Lee (Order) loses to Shnurov_HL (Order) - Lezkandra (Expert, 6 min), 144

For those who haven't read the large form of Denis's work, I'll write what I can... although I myself really wanted to discuss the game with him or at least read his perspective... everyone already understood that he played :smile20:
Honestly, during the draft I realized victory was right there... lying right before my eyes and I really didn't want a restart... and what was lying there were gloves and some other useful junk :smile08: well, I relaxed...
Bloopers started piling up one after another:
I got a hero with Nobility — thought I'd make a warrior. Then I buy a second hero, a death mage, for my ninja... at the same time I'm building Golems and Nagas because I really like them with Teleport... it turned out cool — a dream ninja with Logistics 3520 and Death Magic 1100 but without a Bow (completely absent from sale and scattered bags) and a fighter 5211 + Nobility something like that.
What a noob, what can I say... I realized my mistakes but it was too late... that's how the first week went, I didn't even take any mines.
Well, with my Logistics, on 121 the purchased mage learns Order... on 122 I go down... on 123 I buy Titans and on 124 or maybe 125 — I can't check the saves — I go into the teleport without losses, popping a Fire Elemental... notably, the Naga was killed on the way down by poison...
Then a couple of level-ups and I attack the castle (I left the Titans at the entrance, feeling sorry for them) — I get beaten and back in my home castle I finish learning Order level 4... in short, with a bunch of artifacts and knowledge I go to storm the castle, on the way I decide to take the gold mines, Majors, and the lord from prison and the tavern... long story short, Shnurov and I took the third castle simultaneously — I gradually lost my speed advantage without noticing...
Then I cleared a couple of guards without losses and for some reason completely forgot to make a Lich... spent the money somewhere... probably because I took the mines late and was trading resources not on the market... anyway, I didn't have enough for the trees, wanted to go to the Dragon Utopia... and I see comrade Shnurov with a bunch of heroes and one undying Genie popping the first guard without losses (they spent their magic but didn't buy magic potions, just ran back to the castle)...
By the third battle evening, everything was simple — I realized I was outmatched in troops, decided to grab 6 Titans and went to Denis's side to fight, and after I fought and fled, I decided that just as he used the Genie, I would now make a Lich with my speed and... in short, like in the fight with Lars, I'd adapt to his style of play and... (hope was still alive)...
I have no money, I think I'll take the Dragon Utopia, escape, buy and level up — there are 2 days in reserve, we'll figure it out from there... And then something strange happened — my movement turned out to be 12 or 18 instead of the normal 45 or I don't remember... I drank a green potion, entered the trough, reached the dragons, attacked. And they immediately pop my Order mage — I get upset, then they pop my Logistics hero — I think, well, at least I'll get experience for my warrior, who's level 16 but with 5332 or 5342... not serious, and I can't get into the tree — in short, I killed the dragons but my turn ended — I drink an Endurance potion but had already drunk one... and I can't hit the Dragon Utopia, and Town Portal died... another mess appeared in the form of Shnurov... he looked at my trees and at mine... well, he caught me and I got into the castle, but he came to the castle without passing the turn and started popping me near the castle — I could only run away, and in my other castle there's a new Lich standing and Dwarves, and the castle is blocked... and so I died rather ingloriously :smile43:
It was generally pleasant playing with Denis — I think it won't be the last time, many thanks to him...