02.07.2017 Faoz (red, Dungeon, Jeddite, Jeddite) def Apeiron (blue, Necropolis, Galthran, Galthran), Jebus Cross, 133.

We started without restarts, but unfortunately I didn't notice right away that the map was L size, and that played a nasty trick later on. The respawn was compact and cleared quickly; I found a Shield +6. By the end of the first week, dragons were built at the Citadel. With the growth, I cleared 4 Dragon Fly Hives for 20 Dragon Flies and a single Griffin Conservatory. On day 124, I broke a ГО of 60 Champions. The center turned out to be extremely poor — one mini Dragon Fly Hive and a couple of chests for experience, not a single Dragon Utopia or any decent artifacts. After scouting everything for 3 days, I realized there was no point in staying any longer and it was time to rush the opponent, especially since his strongest troops were Minotaur Lords, and I thought that meant he had lost his army somewhere. On day 131, I attacked a second ГО of 22 polar bears; it was tough because I didn't get Earth Magic, and in the end I had only 9 Dragon Flies left from my army. Then I met the opponent on the march and it turned out he did have an army — 75 Harpy Hags, 150 Troglodytes, 30 Evil Eyes, 16 Medusas, and 13 Minotaur Lords. I was one tile short of covering the opponent's ГГ, so I decided to retreat to the castle to refill mana. I was counting on Shakti in the tavern, who brought 120 Troglodytes. Here's an important lesson for me: the scout hero fled rather than losing the battle and overwrote Shakti in the tavern; as a result, the 9 Dragon Flies couldn't win the fight on their own. Thank you to the opponent for the game.