I'm having so much fun with this game. I got attacked by someone half my size, captured 20 of the 30 guys he sent with no losses, and demanded a ransom for their release. He then joined an alliance of about 8 players, and now one of them is attacking me and trying to release the troops of the other guy. Meanwhile I'm going to slaughter the troops that got away, then release the troops I'm holding, rebuild my traps, trap the incoming troops and kill the ones I released once they get back home. It helps that I'm playing it with a rather interesting and reasonably local girl who I'm hitting it off with quite nicely.