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

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Pavel Dubrovin

Pavel Dubrovin (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def bRitvo4kA (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 135

I was tempted by the starting artifact +1 to speed.:smile35: Poor little respawn, only had enough money for 4 heroes. I break through to the Necropolis secondary town along a long winding road, capture it at the end of the week, and spot an external dwelling of Black Knights. I decide to switch to Necropolis. On the first week, just horses in the fort.

Complete lack of money, not a single treasure trove, crypt, etc. on my own and the Necropolis respawn to get gold. All hope was on the markets, but then on the second [week] the opponent comes out of the underground and takes the capital.
Towards the end of week 2, I recapture the Knight external dwelling, a citadel in Necropolis. At the start, I convert all resources to gold and go into the underground, where I take a minimal Hive, Sandals of the Saint, a Pandora's Box for experience, and position myself near a Griffin Conservatory (3/4), without mana I don't dare attack.

Pasha had just taken my Necropolis secondary town, and then cleverly and unexpectedly defeated himself and attacked in the underground. Stat-wise I was superior, but without mana I lost the fight.
The Conservatory was a level-3 one, and could have been taken even without mana, I should have risked it.
Thank you Pavel for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gunnisson, Gunnisson) def numOne (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), 2SM4d(3), 215
A decent layout - a market near the castle. On day 7, I'm short 3000 gold to build Behemoths in the Stronghold, and Gunn makes a game mistake, with zero stats he goes into a Medusa dwelling (40) where his entire army is successfully shot down, barely escaping with his own skin. :eek: I ransom myself and build the castle, clear the respawn and convert all resources into gold, thus gradually ransoming the troops. As a result, by 2 weeks I've taken a minimum Dwarf Cottage, 5 Medusa dwellings, and Behemoths are built. :smile03:
On week 3, the Necropolis secondary and my native town. On the 4th, a level-3 Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Utopia (Sword +5, Crimson Sphere, Vial of Health). On the secondary I find the remaining parts and assemble the Elixir.
On week 5, Gauntlets, a Dragon Utopia (2 books). Plague, I capture Helm +6, a Dragon Utopia (Sentinel's Shield, Gladius, Breastplate), an Angel external dwelling, several Hives.

- the opponent breaks through ГО and takes the capital and the secondary town. I take a couple more Hives, a Pandora's Box for Monks, Sandals, and Town Portal to the secondary town. There I buff the Behemoths, Dimension Door, a double mana, and catch Tazar on my own land.