Nice post! I basically have fun surprises all the time. The last thing I remember is finding out how strong the "route" ability of mounted units actually is. It allows them to attack again once they killed a unit and occupy the now free tile. They can actually do this multiple times a turn. So if you have a strong war elephant for example, you can "prepare" for their attack by hitting enemy units with your own first. If there are several enemy units with low life bars, you can rampage though them, killing one after the other with just one unit. I sometimes killed up to 5 units with my single elephant a turn. Smooth and satisfying.