I started by making everyone a lord, and I wasn't happy with how the game ended.

The alliance of Men, Dwarves and Elves fell apart as Gondor(Me) was able to easily defeat Saurun. Then the Dwarves(AI) killed everyone else, and now I have to tideously mop them up.

I feel like the dwarves grow to powerful, or maybe this was a fluke.

Do people play Saurun at Emperor?
Any recomendation? I really want a scenario where the Alliance must hold for middle earth to win.