Heh, seems like the vote is 29 to 28.
I could be a mad scientist but I'd enjoy the overlord thing more, I think its easier to be cleaver and plan ten steps ahead in multiple directions then it is to try to manifest ingenious inventions (as in, more sitting on my seat of power). I find it more fun to do the wholes strategy thing and combat. I like the nefariously underestimated (in intelligence) overlord characters they sometimes do.
What to do if you're an (evil) OverlordIt says 100 things, but its really 215 things. (I decided to make the list more accessable)