It was a long game, mostly played at night until 6 AM :). I made a lot of small mistakes in the form of unjustified losses. But the respawn was decent - external dwellings of troglodytes and minotaurs. On the very first day, a secondary Rampart (via a teleporter). On the territory adjacent to Rampart, 2 Dragon Utopias, which I cleared in the 1st week of the 2nd month. Didn't expect Valya to spike so sharply in skills; after the game I checked, was almost shocked - 7 Dragon Utopias standing in a row on the hills :eek: , 4 of which Valya had visited.
Gunnar: level 23, 19 24 21 17, tomes of earth and fire, orbs of earth and fire, golden bow, expert archery, expert air, expert fire, expert ballistics.
33 medusae, 24 wyverns, 18 scorpicores, 50 Evil Eyes, 44 minotaurs, 92 harpies, 50 grand elves.
Valeska: level 19, 36 20 19 18, expert air, expert archery, expert armor, advanced offense, 15% resistance from boots, pendant of courage.
24 grand elves, 22 griffins, 4 archangels, 18 champions, 3 archangels, 29 wyverns, 30 zealots.
In the middle of the 6th week, I break through the GO and take the enemy's castle (defended by roughly 50 crusaders, 40 arbalesters, 120 halberdiers + some miscellaneous). At this time, Valya returns from the Dragon Utopias; I deliberately do not garrison the castle to have a retreat path, my army's attack power was not particularly impressive.
127 - I attack Valya in the castle.
It's already the sixth hour :eek: and I want to finish quickly, but on top of that the opponent, as if on purpose, thinks for 3 minutes about where to fly with the archangel :mad: .
I choose between berserker and meteor shower, cast meteor shower on the ballista's turn on the stack in the middle - 4 archangels, 18 champions, 3 archangels. 4 archangels resist the magic and resurrect two from the other stack and get an extra turn from morale. Then Valya casts mass haste and attacks with everything, the champions attack with luck :mad: . Gunnar in melee is a joke compared to Valeska, all shooters are blocked, so the only chance is an explosion for 2500. On round 2 I execute an explosion on 29 wyverns, on round 3 the 4 archangels resist and I retreat. I resurrect Gunnar, pick up 3 black dragons. On day 131 Valeska comes to me in the dungeon. I pick up 2 more black dragons, split them one each and attack. Lucky Valeska kills two black dragons with six archangels. On the black dragon's turn, Armageddon unexpectedly happens :D Only 5 crusaders survive, frustrated Valeska doesn't want to retreat (it seemed like she was going to, but Valeriy apparently had problems - couldn't retreat, although I had no shackles), the opponent surrenders. Thanks for an interesting game!
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DarkMind (red, Dungeon, Gunnar) def StickyFingaz (blue, Castle, Valeska), 2sm4d3, 122.
On day 121 I come out of the dungeon, having broken through many dogs and many nomads, and take a secondary town. In my native dungeon there are external dwellings of medusae, minotaurs, and manticores:) . On day 122 I receive news of the opponent's surrender. Thanks for the game!