Artifact monopoly

Artifact monopoly is an unofficial term that describes the status of the turn's first human player of every month. Since all Artifact Merchants carry the same stock, the human player who has his turn first gets first choice of what artifacts to buy every month. This can be a huge advantage during a multiplayer game, as the computers acts after the human players.

If playing with an addon Shadow of Death, a sound strategy is to buy every combination artifact piece they can afford at the first round of the month. After a few months, and with some luck adventuring, a player one can typically combine few of the easier combination artifacts like Bow of the Sharpshooter, Cloak of the Undead King or Wizard's Well - all quite powerful.