Игры HoMM3 for fun

02.07.2017 Faoz (red, Dungeon, Jedite, Jedite) 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 in the citadel. With the growth, I cleared 4 Dragon Fly Hives for 20 wyverns and one Griffin Conservatory. On day 124, I broke through a GO 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 decent artifacts. In the end, after scouting everything over 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 minotaurs, and I thought that meant he had lost his army somewhere. On day 131, I hit a second GO of 22 polar bears; it went hard since I didn't get Earth magic, and in the end only 9 wyverns remained from the army. Then I meet the opponent on the move, and it turns out he does have an army — 75 harpy hags, 150 troglodytes, 30 Evil Eyes, 16 medusas, and 13 minotaurs. One hex was short to cover the opponent's ГГ, so I decided to retreat to the castle to refill mana, counting on Shakti in the tavern, who brought 120 troglodytes. This will be an important lesson for me: the scout hero ran away instead of losing the battle, and overwrote Shakti in the tavern; in the end, 9 wyverns alone couldn't carry the battle. Thanks to the opponent for the game.