God of War!

and he got used to the fact that there is such a skill - diplomacy...

It is also present in TE, but it is only needed to reduce the cost of ransom. Would you like it if 70 wyverns joined your opponent and he defeated you without losses, even though you are clearly playing better than him?

that Necromancers come with a bunch of skeletons,

In TE, they also come with a bunch, only the bunch is a little smaller.

and phoenixes are cheap and very effective

the same is true in TE

That the Swamp faction has no serious magic

I didn't quite understand. The Swamp faction still has three levels of creatures.

That to install TE (including SoD), you need to install 3.58f first.
should I continue?

Is it hard for you to download 40 MB?

PS I haven't played TE myself,

You should have started with that.

but I've heard about it...

Playing and hearing are two different things. Yes, I don't deny that many things were unclear to me at first, but the main thing is to overcome yourself and take a responsible step, and then it will go smoothly.

In general, I want to say that in order to avoid further arguments about the same thing, if someone is against it, let them not participate, and everything will be fine. After all, no one is forcing anyone here.
Despite the fact that I don't like randomness, I am participating:

Nick - Quaker
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The slow spell has become a 2nd level spell. i.e. now it cannot be cast on cursed ground... a controversial point..

A strong argument against TE ;)

Now about the fixes, my opinion is that on a fixed map, the one who studies it better before the game will win (calculates all moves, etc.). This is more like an off-line tournament,

I agree, but nevertheless, tournaments are held and are successful. And regarding restarts, I know, but no matter how many restarts there are, the same imbalance remains.

A couple of questions:
if the turn time is 4 minutes, what is the starting time?
If you've already taken on this task, then to make it easier for newcomers, create a configuration file with all the necessary settings and checkboxes and post it here. I know from experience that it is difficult to do this at first and to understand everything

P.S. I'm leaving for a week or two in September. I hope this will not hinder the tournament organizer?