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The winning game turned into a nightmare after my genius decided to destroy a well-developed Aenianus while it was bound. I barely managed to pull out a new main character and two supports, but by the second month, the game turned into a "capture the enemy city" scenario.
I was, of course, ready to fight to the end (already 9 hours into the game), but I saw my Aenianus (with artifacts, of course) in the monolith. The opponent offered a draw for the second time, and I agreed because I had much less chance against my own creation.
I had a significant advantage in terms of army; the opponent only had a group of angels plus some other units. I could have created around 300 skeletons against his 500+ units, and the stats were roughly equal.
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One good thing: after the game, both of us went to make peace with our wives. :-)