As some of you know, over the holidays I like to use my vacation to program (my day job is running the company). 

As a result, I have a private .EXE replacement of Elemental for those who want to try it.

The main differences are:

1. Significantly better AI.

2. I think I fixed that crash issue some people have reported

3. More resources

4. AI better at using magic strategically.

5. AI much better at waging strategic war.

6. Resource placement tweaked.

7. Monster spawning favors better over quantity.

Here's a URL for the most recent one:

!!UPDATE!! 12/28/2010

 http://draginol.stardock.net/files/Elemental-v11d.zip

Just unzip this EXE into your existing Elemental directory to replace the one that's there. You'll need v1.1 for this.