Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2009 season).

Aldegir (Red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Kostya N (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Orrin) 2sm4d(3), 1.3.4

Confirmed!
I should have taken the restart: I saw a lot of Crypts and Dwarf Cottages right away—thought everything would be awesome—ended up screwing myself over)))).

111. 4 heroes, Orrin, Iza, and Taz arrived—I was torn on who to make the main hero; I chose Orrin because I had 26+7 Archers and took a minimum-level Crypt.
112. Another almost-minimum Crypt, scout heroes "scattered" on Gnolls)))))))—no one else to use them on yet... In parallel, I decided to boost Taz too—just in case—so I’m walking around collecting Scholars for him on the other side from Orrin (gave +1 to Attack and basic Attack).
114. Upgraded the Archers and went with the main army along the path—there were 2 external Griffon Dwellings, annoying blocks of Blue Butterflies and Storms.
115. Ran into 20 Snipers and a horde of Lizard Warriors, scouted a Dragon Fly Hive, but it’s behind 20-49 Crossbowmen—too early to break the guards)).
116. Broke through the outer guard of the Metro, but there were about 20 Medusae further on—for some reason I didn’t go, probably a blunder... I’m swamped with money, catastrophically short(((, I had to train Leadership on Orrin out of sheer necessity, even though I already had Attack.
117. Bought a 5th hero to have time to clear all the external dwellings (only found the Pokemon-style one so far) and capture the mine. Build order: Horses + Griffins in the Fort((((, Orrin gets Earth from a Scholar.

2nd week: a couple of scout hero battles with small fry, 2 Dwarf Cottages with 40+10 and 20*5, I buy out 4 Horses and with 4 Champions break through the guard into the Swamp off-road (nearly 40 Earth Elementals, upgraded) — I lose almost all my Pikemen (never bought the Spell Book anyway...).

132. Kyrre showed up on Angels, and I’m stuck in the swamp unable to help my capital at all(((, I station Tazar there, trade resources, buy out whoever I can.
133. Kyrre took my only Dragon Fly Hive and attacked—she only loses a few Elves and a couple of Pegasi (but still has 6 Angels, 11 Wyverns, and 16 Dendroids in her army). I beat 20-49 Gogs for the Coliseum, get some pairs 7-7, but I’m still far from the Castle, and my army is 40 Marksmen, 4 Horses, and 30 Griffins, so—
134. I surrender...

Thanks for the game! Still, I should have taken the restart!..