First experience playing on 8mm6. Overall, I liked it. We picked a few REs and went for it. Start was normal, Tazar arrived, found a witch hut with Logistics — great. Broke through a bunch of blockers without knowing where I was going :) By the end of week 1, all that was left of my army were 10 Ice Elements and 2 Earth Elements, I took an external dwelling of fish, built the Magic University in the fort, and even then with my last pennies. But Tazar was level 10, Expert Logistics and Basic Explorer — in short, not a tank but a plane! :D
At the start of week 2, I barely bought 4 Magi, took two Dwarf Cottages. Thought about surrendering, but found a Pandora's Box with 60 Pikemen, which allowed me to take the max Hive on the respawn and move into the treasure zone. There I found gold and experience. Built the raven dwelling in the Castle. On day 31 I buy troops, thinking where to go? :confused: I wasted a day near the Castle rebuilding the guild. Suddenly a blue scout hero popped out of a monolith. I killed him and moved there. I had 1 Angel, 22 Wyverns, 4 Phoenixes, 7 Magi. A couple of days later, Galthran shows up with 5 Angels, 9 Wyverns, 224 Skeleton Warriors and prepares to attack. I thought, ouch, this is gonna hurt! Skeletons with experience are dangerous, and I have no gold to buy peace. But Galthran went for the Tree of Knowledge and, losing movement points, fell 1 STEP short of Tazar. Tazar thought it over and decided not to attack but fled into the treasure zone. There, an Hive and a Pandora's Box immediately caught my eye! The next day I take a Dragon Utopia, it gave me the Sword of Justice. I spotted two more Dragon Utopias (scouting rules!). And then Galthran realizes he missed his chance and now he can't catch Tazar. (Tazar could cover more ground in one day than Galthran could in two :D ) Blue surrendered! Thanks for the game!!!
P.S.: We checked the fight, Galthran really missed his chance. In a tough battle, the skeletons would still have gotten the upper hand over Armored Tazar... alas, not meant to be!
P.P.S.: First game of the season :D