Good versus Evil - III

The opponent restarted the first map, and as a result, we started playing with tier 3, tier 4, and Marbas from the beginning. I immediately started leveling up Marbas on stones and chests, got a bad luck protection, but they stubbornly didn't give me any artifacts. I took the log early because they offered it in the dwelling, and since they weren't giving me artifacts, I decided to grab the summon. I carefully cleared the adjacent territory, and on level 16, I got artifacts. I went to fight from the second adjacent territory to the center. I messed up and lost almost all my units while trying to break through. I saw the artifact that gives machines, but besides the base, there was nothing in the machines, and I didn't have much damage output. I went to level up a bit, waited for reinforcements and the tent, and went with the artifact in search of adventure. On turn 134, I found the opponent, bought some things, and ran to his respawn point - there was Rutger with a huge number of upgraded machines, shields, and griffins. I fought a bit awkwardly, subdued the wrong stack (I should have grabbed the shields), and traded all my imps, pits, and dogs for 30 griffins, 20 shields, and 30 archers. I ran to clear another center (2 initiative artifacts, a necklace +2+2), and on the way, I lost a succubus again when the necromancer was raising ghosts. I arrived with ghosts and succubi through another adjacent territory to the human's respawn point. Rutger was already waiting and tried to kill Marbas with minimal losses (archers, monks, and shields), but I had a bit more artifacts and stats. The fog spell leveled up, hellfire worked great on the ballista, and in the end, the fire elementals with haste destroyed the ballista first, and then all the human units.
Thanks for the game.