirdness

Dominions has always been a game where edge cases breed like summoned horrors, and Dominions 6 is no exception. The most annoying category is movement/teleportation oddities—the kind that make you stare at the map like it owes you money.

Dominions 6 is still the genre's ultimate “mythic war laboratory”: endlessly replayable, wildly expressive, and deep enough that you'll keep learning new tricks 100 hours in. Just be prepared for the occasional janky map-movement moment where you double-check that your army isn't temporarily living an alternate life in a neighboring province.