Thanks for playing, odeoderok!
Like earcaraxe said, you put up quite a fight. That pretender of yours really worried me and I was glad he didn't have the kind of gear Zeldor's does in Momentum3. As it was, he was already able to kill basically unlimited numbers of troops once your mages buffed him with BE. I was also very glad your thugs weren't fully equipped since until the last few turns you actually had more of them than me.
Btw, I agree with you last stands can be fun!
No micro and with nothing to lose you can try different out strategies.