Favorites, to battle! - 11 - The Battle of Favorites! - 11

Paid 1200 for the color, wasted my 3 restarts, the opponent still had one restart left, saw 2 native towns, was happy. And too early. When the opponent didn't take the restart — I saw sheer horror around. A block on the road with 50-99 lizards (turned out to be 70), the wood mine was far away and ended up blocked. Decided not to build nagas, since there was barely any gold, decided to rush GM. Due to a misclick in the max-level crypt, I lost 20 gremlins, everything became sad. On day 121, Goshann appeared in the tavern, a necro cloak was lying around, things got a bit more cheerful, but I understood that nothing good was there yet. On day 121, I broke through to the Conflux, and surprise — 20-49 gr gorgons behind the box and an obelisk (turned out to be 39 gorgons and 10k experience). On day 122, the opponent blundered himself — Kyrr stood next to the portal. At least some chance. I attacked the opponent with Solmyr, thinned out the elves and shaved off a pegasus, then bought more troops and attacked with Galthran. The opponent surrendered with 5 horses and 38 centaurs without elves. Well, at least some respite. Then I doubled Solmyr's mana and a day later thinned out the gorgons. But since there were 39 of them, there was a risk of a 4-5 level or all-elemental there. So I decided to take the box not with Galthran, but with Solmyr. It turned out to be 10k experience after all, but I wasn't upset. Solmyr looked very solid with Intelligence and Expert Air. After killing the Conflux, I poured everything into gold, built the University, and leveled Earth for Solmyr and Galthran. Then Galthran took the necro stuff, and Solmyr broke through a 6k guard of monks. Reached the town and realized there was literally nothing there. Luckily, at that moment I had built Resurrection at home and realized I could take the Utopia under double mana 1-2. At level 5, I got Flight and Implosion. Took the only conflux I saw under Flight, since double mana was also nearby. Then I crashed at double mana, and with 280 mana crawled to the Utopia. By some miracle and calculation, I managed to take the 3rd one, which I thought I'd lose on. Mana was exactly enough (Implosions and Resurrections decided it). It paid off royally — +6 all, +4 all, a sword +6 attack, and the Blackshard. Next, I was thinking of taking another Utopia and then on day 137 taking the Azure dwelling, but the opponent ruined the idyll. He captured my Barbarian castle and sat there. I figured I'd attack — judging by the tavern, he hadn't taken any Utopias, and if anything, I'd buy him off if there was a Recanter there. There was no Recanter. The final battle went through one gate, though due to carelessness I missed 3 angels that the horses covered. But it's fine. There were 6 birds and 120 skeletons left, and with them I still took the Azure dwelling on day 137. But the opponent surrendered after losing the final battle.

Thanks for the game!