The start was normal, nothing too impressive, but decent enough: plenty of resources, except for crystals — I struggled with them the whole game — not a single Dwarf Cottage! And the free picks gave everything you could want, but not crystals :(((. I managed to scrape together some pegasi. I immediately took two crypts for 2500 each, then went along the road to pick up secondary skills, but after breaking through a pack of 21 water elementals on day 2, I saw a huge crowd of air elementals further down the passage => I had to forget about secondary skills. I stumbled upon an external dwelling of pegasi and was happy. In the end, on the first week I had cavalry in the castle, but money was tight. Near the castle there was a conservatory with a hundred griffins (I didn't want to lose my hero — I was saving money), and on the other side a shield giving +3 attack and defense, all under a horde of vampires :)) On the second week, I took the mage secondary and a conservatory for 1 angel. I built the capitol, but I didn't have enough crystals for dragons (that's putting it mildly — there were none at all!). At the start of the third week, I found an external dragon dwelling (and come on, was I stupid not to have gone 3 tiles to the edge of the map sooner???), then I opened another two conservatories with 2 angels each and two dead naga banks. In the end, by the end of the third week, I finally built dragons with a +3 growth, after trading a bunch of resources. By that time, my opponent had two secondary towns, judging by the terrain — non-native ones (swamp and rocky terrain). Thanks to the generator for 2 universities along the path from the castle — there Kyrre got Offense and Armorer, becoming a really tough lady: at level 14 she had 21-14-12-10. At the end of the 4th week, I took a Dragon Utopia behind the mage secondary — a weak one, but it left 2 angels inside :((( But on the plus side — a Necklace of +3 to all stats and Sandals of the Saint +2. Well, on the fifth week, I went for the opponent — GO — I didn't bother breaking through the horde of bone dragons and instead went to the adjacent zone. There, next to the blue barbarian secondary, I wiped out a second Dragon Utopia — this one was tougher. In the end: a Chalice (+6 all stats), an Ogre's Club +5 Atk., Ring of Speed, Book of Water, and Torso of Legion. I took the blue secondary, visited several beehives + Pandora's boxes. By the end of the 5th week, papa (in the sense of mama) — Kyrre was level 20 with 31-24-22-17. With Expert Air Magic, I kept track of the opponent. And at the start of the 6th week, I made a dash across the swamp to his secondary, leaving 26 Wyverns in my hands. Kyrre — level 20 + Haste Boots — you can imagine... :) In the end, in one turn, I flew past 2 fools, landed in the swamp secondary, and immediately took there: 15 Gorgons, 28 Greater Basilisks, 16 Wyvern Lords, 76 Lizardmen, and 107 Gnolls!!! Quite a haul for me :))) Meanwhile, papa blue got bogged down in the swamp with the main army. He attacked from the swamp secondary, the main army lagging behind, but a big advantage in skills forced the opponent to buy himself off, though he first lost a significant part of his army to my Expert Haste. After that, there was no resistance — I spent a few days mopping up what was left. Thanks to the opponent for the game, and good luck to him in improving!
The start was normal, nothing too impressive, but decent enough: plenty of resources, except for crystals — I struggled with them the whole game — not a single Dwarf Cottage! And the free picks gave everything you could want, but not crystals :(((. I managed to scrape together some pegasi. I immediately took two crypts for 2500 each, then went along the road to pick up secondary skills, but after breaking through a pack of 21 water elementals on day 2, I saw a huge crowd of air elementals further down the passage => I had to forget about secondary skills. I stumbled upon an external dwelling of pegasi and was happy. In the end, on the first week I had cavalry in the castle, but money was tight. Near the castle there was a conservatory with a hundred griffins (I didn't want to lose my hero — I was saving money), and on the other side a shield giving +3 attack and defense, all under a horde of vampires :)) On the second week, I took the mage secondary and a conservatory for 1 angel. I built the capitol, but I didn't have enough crystals for dragons (that's putting it mildly — there were none at all!). At the start of the third week, I found an external dragon dwelling (and come on, was I stupid not to have gone 3 tiles to the edge of the map sooner???), then I opened another two conservatories with 2 angels each and two dead naga banks. In the end, by the end of the third week, I finally built dragons with a +3 growth, after trading a bunch of resources. By that time, my opponent had two secondary towns, judging by the terrain — non-native ones (swamp and rocky terrain). Thanks to the generator for 2 universities along the path from the castle — there Kyrre got Offense and Armorer, becoming a really tough lady: at level 14 she had 21-14-12-10. At the end of the 4th week, I took a Dragon Utopia behind the mage secondary — a weak one, but it left 2 angels inside :((( But on the plus side — a Necklace of +3 to all stats and Sandals of the Saint +2. Well, on the fifth week, I went for the opponent — GO — I didn't bother breaking through the horde of bone dragons and instead went to the adjacent zone. There, next to the blue barbarian secondary, I wiped out a second Dragon Utopia — this one was tougher. In the end: a Chalice (+6 all stats), an Ogre's Club +5 Atk., Ring of Speed, Book of Water, and Torso of Legion. I took the blue secondary, visited several beehives + Pandora's boxes. By the end of the 5th week, papa (in the sense of mama) — Kyrre was level 20 with 31-24-22-17. With Expert Air Magic, I kept track of the opponent. And at the start of the 6th week, I made a dash across the swamp to his secondary, leaving 26 Wyverns in my hands. Kyrre — level 20 + Haste Boots — you can imagine... :) In the end, in one turn, I flew past 2 fools, landed in the swamp secondary, and immediately took there: 15 Gorgons, 28 Greater Basilisks, 16 Wyvern Lords, 76 Lizardmen, and 107 Gnolls!!! Quite a haul for me :))) Meanwhile, papa blue got bogged down in the swamp with the main army. He attacked from the swamp secondary, the main army lagging behind, but a big advantage in skills forced the opponent to buy himself off, though he first lost a significant part of his army to my Expert Haste. After that, there was no resistance — I spent a few days mopping up what was left. Thanks to the opponent for the game, and good luck to him in improving!