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

Mizrael(red, Stronghold, Gurnisson) def Vitalic(Tower, Neela) 2sm4d(3) 133

We started immediately, respawn was decent - five heroes on day 1 and wolves. On day 2 I revealed a secondary ramp with the lookout tower, but there's a stack of Magogs and a bunch of Beholders in the way, so I hurriedly build birds. I sacrificed the starting Orcs under Gurni and 3 birds to the Magogs, all Orcs are dead - the birds survived well if each had 10 HP. I roughly grabbed some Goblins, they chewed through about 20, but in the end I got the secondary on day 114. Scouts gather free resources, Gurni breaks an Imp dwelling with 40 Imps, losing all the Centaurs from the ramp, one bird, and a few Goblins. End result of the week: Behemoths with the castle. I upgrade the birds as fast as possible, bring the papa hero to the stable and send him to break a Medusa dwelling on the border of the spawn, I need a lot of gold. On day 124, Gurni is sped up before the Medusa dwelling and then Neela appears! She breaks the guard at the junction of spawns and is sped up by a scout... All the gold is immediately spent on the army, resources are sold and everything is bought. Gurni breaks the Medusas, then frightens Neela and attacks the scout with 8 Thunderbirds, 3 Behemoths, a hundred Goblins, and thirty Wolves. Battle result - lost 1 Behemoth, all Wolves, and 4 birds, but the opponent's losses are even heavier - 4 Nagas, a hundred Gremlins, all Gargoyles, Elves, and Magical Elementals. The scout buys back on 60 Gremlins. Without a spell book, I don't dare go to the capital, so I first take the secondary - Conflux. There's already a guild there, I immediately build level 2. Day 131 - I transport all the growth from home and Gurni marches into the snow. Final battle:
Gurnisson level 8 7-6-4-2. Expert Attack, Advanced Armor, Artillery, and Logistics, has Air magic, 40 mana. Army: 5+5 Thunderbirds, 4 Behemoths, 113 Goblins, a few Hounds. Neela level 11 4-4-5-4. Expert Scholar, Armor, Logistics, and Earth. A horde of Gremlins, 8 Mages, a few Genies, Gargoyles, and a Magical Elemental. Charged to the brim with mana, Gurni killed almost all of Neela's army with Lightning Bolt, in the end only 1 Elemental remained against the Behemoths. When after the third attack the wall was breached and the Behemoths broke into the castle, Slow was cast on them and the Elemental fled through the gate. That was the last step in its life, the Ballista on a direct shot took it down immediately. Thanks for the game.