I recommend using the device that lets your unit not take any damage after attacking as long as it wins. In my game I teched up and built up a moderate amount of good units all with this device (I forget the name) which completely stomped the (numerically far greater) opposition, generally with 100%...

So I've just played through and won my first game, after restarting a couple of times. I like the game - it was slow to get going but once I started fighting my first AI it picked up and had me gripped until I had nearly won and was just mopping up. The good: UI has largely good - simple to get to g...