@vtal: Personally I prefer playing DO:S in the modded form. Of course, Ameranth and I put this together because we were unsatisfied with aspects of the base game. Specifically, original Tactician was too easy for our tastes, and we thought that the systems in place missed opportunities to support some very complex and interesting builds. Un-modded DO:S is still worth a playthrough, though---especially since Epic Encounters can be a little overwhelming if you are not very familiar with some of the basic game mechanics.

That's how I feel too, and thanks for confirming my feeling. This was when I was seeing if installing this is worth the research and trouble (I am on a mac, and things weren't working... was able to get it to work though, with your colleague's tip)