I paid 8300 for the Castle and color. Shakti immediately caught Loga, there was a scout that revealed 2 Griffin Conservatories and 2 Dragon Fly Hives, so of course I didn't take the rest. To my surprise, the opponent didn't either, so we started playing. I was lucky there was a Tier-1 Griffin Conservatory; I started building from that, the rest of the guards were tough. Then I took the Dragon Fly Hive for 19 Pits, thinning them out with 2 Loaches beforehand. Then I took another 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a freshly revealed Griffin Conservatory. Although Shakti had Loga, he stubbornly refused to take Earth. As a result, I leveled him up through Air thanks to a 15-experience box that I opened. Then, in a chain, I broke into a prison on day 116, and there was a surprise-surprise: Tazik with Pathfinding, First Aid, and Advanced Earth. Great, I needed to dig up a Scholar. I ran a bit more, and there was a Dracs cache and a Strategy Tavern. I was tight on gold, but I managed to portal a Dragon, double Tazik's mana, and on day 121 I doubled Shakti's mana. I also used Intellect from the prison to dig up a strategic External Market, so on day 121 I was able to shop. Then, in chains, I gathered a Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive, and 2 boxes with Tazik, returned everything to Shakti, and on day 122 I burst into the treasure zone with Shakti. There, on day 122, I took a Tier-3 Griffin Conservatory and saw KZ. On day 123 I took KZ, and behind it were KV and +6 All for Champions. After that, it was just a matter of technique to gather the center and the Abyssals, even though I had no heroes with Earth, and Shakti never got Earth either. But I still gathered Abyssals, Dragon Fly Hives, and for fun built Ducks, Archers, and Dragons. When I decided I'd fooled around enough and jumped to the opponent, he had 2 Angels and 10 Ducks in his army. He ran into the darkness and surrendered.
Thanks for the game!
Thanks for the game.