The game is a great time sink but the early strategy is an illusion. I quit at level 195. You cannot start with more than 120 pawns, but the NPCs start at ~300. It becomes pointless and lacks all strategy at that point. If the NPCs first move is you, just reset the round, you cannot win. From the point the game starts with wildly imbalanced NPCs (~level 100ish?) the whole game just becomes... Meh. Good concept, no execution endgame.