Javdet (red, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) def Wlk777 (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 217I confirm. The opponent got luckier treasure zones and Dragon Utopia than I did (artifacts +6,+5,+3 all, 3 magic books). Although some cloak of renunciation would have leveled the odds slightly. FB went roughly even (despite the sum of attack\defense stats being around 60+ for the opponent against my less than 50). The use of magic settled it immediately, although the resist triggering surprised even me; how many times has 20% not worked, and here 5% did. Anyway, resurrecting 20 vivs settled the matter. Or maybe there were more hives on the opponent's territory, or he explored more (though I seem to have done a lot too), but he had almost twice as many vivs as I did despite me growing them in swamp secondary since the 2nd week. In general, I probably did something wrong somewhere. Thanks for the game.
A very tough start and quiet roads; only got going by the 3rd week.
I found 3 books in treasure zones, a helmet and sword for stats, then attacked and resist on the very first impl in 3250 stumped me:smile07: - I really didn't want the opponent to damage my army and run away. Turns out a 5% amulet worked; it happens :D .