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Reports on online games and their confirmations (Spring 2008 season).

#125
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DarkMind (blue, Stronghold, Kirr) def Blacpoint (red, Barbarian, Dessa), 144, 2sm4d3.
The respawn point was terrible; I regretted not restarting. It was long and winding, with no access to the sawmill. I played without it and found no hiding spots. I had to fight my way through a horde of Gogs to reach the neighboring respawn point, losing all my Centaurs and 5 Grand Griffons – only 8 remained. By the end of the first week, I had horses in my Stronghold. On day 121, I took a secondary Dungeon, and on day 126, I built a Capitol. Apart from the losses in the first week, everything went smoothly. On the third week, a red player came to my Dungeon respawn (there was only half a day's travel between our respawn points). He set up near the lamp and I prepared a chain to transfer troops and built a Stronghold in the Dungeon. I had 38 Grand Griffons, 9 War Unicorns, and about 40 Centaurs. The opponent had 4 Bears, 9 Rocs, and 12 Orcs. On the next turn, the opponent lit the lamp and ran to take the Dungeon, but for some reason, he didn't attack immediately, even though he seemed to have enough turns (correct me if I'm wrong). The next day, I built a Castle in the Dungeon, and Kirr ran to take the opponent's main and only Castle. I spent 500 gold on a defense book for the hero in the Dungeon, but it was a waste. If I had bought it, I could have killed more Rocs, but I only killed the Orcs. Kirr took the opponent's main Castle, losing half of his Grand Griffons because there was no ballistics (it could have been worse, though, if the Unicorn hadn't squeezed through the hole). There were 50 Wolves and 2 Goblins defending. Then it got boring – the opponent hung around the Dungeon, and I relaxed, allowing myself to lose Grand Griffons in the Naga Bank. I thought that if there were 3 Nagas, I would risk a maximum of 5 Grand Griffons, but I messed up the calculation – there were 4. On day 144, I finally gathered my forces to finish off the opponent, but I received a message that he had surrendered. Dessa, who had fled to the Dungeon, had killed herself somewhere :D.
Thanks for the game!