One of my favorite memories with this game (any versio nof it) was playing it at CGE back in either 2002 or 2003. The first year DP was setting up with the couches. We had a four-player game going, and for a while I didn't do too badly, but then I started to get knocked down like 5-0, and started talking like "dude, next year, I'm going to be practicing and you all are SO dead!" It was a blast playing a game like that, from that generation, with other people who could appreciate it and have fun together.
Love Warlords, hell I play it on single-player and I have a blast!