There goes your "higher probability of red underground castles appearing in the sunlight." Three times in a row the blue Necro was on the surface, and the red Dungeon was underground two out of three times. As a result, Galthran is tanning up top, while poor Shakti walks the underground. However, at the start, 2 native heroes and a conservatory next to the castle. Immediately broke through to the surface and took a Rampart secondary. Shakti got Earth. End of the first week: Minotaurs in the citadel + Elves in the secondary + their external dwelling + a portal of summoning. On day 117 I spotted Galthran one day's travel away and realized Rampart was a shared secondary and Galthran was asking for a rush (shouldn't be tanning in the sun). Checked the conservatory with a secondary hero — it turned out to be a level 2 dwelling. On day 124 Shakti takes it, buys a spell book, and goes to destroy the undead. Built nothing in the second week, set up two markets, sold everything, and went to war. I thought I'd get there on day 131 without growth, but I went slightly the wrong way and didn't make it. However, on day 132 I killed Galthran with 1 skeleton left (386 XP short of expert Earth, so Galthran really helped me out :) ). Before attacking the castle, Aislin's meteor shower killed 1 Minotaur and 13 Troglodytes :mad: .
Anyway, I attacked on day 132 without growth (nothing left to buy, and my chain didn't reach my castle):
Shakti 8-6-1-3 (15), expert Slow, Tactics, and Offense, artifact +3 to spell duration. 1+1 Angel, 41 Grand Elves, 6 Minotaurs, 10 Medusas, 128+1 Infernal Troglodytes. Pyra 3-2-2-3 (30), 17 Liches (external dwelling), 7 Lords, 10 Zombies, 205+1+1+1 regular Skeletons. With Tactics, everyone forward; Elves and Medusas kill 7 Liches, they kill 10 Elves in return on a direct fire line. The castle wasn't built, so the ballista breached the wall on the first shot; Troglodytes and Minotaurs went through and killed everyone.
Thanks for the game!
I don't know how I let myself play Necro voluntarily.