Oelm
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Oelm (blue, random Dungeon, random Damacon, Ciele) def Captain (green, random Swamp, random Tiva, Greendan), Divided Loyalties, 137
Never before have I been so close to defeat; I started excellently, took a secondary on 112, and revealed the entire map. Blue has the advantage of grabbing the top artifact before all other colors, so I move in that direction. Naturally, green comes from below and approaches the main castle; there was no Derty table back then, and for some reason I gave the castle to green — whether I was confident in victory anyway, or simply made a mistake in building the chain, I don't remember being worried. I pick up a combined artifact — and it's the Statue of Legion! A good artifact, of course, but why did I give up the castle then?? In the castle sits an Artillerist, lots of various junk. With Ciele I head down to the castle, grabbing Bracers along the way, since I'm dragging all troops together with no speed boost. I approach — there are Efreeti, Wyverns, and various junk; can't take it in the castle, and in the field she doesn't dare attack. So I head to the bottom-right teleport under green's nose — there's the Sphere of Air. On 125 the game was postponed. When I watched the save, I thought long about how to turn things around. It turned out I couldn't take my own castle, and just running for an artifact would take too long — green would already gather troops. But on the other hand, I could reach red. So I do that, setting up a cunning chain to grab the artifact on 121 without losing main hero turns; with Ciele I plan to take the underground Dwelling. Then there was a blunder that could have cost me the game. With Ciele I entered the castle (red Citadel), but didn't equip the artifact; as a result, just the normal Citadel growth but with Medusas. The game was postponed again. My opponent offered to surrender 3-4 times already, but I think with the Sphere and the possibility of Hive/Tran, it's too early to surrender. (This is especially for Roman, who thinks it's better to surrender and not torture the opponent.)
I take the Dwelling — 17 Wyverns (6 unupgraded). The opponent takes the Griffin Conservatory he was heading to. I take orange's main — no Phoenixes there, not even a Citadel, so the Citadel can't be given away. I go with Ciele up to the Library, and bam — still level 9, 700 experience to the next level, oh well. I go up, see Boots artifact — fine, at least I won't waste a move. I go there, visit the Stadium and +1 to Power, then go back to crash into the Lizardmen.
Meanwhile, Greendan with Archmages crawls through the swamp toward my castle, and I foolishly join the Golems guarding the chests — well, now a Bolt for 337, +29 Golems, not bad. I go with Ciele to upgrade them and prepare for contact. Greendan moves away, but now I can reach him from the other side of the road. I crash with Ciele, take an external Wyvern dwelling, and attack with Manacles. I have everything around 10 + Intellect + damaging Bolt and Arrow. But there are 2 Archmages, 8 upgraded Genies, 11 upgraded Minotaurs, and other meat. They cast Mass Slow on me; I corner everyone and stand on Defense. In the second round, the Archmages fall, then a strike at the Monarchs so they don't randomly age me. In the end, it was clear I was winning, though only 5 Golems remained. The opponent, unprepared for such a turn of events, surrenders (and there were still many plans — taking the bottom Griffin Conservatory, Hive/Tran, taking the Cyclops' Tunic, and of course the possibility of upgrading Freak Birds, etc., plus an advantage in Control due to Stables and Gloves). But everything was decided much more simply.
Thank you, it was tough!
P.S. Romantik never showed up.
Never before have I been so close to defeat; I started excellently, took a secondary on 112, and revealed the entire map. Blue has the advantage of grabbing the top artifact before all other colors, so I move in that direction. Naturally, green comes from below and approaches the main castle; there was no Derty table back then, and for some reason I gave the castle to green — whether I was confident in victory anyway, or simply made a mistake in building the chain, I don't remember being worried. I pick up a combined artifact — and it's the Statue of Legion! A good artifact, of course, but why did I give up the castle then?? In the castle sits an Artillerist, lots of various junk. With Ciele I head down to the castle, grabbing Bracers along the way, since I'm dragging all troops together with no speed boost. I approach — there are Efreeti, Wyverns, and various junk; can't take it in the castle, and in the field she doesn't dare attack. So I head to the bottom-right teleport under green's nose — there's the Sphere of Air. On 125 the game was postponed. When I watched the save, I thought long about how to turn things around. It turned out I couldn't take my own castle, and just running for an artifact would take too long — green would already gather troops. But on the other hand, I could reach red. So I do that, setting up a cunning chain to grab the artifact on 121 without losing main hero turns; with Ciele I plan to take the underground Dwelling. Then there was a blunder that could have cost me the game. With Ciele I entered the castle (red Citadel), but didn't equip the artifact; as a result, just the normal Citadel growth but with Medusas. The game was postponed again. My opponent offered to surrender 3-4 times already, but I think with the Sphere and the possibility of Hive/Tran, it's too early to surrender. (This is especially for Roman, who thinks it's better to surrender and not torture the opponent.)
I take the Dwelling — 17 Wyverns (6 unupgraded). The opponent takes the Griffin Conservatory he was heading to. I take orange's main — no Phoenixes there, not even a Citadel, so the Citadel can't be given away. I go with Ciele up to the Library, and bam — still level 9, 700 experience to the next level, oh well. I go up, see Boots artifact — fine, at least I won't waste a move. I go there, visit the Stadium and +1 to Power, then go back to crash into the Lizardmen.
Meanwhile, Greendan with Archmages crawls through the swamp toward my castle, and I foolishly join the Golems guarding the chests — well, now a Bolt for 337, +29 Golems, not bad. I go with Ciele to upgrade them and prepare for contact. Greendan moves away, but now I can reach him from the other side of the road. I crash with Ciele, take an external Wyvern dwelling, and attack with Manacles. I have everything around 10 + Intellect + damaging Bolt and Arrow. But there are 2 Archmages, 8 upgraded Genies, 11 upgraded Minotaurs, and other meat. They cast Mass Slow on me; I corner everyone and stand on Defense. In the second round, the Archmages fall, then a strike at the Monarchs so they don't randomly age me. In the end, it was clear I was winning, though only 5 Golems remained. The opponent, unprepared for such a turn of events, surrenders (and there were still many plans — taking the bottom Griffin Conservatory, Hive/Tran, taking the Cyclops' Tunic, and of course the possibility of upgrading Freak Birds, etc., plus an advantage in Control due to Stables and Gloves). But everything was decided much more simply.
Thank you, it was tough!
P.S. Romantik never showed up.