Good start, a lot of gold, recruited almost 8 heroes right away. Opponent didn't have 8 despite giving up the gold bonus. Had a problem with crystals, but managed to find and chain-gather exactly 2 piles of 3. As a result, built unicorns in Castle. There was a Dragon Utopia, took it on day 121. On day 122 took a pre-max Dwarf dwelling, on day 123 took a tier-4 Naga dwelling, things started looking up. Rushed out of the spawn on day 124 with Kyrre. Dashed through and killed a Conflux that was blocked by 10-19 Naga Queens. Then killed a purple Barbarian as well. On week 3 was clearing micro-treasures, freed Crag Hack 5th level with Logistics, wanted to make him the main papa. Leveled him up with Earth in Conflux, then Mephala runs out of a portal and kills Crag Hack. Outrageous. I Town Portal'd to Castle, attacked Mephala, she cast Meteor Shower and surrendered. Whatever, she gave me enough gold to build Dragons, which I did on day 137. On day 141, Deesa appeared in the tavern, decided to make her the other main, which turned out quite well. Deesa had perfect leveling (all 7 skills) and quickly Expert-leveled Earth and Wisdom. Then ran around with two Logistical heroes with control. Had a problem: no Boots of Speed, no Gloves of the Messenger. Boots appeared on day 211. At the beginning of week 2, Kyrre went into the unknown. And it was worth it, stumbled upon a Cursed Ground encounter (and fighting against Luna with Implosion and Meteor Shower wasn't great) and a tier-5 Dragon Utopia. Kyrre took the Dragon Utopia, got the Crown of the Supreme Mage (+6), Sentinel's Shield (+4), Titan's Gladius. Amazing, upgraded the Dragons to Gold, then opponent was taking a village that was the key to almost all my castles. I would take it back, he would take it again. On day 216 made a mistake, thought I could take that village with Deesa that he had taken again, but was 1 tile short. Opponent did something strange - took the Swamp castle and stayed there overnight with Luna. I calculated and realized I kill her instantly if a spell trigger fires on cast. And so it was, attacked, killed the birds (since I had Gold ones and +4 speed artifacts), killed the rest of the troops and cast Blind on 30 Dendroid Soldiers. It was already unnecessary after that, but on turn 2 Implosion triggered and I killed Luna. Thought I killed the controller, but it turned out all the artifacts were there. Lucky to catch the opponent on a mistake. Deesa didn't die because she had Tactics, and the opponent didn't have it on his mains, but it was still unpleasant.
Very tense game.
Thanks for the game!
The start was difficult. Started playing well thanks to Luna. On the first week, the birds didn't get built. In two visits, took the tier-2 Griffin Conservatory and things started improving. Built the birds and pushed through everywhere possible. Quickly found two Dragon Utopias. On the third week, freed 5th level Mephala. Built the mage guild, and with Implosion, took two Dragon Utopias. Town Portal from a scroll was acquired long ago, and a Dragon Utopia gave the Crown of the Supreme Mage 5th level. Didn't have much of an army, so didn't engage, but should have. Then a million different actions. Really enjoyed the game, even though I lost.
Thanks for the game!