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

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Castle, Valerica, Valerica) def. RetroFM (Blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson), 2sm4d(3), 2.2.5. In the first week, he took the Castle, secured a secondary Necropolis, and captured the Amulet of Speed. In the second week, he secured a secondary Stronghold and built 2 crypts. In the third week, he acquired 2 resource mines yielding 2 Angels each, obtained the Medal of Valor, built a minimal Gnomish Mine, and acquired Angels. In the fourth week, he acquired 1 resource mine yielding 2 Angels, built a Naga Bank with 6 Nagas, obtained the Ogre Club, Gloves of Speed, and the Elven Bow of Cherrywood. In the fifth week, he intended to take a secondary town along the path, but it was already occupied by Gurnisson. He turned around and settled in the Castle. Gurnisson, meanwhile, didn't attack but passed by the Castle, capturing his secondary Stronghold. He upgraded his Archdevils but continued to stay behind the walls. In the sixth week, Gurnisson took his second Necropolis secondary town. Valerica, taking advantage of Gurnisson's absence, attacked the main town (5-9 Rust Dragons) and captured the Blue Capital, along with the Shield +3 Attack/Defense. He built a chain of towns to quickly retreat to his own capital, leaving one hero with 1 Archdevil. However, the opponent's hero appeared, freed his capital, and killed his hero with the Archdevil. On 2.2.5, Valerica killed the opponent's hero who had killed the Archdevil, and since he couldn't reach his own Castle, he attacked Gurnisson. Opponent's Hero: 14-12-8-(50): 8 Brown Bears, 6 Angels, 36 Thunderbirds, 51 Ogre Shamans, 9 Wyverns, 43 Orcs, 76 Goblins. Valerica: 20-13-6-(40): 11 Archdevils, 16 Champions, 27 Fanatics, 33 Crusaders, 43 Griffins, 105 Heavy Crossbowmen. Gurnisson used a tactic of throwing all his troops forward, but Valerica massively slowed down the opponent's troops. In the first round, the Archdevils killed 7 Brown Bears, the Champions killed 12 Thunderbirds, and the Crossbowmen killed about 20 Thunderbirds that were positioned in a direct line, causing morale loss and killing 1 Angel. The opponent used mass haste and blocked his archers. However, the main part of the opponent's troops was lost, and the following rounds didn't require much strategy. Victory went to Valerica. Thank you for the game!