One of the big incentives of trying to set the peace of the game as Polar Dwarves is Ice Repair. If you can choose the trades, you can easily put yourself in a situation where your opponent cannot focus fire down Parapets and Ice Golems fast enough, and then you can Ice Repair for 4+ damage overall.  That is an absurdly powerful effect. Don’t be afraid to just leave a wounded Ice Golem far from danger, waiting for that Ice Repair to come.

While setting up the perfect Ice Repair turn is all great, just healing two wounds from an Ice Golem is still decent value, so don’t be afraid of doing that if it could mean the Ice Golem survives even one extra attack.