This is the first turn based strategy game I've tried to play because I thought it looked pretty darn good in the reviews. The three battles I tried in the game, I lost them all, badly, even though I had the stronger army and with the difficulty set to normal.
I'm sorry, but this game is not forgiving for first time TW players. Not by a long shot. The majority of my time playing was spent just trying to figure out the UI and trying to figure out how to best build up resources and resupply my army between defeats. Forget about trying to figure out how to manage things like technology, training, and diplomacy, I never got that far because of my total frustration in just trying to gather the basics in an effort to survive.
The game seems too much like work to me, but I can see why it could be challenging and fun for someone else who's experienced at this type of game. For someone like me who's totally new to it, and appearantly totally awful at it, I found nothing fun about it.