Mike_HP
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Mike_HP (red, castle, Valeska) def scorp (blue, swamp, Bron, Dessa), 2sm4d(3), 1-3-7
We spent all our restarts, but the generation was very favorable for me. Even though there were very few shooters from the start, they were at least built. In the first week, I picked up a Barbarian secondary hero, Val instantly got Logistics and quickly leveled it to Expert, scouted 2 external dwellings for shooters, 1 for swordsmen, and 1 for cavalry. I was very lucky to have enough time to recruit them all, including placing the cavalry on the very last hexes of day 7. In the capital, the cavalry are in the castle. In the second week, I took a couple of crypts and another Barbarian secondary. In the capital, I built up the economy and Monks with Griffins, and started slowly upgrading troops (there was no external stable). In the third week, Val returned home. My opponent got secondary heroes very late, and Bron showed low stats, so I felt comfortable. There was no treasury nearby, but on my native respawn there was an underground passage not on the road, clearly leading to an adjacent secondary hero. I planned to take Val down below my castle to grab a Consulate and a Pandora's box for Vampire Lords, and then rush over there. But then Dessa appeared in the tavern with stats comparable to Val's, and it became clear that things weren't so simple — Bron wasn't the main hero, and Dessa, when ramping up, could be an unpleasant surprise. I sent Val down as planned, but just in case, I bought out the entire army. And sure enough, when I was down there on 1-3-3, Dessa stood blocking the ramp near the GO — the gray bears. I evacuated all the troops; Val wouldn't make it back in time. I took a trash Consulate from her and was very pleased with the Pandora's box of 60 shooters, especially since I already had almost 90. But I had nowhere to upgrade those free shooters, because Dessa had broken through the GO and captured my capital, sitting there without leaving, giving me no chance to retake the castle without a fight. I had to attack. I had a big advantage in meat — 89+60 archers, 15 Champions, 3 Angels, 8 Wivs, 21 Griffins, and 20+ Swordsmen, with +3 Morale and +3 Luck (though they barely activated in battle), but no Ballistics. Stats were 8-11-3-3. Dessa had 7-6-5-8, 27 Wivs, 22 Black Cows, and a handful of Dragonflies, Expert Earth Magic, and both heroes had Expert Tactics. The start of the battle didn't bode well — the shooters hit poorly through the walls and died fairly quickly from the walls and magic, and Mass Slow didn't help, costing me my Griffins for nothing. But luckily, a hole broke in the wall fairly quickly, and I charged through with the Champions. In melee, my meat advantage paid off, and I won with heavy losses. The next day, on 1-3-7, Val rode out for a return visit to prevent the opponent from spawning reinforcements, since she had the same turn order as Dessa. A surrender followed. Thanks for the game.
We spent all our restarts, but the generation was very favorable for me. Even though there were very few shooters from the start, they were at least built. In the first week, I picked up a Barbarian secondary hero, Val instantly got Logistics and quickly leveled it to Expert, scouted 2 external dwellings for shooters, 1 for swordsmen, and 1 for cavalry. I was very lucky to have enough time to recruit them all, including placing the cavalry on the very last hexes of day 7. In the capital, the cavalry are in the castle. In the second week, I took a couple of crypts and another Barbarian secondary. In the capital, I built up the economy and Monks with Griffins, and started slowly upgrading troops (there was no external stable). In the third week, Val returned home. My opponent got secondary heroes very late, and Bron showed low stats, so I felt comfortable. There was no treasury nearby, but on my native respawn there was an underground passage not on the road, clearly leading to an adjacent secondary hero. I planned to take Val down below my castle to grab a Consulate and a Pandora's box for Vampire Lords, and then rush over there. But then Dessa appeared in the tavern with stats comparable to Val's, and it became clear that things weren't so simple — Bron wasn't the main hero, and Dessa, when ramping up, could be an unpleasant surprise. I sent Val down as planned, but just in case, I bought out the entire army. And sure enough, when I was down there on 1-3-3, Dessa stood blocking the ramp near the GO — the gray bears. I evacuated all the troops; Val wouldn't make it back in time. I took a trash Consulate from her and was very pleased with the Pandora's box of 60 shooters, especially since I already had almost 90. But I had nowhere to upgrade those free shooters, because Dessa had broken through the GO and captured my capital, sitting there without leaving, giving me no chance to retake the castle without a fight. I had to attack. I had a big advantage in meat — 89+60 archers, 15 Champions, 3 Angels, 8 Wivs, 21 Griffins, and 20+ Swordsmen, with +3 Morale and +3 Luck (though they barely activated in battle), but no Ballistics. Stats were 8-11-3-3. Dessa had 7-6-5-8, 27 Wivs, 22 Black Cows, and a handful of Dragonflies, Expert Earth Magic, and both heroes had Expert Tactics. The start of the battle didn't bode well — the shooters hit poorly through the walls and died fairly quickly from the walls and magic, and Mass Slow didn't help, costing me my Griffins for nothing. But luckily, a hole broke in the wall fairly quickly, and I charged through with the Champions. In melee, my meat advantage paid off, and I won with heavy losses. The next day, on 1-3-7, Val rode out for a return visit to prevent the opponent from spawning reinforcements, since she had the same turn order as Dessa. A surrender followed. Thanks for the game.
