The first decision of any game is choosing your doctrine.

What’s your approach to Dragon Lords?

Discover:

All friendly units gain +3 movement and +1 vision.

Develop:

All friendly city building costs are reduced by 20%. Friendly player starts the game with an additional 750 gold.

Deceive:

Subtract -6 from all friendly spy rolls; Add +6 to all enemy spy rolls.

Dominate:

All friendly units gain +4 combat.