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

bRitvo4kA (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Crag Hack) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson), 2SM4d(3), 213
After using all rests we started. The respawn is very small but with 3 roads and an external dwelling of Wyverns. By the end of week 1 secondary town is Stronghold, skills 1-2-3-4-6 in Castle.
On week 2 I take 2 Dwarf Cottages first at 10, then at 20, the external Wyvern dwelling, break through to the grass and capture the secondary Castle, where Gurnisson also breaks through one turn later. I think this was the key mistake of the game.
- I gather everyone I can and barely manage to attack Gurnisson (level 9, artifacts +1 to speed and +1 to health) on the last seconds with my Galtran (level 4), who is inferior in stats but has an advantage in troops. I had no gold, and the opponent buys back with just 1 runner. My losses: 2 Wyverns, half of the Gorgons, and chaff. With the remaining troops I break through the third road to the secondary Castle captured by Pavel. There is a Stable there, and I clear this respawn. Controlling 4 towns via markets, I constantly reinforce my military power, collect the Ring of the Magi, study Expert Water Magic and Bless. Toward the end of week 3 I break through to the opponent's respawn and set up at a Stable near the capital. Then follows a blockade with positional fighting, and after several days of sitting idle in the town with a Capitol, Pasha buys out all troops and leaves in search of goodies in the drags. (Auto-combat after the game showed that I indeed had the military advantage.)
- a few days later I recapture the Barbarian capital, then the secondary Necro town. After a week of unsuccessful searching, news arrives of :smile15:
- mine - Pavel's
Thanks to Pavel for the game!