GameSpot's Dungeon Keeper 2 Game Guide

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Build a library as large as you can and leave room for it to grow. You want to research spells as fast as possible (the call to arms spell is one of the most useful for multiplayer gaming). Once you've researched all you can, you can sell off parts of your library (replacing a large part of it with a hatchery can be a good idea).

If you know where an enemy lies, try possessing one of your imps and tunneling into his dungeon and just start going tunnel-crazy, punching holes in rooms, tearing down walls, widening tunnels around traps, and so on.

If the level you're playing has lava, build some nice inviting stone bridges with an alarm trap on the far side. Once the alarm goes off, quickly sell the bridges and watch as the hapless warriors plunge into the lava!

Bad traps for multiplayer gaming are those that merely annoy, such as gas, fear, and so on. Good traps are those that can actually kill, such as fire, spike, boulder, and so on.

Secret and magic doors are your best bet for securing the outskirts of your dungeon. Use steel doors on the interior.

If you can, build your dungeon in the corner of the map - that way, you'll have two sides that will be impenetrable.

It's a Wrap

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a game with a massive amount of depth. While I'm sure the challenges of the campaign game have gobbled up many hours of your time, you still have a myriad of play tactics to explore in the multiplayer realm. Of course, you can also tinker and twiddle all you want in My Pet Dungeon (sort of a darker and more nefarious version of building your own train layout).

Give yourself the time to experiment and observe - you'll discover many emergent behaviors that will add a depth and richness to the play world. Yes, you truly can be a dark god in this world, and isn't that what we all truly aspire to be (at least in those dreams we never tell anyone about)? So go forth and bring a pox upon the land, my good keeper!